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| ===== Importing items to a bookshelf ===== | ===== Importing items to a bookshelf ===== | ||
| - | //Instructions coming...// | + | If you have a list of books in another system that you want to use in Connections too (for example Good Reads, Shelfari, or LibraryThing), you can simply import them to Connections - no need to add them one by one. |
| + | Use the "Manage bookshelves" link on your Connections home page and click the arrow by the relevant bookshelf to choose that list. Then you'll see an "Import items" button - click this and you'll see on-screen instructions. | ||
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| + | First, you need to export your items from the other site. You'll need to follow their instructions to do this but it should be straightforward (for example in GoodReads there's an "export to a csv file" option in the 'My Books' page, and LibraryThing similarly has a 'more' tab containing import/export options). | ||
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| + | Then, at the Import Items screen in Connections, use the 'choose file' button to navigate to your csv file on your computer, and once you've found it, click the 'load file' button. Connections will then read the file and report back on all the items it's found: | ||
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| + | If this looks good, choose the bookshelf you want them loaded into, and click the 'import' button in the bottom right. Once the processing is complete, you should see the message "**Imported items added to your bookshelf!**" - and that's it done! | ||
| ===== Viewing/editing items on your bookshelf ===== | ===== Viewing/editing items on your bookshelf ===== | ||
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