BookLibrary Basic

The BookLibrary Basic Edition provides a full-featured book library or book collection management environment on a Joomla-based website.

Available free of charge

BookLibrary Pro

The BookLibrary Professional Edition adds many cool features for the professional librarian, on top of the original features of the BookLibrary Basic Edition.

Available for $ 35

BookLibrary Pro Shop

BookLibrary Professional Shop Edition has the same additional features as BookLibrary Pro, and also integrates with VirtueMart for direct selling.

Available for $ 55

Features

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Integration with VirtueMart for Direct Selling

PHP5

Uses new Amazon API (Amazon Associate Web Services)

Uses CURL for increased security (remote files)

Full Category & Subcategory support

User Lend Request function with calendar

Integrated [Search Books] function

General Fixes

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Fixed rights: higher privileges now include lower

Fixed rights: admin can now select multiple groups

Bugfix: new books function when eBook support set to NO

Bugfix: empty Category with filled Subcategory now shows up

Checks CURL, XSL, GD present in PHP

Languages

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Fully language aware frontend and backend

English included, other languages can be downloaded from the website

English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish included

Frontend General

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Category & Subcategory show in Joomla pathway

Full language name in book description (English instead of ENG)

Main Category list now shows Subcategories

Hide book affiliate link (show internal Joomla URL)

Hide direct link to eBook download (show internal Joomla URL)

Hide eBook download link from download managers

Optional button [Buy Now]

Button [Add Review] with AJAX show-hide form

Button [Suggest Book] with AJAX show-hide form

CAPTCHA for Guest [Reviews] & [Suggestions]

Typed [Book Reviews] kept on screen even when wrong CAPTCHA entered

Show eBook download license before allowing ebook download

Manage Books

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Dropdowns default to "All Books" and "All Categories"

Subcategories show clearer in dropdown boxes

Sorting improvements in [Book Manager]

[Print Report] option with fields choice in [Book Manager]

Added checks for empty BookID to [Book Manager]

Possibility to customize eBook download URL

Administrator can add a direct link to an eBook

Allow external mambots in book descriptions

Option to set default Amazon server for new books

Information Fetching

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Pull in book details with ISBN-10 from Amazon

Pull in book details with ISBN-13 (ca, com, uk)

Pull in Editorial Reviews (only from .com because of Amazon policy)

Added UTF-8 decoding for ISO DB (special characters and accents)

Button to set local book cover path automatically

z39.50 protocol for info fetching from other libraries (needs PHP YAZ extension)

Manage Categories

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Possibility to assign different custom images to each Category (instead of having one standard icon for all)

Sorting improvements in [Category Manager]

Manage Reviews

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Book Review Management per single book

[Review Manager] for user submitted book reviews

Email to admin when [User Review] added

Manage Suggestions

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

[Suggestion Manager] for user suggested books

Rights setting who is allowed to suggest books

Email to admin when [Book Suggestion] added

Manage Lend Requests

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Lend Request Manager in backend

Email to admin when Lend Request submitted

Import / Export Books

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

CSV import/export with [Description]

XML import/export with [Description] and [Review]

Full MySQL tables import/export

Added explanations in [Import] and [Export] tabs

Configuration Frontend

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Option [Review Notification] with rights settings

Option [Suggestion Notification] with rights settings

Option [Lend Request Notification] with rights settings

Option [Show Reviews] with rights settings

Option [Show Lend Status] with rights settings

Option [Suggest Book] button with rights settings

Show-hide [Buy Now] button with Category selection

Option [Show Book Price]

Option [Show Book Price] with rights settings

Option [Show eBooks Download Link] with rights settings

Option [Show eBooks Download License] before download

Option [Set Book Cover Size]

Option [Set Items Per Page]

Option [Custom Category Images]

Configuration Backend

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Set email addresses for [Review Notification]

Set email addresses for [Suggestion Notification]

Set email addresses for [Lend Request Notification]

Option [BookID auto-increment] or manual entry

Option [Download Covers] with location setting

Option [eBook Support] with location setting

Option [Set Amazon Affiliate Tag]

Option [Set Amazon Web Services Access Key]

Option [Check Duplicate ISBN]

Option [Set Default Language] for new books

Option [Set Default Amazon Server] for new books

About BookLibrary

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Added links to BookLibrary website

Sample Data

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Sample data at installation time (for starting users)