Mystery Readers Authors and Books

Author:	Carolyn S. DeGroff [Send Author Email]
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Date Added:	October 05, 2005
Description:	Have you bought or borrowed a book only to discover you have previously read it? Do you loan your books to others? This database is for you the avid Mystery Reader. Databases included: Authors of Mystery-(Currently contains 154 Mystery Authors) Track your favorite authors, the mystery genre, mystery series, principal character/s, note (comments), publisher, contact info (web or e-mail address), a Books button to open the Books of Mystery database to display and update books by a particular author (uses a Relationship Field), and a Mysteries Read button to open the Mysteries Read database (uses a Relationship Field). Books of Mystery Database-(Contains 696 Book Titles) Enter/edit mystery books listed by author, indicator for reading priority, check a book as read, enter date read, mark the book as owned or borrowed, track to whom and when the book s loaned, button to page 2, record publishing date, series information, note (plot synopsis or comments), Next Title button moves to the next title listed for the specific author when opened through the Authors of Mystery database, Move to Mysteries Read button moves the current record to the Mysteries Read database. Mysteries Read Database-Contains the list of books previously read. Data comes from the Books of Mystery Database through use of the Move to Mysteries Read button or by using the Read View filter in the Books of Mystery database to copy records. Books may also be entered or edited, mystery books are listed by author, indicator for reading priority, check a book as read, enter date read, mark the book as owned or borrowed, track to whom and when the book is loaned, button to page 2, record publishing date, series information, and note (plot synopsis or comments).
Has Data:	Yes
Has Forms:	Yes
Filters:	Views/Filters/Sorting: Authors of Mystery-Views include: Default sorted by Author; Favorites filtered by authors marked as favorite and is sorted by Author; Genre sorted by Genre and Author. Books of Mystery-Views include: Default sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title; Priority List filtered by priority value and sorted by AuthorID and Title; Borrowed filtered by books marked as borrowed, sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title; Loaned To filtered (must be data in the Loaned to field**) and sorted by Loaned To, AuthorID, and Title; Read filtered on books marked as read and sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title; Owned filtered on books marked as own and sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title. Mysteries Read-Views include: Default sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title; Priority List filtered by priority value and sorted by AuthorID and Title; Borrowed filtered by books marked as borrowed, sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title; Loaned To filtered** and sorted by Loaned To, AuthorID, and Title; Read filtered on books marked as read and sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title; Owned filtered on books marked as own and sorted by AuthorID, Author, and Title.
Sorting:	See above.
Comments:	Please read the associated Word document. The Authors of Mystery database currently contains 154 Mystery Authors. The Books of Mystery contains 696 books. It takes a few seconds after Hot Sync for the records to open. The Forms on the handheld are set to operate on a Treo 650 Palm OS. Form adjustments will be needed for other handhelds and OS. Please feel free to contact me with comments, questions, and/or suggestions.
Price:	FREE
Version:	HanDBase v.3.0x or greater
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Note:	MAC Users will need to enter the filename mystery_readers_authors_and_books.zip when saving this file.

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