Book details & stock

Every book has its own page with two parts: the book's information and the list of its physical copies (called "stock").

Book information

At the top of the page you can edit everything about the title itself:

• Name and ISBN
• Category and Language (pick from the lists you manage under Categories)
• Format (e.g. paperback, hardcover) and number of pages
• Authors — start typing a name to search existing authors, or add a new one on the fly
• Publisher and published date
• Description
• Cover image, shown on the right

Changes aren't saved until you click Save in the top-right corner, which only becomes active once you've made an edit. The trash icon next to it deletes the book entirely — you'll be asked to confirm first.

Understanding stock

A book title can exist in your catalog with zero, one, or many physical copies. Each copy is a separate row in the Stocks table, with its own:

• Code — the unique identifier printed on that copy's barcode label.
• Location — where that specific copy lives (see Locations).
• Status:
  • 🔵 Booked — currently lent out to a customer.
  • 🟢 Available — on the shelf, ready to be borrowed.
  • ⚪ Not available — temporarily out of circulation.
  • 🟠 Damage — damaged and not lendable.
• Booked by — the customer currently holding that copy, if its status is Booked.

Adding a copy

Click Add above the Stocks table, choose a status and a location, and (if marking it as Booked) select which customer has it. You can either:

• Add — just create the copy, or
• Add and print — create it and immediately queue its barcode label for printing (see Printing labels).

Editing or removing a copy

Use the row actions on the right of each stock entry:

• 🖨️ Add this copy's label to the print queue.
• ✏️ Edit its status, location, or assigned customer.
• 🗑️ Delete the copy (with confirmation).

Tip: To lend a copy to someone, either set its status to Booked and pick a customer here, or use the group borrowing flow from a customer's row — see Lending & returns.

Ebook file backup

Next to the cover image you can optionally back up the actual epub or pdf file for the book — useful if you've downloaded it and transferred it to an e-reader, since the reader then becomes the only place that copy lives. Click or drag-and-drop a file (max 100MB) to upload it; a book keeps at most one file, so uploading a new one replaces the previous one.

Once uploaded, you can download it again at any time (e.g. after losing or resetting your e-reader) or delete it (with confirmation). This is meant purely as a personal backup of files you already have the rights to — not a place to source books from elsewhere.

For books with the Electronic format, the uploaded file also gets an in-page preview right below the upload card: PDFs open in your browser's built-in viewer, and EPUBs render page by page with ‹/› buttons to turn pages — no need to download the file just to check it.