Adding books

There are two ways to add a new title to your catalog, both available from the Add book button on the Library page.

Add by ISBN (recommended)

This is the fastest way to catalog a book: Vaultisse looks up the book's information for you.

1. Click the arrow next to Add book and choose Add book manually — or click Add book directly to open the ISBN dialog.
2. Enter the ISBN by typing it into the field, or click the barcode icon to scan it with your camera.
3. Press Enter to add it to the list — you can queue up several ISBNs at once before submitting, which is handy when adding a stack of new arrivals.
4. Optionally choose a location — if selected, a physical copy (stock) is created automatically at that location as soon as the book is found.
5. Click Add. Vaultisse fetches the book's details (title, cover, description, authors...) automatically.

While each ISBN is processed you'll see its status next to it in the list:

• A spinner while it's being looked up.
• A green check once it's been added successfully.
• A warning icon if no book could be found for that ISBN.
• An error icon if something went wrong.

Tip: Vaultisse looks the ISBN up automatically using online book databases, falling back to a second source if the first one doesn't have the book. If a code still can't be found, you can always add that title manually instead.

Add manually

Use this when a book has no ISBN, or the automatic lookup couldn't find it.

1. Choose Add book manually from the Add book menu.
2. Optionally drag and drop a cover image.
3. Fill in the name (required), a description, and the ISBN if you have one.
4. Click Add. You'll be taken straight to the new book's detail page to fill in the rest — category, language, format, authors, and physical copies.

Either way, once a book is created you'll land on its detail page, ready to add stock and print labels.