Version History
Here you can find the changelog of CLZ Books - Book Organizer since it was posted on our website on 2014-03-04.
The latest version is 8.5.5 and it was updated on soft112.com on 19 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 8.5.5
posted on 2023-12-05
What’s New:
* New “Delete CLZ Account” option in Settings
version 8.5.4
posted on 2023-11-21
New:
- Added a new “Remove all unused pick list entries” option in the maintenance menu, to remove all unused pick list entries in one go.
version 8.5.3
posted on 2023-11-06
- For new users: no more Demo Mode
version 8.5.1
posted on 2023-10-24
In this update, we are making the important Manage Pick Lists (MPL) screen more accessible / discoverable. Plus, we implemented 2 improvements to the MPL screen itself:
* New MPL icon at the top of each folder list, to directly access that list in MPL.
* New Manage button top right when selecting a pick list entry from the Edit screen.
* MPL screen now allows removing entries, using the "X" icons on the right.
* MPL Merge Mode is now easier to find and easier to use.
version 8.4.1
posted on 2023-10-12
What's new:
* The Pre-fill screen has been updated with bright orange colors to indicate fields that will be filled in for the items you're about to add.
* A new "Clear" button in the Pre-fill screen to empty out all Pre-fill field data.
version 8.3.1
posted on 2023-09-13
New: Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
version 8.2.2
posted on 2023-09-06
* When NOT in sync with CLZ Cloud, a new Sync button will appear on the main screen, above the Add button.
* When using the app while NOT logged in to a CLZ Account, a new bar will appear at the bottom of the main screen that says “Sync to CLZ Cloud for an online backup”.
* For new users who just downloaded the app, we introduced a new “Demo Mode” that lets you add 5 items without committing to the actual 7-day free trial subscription.
version 8.1.4
posted on 2023-05-31
Fixed:
* Adding: the app could crash while adding a book
version 8.0.1
posted on 2023-01-13
New in CLZ Books 8.0: 7 new data fields!
* 3 new Credit fields: Cover Artist, Foreword Author and Ghostwriter
* Signed By, for adding the names of people who signed your copy
* Dust Jacket (yes/no)
* Number Line, for indicating the print run of a book (als called Printer's Key)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer%27s_key
* Support for book box sets with the Box Set field
(with subfields Title, ISBN, publication date and front/back images)
version 7.4.1
posted on 2022-05-11
* New "Card View" in main screen, showing big cover images (3 per row), plus the main book information (Author, Title, Year)
* Selecting books is now also possible in Images View and the new Card View
* Floating "+" button on the bottom right now automatically disappears/appears when scrolling, so that it does not obscure book details of the bottom row
version 7.3.3
posted on 2022-04-07
Fixed:
- Picking a suggestion from the Quick Search would sometimes show the previous shown book.
version 7.3.1
posted on 2022-03-28
NEW: Back Cover images!
* Set your own back cover images in the Edit screen, on the Covers tab
* In the details page, toggle between the front and back cover
* Sync back cover images to/from the CLZ Cloud
* Automatically get back cover images from Core (when available!)
- Use Update from Core on your existing entries to get them
- Don't want back covers? Disable the downloading in the Settings screen
* Submit back covers to Core
version 7.2.1
posted on 2022-03-14
NEW: Progress Bars and Cancel buttons!
No new features, just a nice improvement that just makes existing functionality a bit better. All actions in the app that can take bit longer are now showing a progress bar, giving you some idea how long it will take, and a Cancel button for stopping the action.
The new progress bars are now shown when:
* Adding multiple books
* Editing multiple books
* Removing multiple books
* Updating from Core
version 7.1.3
posted on 2022-02-17
* New: Sort by Date Modified
* New: Sort by Date Added (previously called "Order of Entry")
* New: use Added Year as your folder field
* Improved display of sort values in bottom right corner of list cells
Fixed:
* Index number wasn't set when adding books manually
* Add Books: The Add button sometimes didn't work
version 7.1.2
posted on 2022-02-01
Fixed:
- Values in pre-fill screen weren’t set the first time
version 7.1.1
posted on 2022-01-26
* The Pre-fill screen is now fully configurable.
(this is the screen that lets you set values while adding books)
Use the little gears icon at the bottom to add or remove fields.
* The Pre-fill screen is now also used to set field defaults.
version 7.0.1
posted on 2021-11-29
* Use barcode scanner to search your own database
* New Collection Status: Sold
* New Collection Status icons and colors
* Improved Add Books screen (tap thumbs to enlarge, new scan beeps, numpad when typing an ISBN)
* New setting to enable/disable downloading of genres/subjects
* Manage Pick List: use "favorites" to place your most commonly used lists at the top
* The quantity field now shows in the list entries (when not "1")
* Statistics: "Tap to show all" to show all recent additions
version 6.6.3
posted on 2021-10-13
- Update for new Play Store API
version 6.6.2
posted on 2021-09-28
Main screen lists now fully support system font sizes, that is, the list rows now automatically become bigger/higher if you have set your device to a larger font size. (previously, some information would be cropped)
version 6.6.1
posted on 2021-09-24
** New: Submit to Core
Help us improve our Core online book database by submitting your data corrections.
On the book details page, click the Action button and choose Submit to Core.
** New: Action menu on book details page, with Duplicate, Remove, Update from Core and Submit to Core actions.
** Improved: Select Mode and Action menu.
Select Mode can now also be activated using checkbox icon at the top. (tap&hold on a book also still works). New look for Action menu.
version 6.5.1
posted on 2021-09-07
New:
* a new "Duplicate" tool, for making a full copy an existing book in your database.
(tap/hold to select a book, then use the menu to duplicate it)
* a "Clear Cloud" button in the Sync screen, for resetting your CLZ Cloud, without needing to log in to the CLZ Cloud site and clearing from there.
* a new "Shake to Shuffle" feature, shake your phone to select a random book from your database (or use the "shuffle" icon on the book details page)
version 6.4.2
posted on 2021-07-07
- Image View: Sadly not everyone likes the new flexible "full cover wall" layout. So we have now made it optional. Tap the button to the left of the size slider to switch between the new "Flex Layout" and old "Grid layout".
Fixed:
- Image View: Position of the size slider wasn't always remembered correctly
- Template: Some weblinks could not be opened
- Template: Now only shows the publication year at the top (instead of the full publication date which has been moved to the Details section)
version 6.4.1
posted on 2021-06-17
List View:
* better layout of list entries
* book covers show behind list (switch off in Settings)
Images View:
* new "full cover wall" layout, plus new slider to change thumbnail size
Book details:
* improved Clear template (Light and Dark)
* better layout of book info
* easily change Collection Status and Read It by tapping their blue display blocks, right from the details page.
Add Book screen, preview page:
* completely new design and layout
* now tap the cover to see it full screen
version 6.3.2
posted on 2021-04-06
* Fixed:
- Printed by / Printing / First Edition / Paper Type / Photographer / Editor / Translator fields were not available for editing on multiple books.
- Tapping on a book cover in the details screen did not show a full screen cover.
version 6.2.1
posted on 2021-02-18
Re-designed toolbars at the top
Collection Status filter (2nd button from top right)
- Now lets you filter by all status values (inc. On Order, For Sale)
- Button now highlights in yellow when a filter is active
New Settings for Sort Titles and Author Sort Names
Improved Statistics screen
- More database totals at the top (nr of pages, purchase price, current value)
- More charts (by Year)
- New: "tap to show all" to enlarge charts
version 6.1.2
posted on 2021-01-06
* Fixed:
- Add Screen: Genres weren't downloading
- Add Screen: Scrolling through results could be slow
- Edit Multiple: Fixed a rare crash
- Manage Pick List: a pick list item could appear twice when merging
version 6.1.1
posted on 2020-12-23
Another big update for your CLZ Books app, version 6.1!
New today:
* New Pre-fill screen that pops up when adding books, letting you set various fields right then and there. No more need to edit your added books afterwards!
Fields available in the Pre-fill screen: Location, Owner, Purchase Date, Purchase Store, Purchase Price, Quantity and Tags.
* All Collection Status options are now available under the Add button in the Add Screen.
* New look and layout of Field Defaults screen.
version 6.0.3
posted on 2020-09-03
* Fixed:
- Edit multiple: books edited were not marked for syncing.
version 6.0.1
posted on 2020-08-28
CLZ Books 6.0 is here!
** NEW: Edit Multiple Books in one go! **
Just tap and hold to select books and choose "Edit [x] Books" from the menu button.
** IMPROVED: Edit Book screen **
A new look and more compact layout, less scrolling.
** NEW: Built-in Crop and Rotate tool for cover images
Use the new Cover tab in Edit screen to instantly rotate and/or crop your cover images.
** IMPROVED: Folder Field selection screen
Now includes a search box at the top and lets you choose own Favorites.
version 5.5.1
posted on 2020-06-10
* New:
- Folder options are now nicely grouped for easier selection
- Faster Update from Core
* Fixed:
- Field Defaults screen could crash
- Edit Screen: some fields would sort bad while editing them
- Add from Core: when adding a book that is already in on your wish list, it will now offer to change its status to 'In Collection'
- When scanning barcodes the "beep" sound would only sound on the first scan
- Search on own collection could be forgotten during scrolling/browsing your collection
version 5.4.1
posted on 2020-03-18
* Faster CLZ Cloud syncing!
CLZ Cloud syncing is much faster now, especially when syncing large amounts of entries up or down, using the actual Sync with CLZ Cloud screen.
(the Auto-Syncing in the background is also slightly faster though).
* New design for Sync with CLZ Cloud screen
While we were at it, we decided to do a quick make-over for the Sync screen, with a new look and layout and a direct link to your CLZ Cloud page online.
On top of that we have done various tweaks and fixes.
version 5.3.1
posted on 2020-02-13
Two improvements for the folder screen:
- New search box at the top, to instantly search the folder list as you type. Just type a few letters to find the folder you're looking for.
- New sort option: sort by count: Sort your folders by the number of books contained. A great way to find your biggest formats, most popular authors etc...
Now uses our brand-new CLZ Cloud Sync server:
This new dedicated server should result in faster and more stable syncing.
version 5.2.2
posted on 2020-01-06
* Fixed:
- Rare incident where timeouts occurred during CLZ Cloud sync.
version 5.2.1
posted on 2019-12-18
* New: "infographic"-style Statistics screen"
(choose Statistics from the menu)
Showing database totals, recent additions and cool charts for books by format, by author, by publisher, by genre, by subject and by read it.
version 5.1.2
posted on 2019-11-22
* New:
- Purchase year and reading year folder groupings
* Fixed:
- In the details view the publication date was shown instead of the original publication date
- The publisher folder grouping sometimes showed the original publisher folder grouping
version 5.1.1
posted on 2019-11-13
A big step forward for the CLZ Books app today, in which we add many new editable fields:
* Illustrator
* Cover Price
* Extras
* For audiobooks: Narrator, Length and Abridged Yes/No
* About the original book: Original Title, Original Subtitle, Original Country, Original Language, Original Publisher, Original Publication Date
Of course, all the new fields sync to/from the CLZ Cloud too.
version 5.0.12
posted on 2019-10-24
* Fixed:
- Custom images were uploaded too often
version 5.0.11
posted on 2019-10-02
*Fixed:
- Crash in Field Defaults screen
- Edit screen: Edit pencil buttons were broken
- Custom covers could upload too often
- Some further modifications to the Manage Pick List screen and pick list pop-ups in the edit screens
version 5.0.10
posted on 2019-09-30
* New:
- The details page now has clearer Edit and Remove buttons at the bottom (only on phone)
- Edit screen: Re-designed pick lists pickers for all pick list fields
- Re-designed "Manage Pick Lists" screen to make it more intuitive
- Add by barcode: Added barcode scanning tips
- Add by barcode: Added a "Clear Queue" button
- Added a "sync changes pending" icon to the "Sync with CLZ Cloud" menu item
* Fixed:
- Edit screen: the "Read it" checkbox wouldn't always work
version 5.0.9
posted on 2019-08-13
* Fixed:
- Unrecognized ISBN pop-up was not working.
- Re-added the modify author button in the edit screen.
version 5.0.8
posted on 2019-07-25
* Fixed:
- Issue where users could not sign up for a new CLZ account.
- Improved error handling in the Add-screen.
version 5.0.7
posted on 2019-07-15
* Fixed:
- Permission dialog will now pop up in the barcode scanning screen when the app does not have camera permissions.
- Small text fixes.
version 4.9.4
posted on 2018-03-01
* Fixed:
- Crash in the add automatically screen on tablet devices.
version 4.9.2
posted on 2018-01-24
* Fixed:
- Secondary author could not be found in the quick search.
- App shortcut not working in the Android launcher.
version 4.3.8
posted on 2016-11-17
New:,* Split edit screen, easily switch between main and personal fields,Fixed:,* App respects the system screen orientation lock,* Background color for the searchbar on certain Lollipop tablet devices,* Long loading in manage pick list screen
version 1.1.4
posted on 2012-11-12
Several fixes and updates
