Migrating from Reading List

Reading List exports a clean CSV file, and Book Tracker reads it as it is, including where you are in the books you’re reading.

Export your Reading List library

1. Open Reading List and go to Settings.
2. Tap Import / Export, then Export.
3. Save the CSV file to Files or iCloud Drive, or AirDrop it to the device where you use Book Tracker.

Don’t open and save the file in a spreadsheet first. Use it exactly as Reading List made it.

Import the file into Book Tracker

1. Open Book Tracker and go to Settings → Import.
2. Tap Choose File and select the Reading List file.
3. Under Exported from, Book Tracker shows Reading List. If it shows a different app, tap it and pick Reading List.
4. Tap Continue. Book Tracker looks up your books and finds their covers. When it’s done, tap Review.
5. Review the list. Each row says what will happen to that book; tap a row to leave it out.
6. Tap the Import button, which shows how many books are coming in (for example, Import 312 books). Book Tracker backs up your library before it adds anything.

What comes across

• The book: title, subtitle, authors, ISBN, pages, publisher, publication date, description, and language.
• Reading status, worked out from the dates Reading List keeps: finished books arrive as read, books you gave up on as did not finish, started or paused books as currently reading.
• Your place in the book, as a page or a percentage, whichever Reading List recorded.
• Rating, converted to the rating scale you use in Book Tracker, and notes.
• Lists become tags, and subjects become categories.
• Covers from Google Books, for the books that came from there.

Limits

• Reading List doesn’t record a book’s format, so every book arrives with the default format set in Book Tracker’s settings. Change it before importing if most of your books are ebooks or audiobooks.
• Reading List keeps one reading per book, so each book arrives with one reading.
• The order of books inside a list is not imported.