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We really like to talk to our customers and always reply to questions that you send us. But we also need some time to develop new features in Alfa Ebooks Manager. That's why we created the Online Help, that's available in the Support section. There you can find answers to most questions about the software that are usually replied by our support.

We will be constantly updating this Online Help basing on your feedback and you'll be able to access it from software's Help menu.

We have received a lot of positive feedback during the beta testing and finally we are happy to announce the official release of the new Alfa Ebooks Manager 1.8. We hope, you'll love it and appreciate your support.

Here is the final list of new features:

- New user interface
- Improved software performance
- Table View
- Classic View with author pics
- New Thumbnail views: Detailed, Volume, Bookshelf
- Improved 3D book view
- Customizable thumbnail size
- New Scan tool
- File Manager
- Retrieve ISBN tool
- LRF, FB2, EPUB support
- Add Books from the Web
- Batch book web-update
- Google Images integration
- Improved Statistics and Reports
- Favorites section
- Full Screen e-Library View

If you use Alfa Ebooks Manager 0.7.5 you can get the next version 1.8 for free. Please contact support and provide your Name and Order #.

Like any popular program, Alfa Ebooks Manager has the cracked version. But unlike most cases when it's possible to use cracked software, our ebook organizer has the perfect anti-hacker protection. Here are the 3 top reasons of why you shouldn't install the hacked version.

1. The other day one of our most active customers reported that he found the cracked AEM version that was distributed with the Spyware agent. And we realized that as Alfa Ebooks Manager needs internet connection to retrieve book information from web-sites, our users allow it to pass through firewall. And it's a perfect opportunity for hackers to embed malware and send your confidential data to the internet. It's our duty to notify you about this danger.

2. On most book-sites that the AEM book manager uses to retrieve book data we use our personal partner accounts. And from time to time we change the authentication data, so that cracked versions stop getting book data from the internet. So the cracked version works only 2-3 months.

3. These customers, that don't have a record in our customer base can't update their software, order the custom book-site plugins and get our support to solve the problems if they appear.

As you know, we rely on Shareit as on our primary e-commerce partner. It's the most secure and reliable e-commerce platform that provides a variety of payment and delivery options and guarantees a high quality of service. But it has very strict anti fraud policy, and that's why sometimes our buyers have problems when ordering on Shareit. So, we decided to add a less strict payment option and partnered with Plimus. It offers a safe, secure and flexible buying experience, delivering comfortable access to the best products and services on the Web.

Plimus works with the world's major credit card companies and is checked daily by McAfee Corporation to ensure that they are 100% Hacker Safe. Besides it supports additional online paying methods like PayPal, Google Checkout, Bank Transfer, Wire Order, E-Check, or using your credit card to order via phone or fax.

So, if you have any problem with ordering our ebook database software on Shareit, please use this link to place a secure order on our Plimus online store.

As Windows software developers we are looking forward to the Windows 7 release on October 22. And we have already prepared for this event. Today we have finished our tests for our e-book manager compatibility with the new operation system. The tested version was current Alfa Ebooks Manager 0.7.5. As it works on top of .Net Framework (3.5 or higher), we almost had no problem with its adoption to Windows 7. Besides, Windows 7 by default contains .Net Framework 3.5, so our ebook software will work on most computers without the need to update the platform (the problem that we had with Win XP).

So, all book collectors, that use Alfa Ebooks Manager, shouldn't worry about the OS upgrade. Even, we were happy to find out that Alfa Ebooks Manager works faster on Windows 7 and can manage the larger ebook databases. Besides, Windows 7 gives us new opportunities to implement new features in the ebook software, like interface skins, more powerful ebook scan and more...

Today we have released a new version of Alfa Ebooks Manager 0.7.5. Here are the most interesting updates in the software:

Favorites

Of course any book lover has favorite books that should be stored separately. Until now you were able to create book ratings and access the best books by sorting the whole e-library using the Rating option. But, it's not suitable in some cases. Now we added the Favorites section, that allows to display these ebooks that you can manually select. Unlike the Selection feature, Favorites tool doesn't provide group operations, because you probably don't have a hundred of favorite books. To add a book to Favorites just make a right click on it and select "Add to Favorites" in the context menu. To remove book from the Favorites - click on "Remove from Favorites" in the right-click menu.

GhostScript integration for viewing PDF ebooks in 3D

As you know, Alfa Ebooks Manager always used Adobe Acrobat Pro to render PDF ebooks, so that you could view them in 3D space. But as this software is quite expensive and some users can't afford it, we decided to provide another option - GhostScript. It's a free interpreter for PDF files. To install GhostScript, open Tools->Options menu, PDF programs tab. There you will find a link to the setup file and instructions of how to complete the installation. Of course, you need to select the GhostScript radio-button there.

Google Books Integration

Google Books is the most popular book e-library on the Web. And you probably know that it allows to add books to a personal library. No you can import and export books between your Google Library and Alfa Ebooks Manager. To import the book list from Google Books save it as XML file on your computer. Then open File -> Import -> Google Library and select this XML file. Then load book list and add selected books to the database. To export books to Google Library open File -> Export -> Text File and leave only ISBN field in the template, so you'll get a list of ISBNs that is needed to import in Google Library.

3D Wall

As you probably noticed, that we pay much attention to the appearance of your e-Library, so that you could be proud of it when showing it to your friends or co-workers. Today we are happy to introduce you the Virtual 3D-Wall View. The best way to understand what is it - is to give it a try. You can turn it on by clicking on the Wall View icon in the View toolbar. To make this view default - open Tools->Options->General and select "Wall" in the "Default view" drop-down list.

Online ISBN validation

When scanning ebook files on your computer, Alfa Ebooks Manager tries to retrieve ebook ISBN from the file body. Of course, there is no standard, that defines exact ISBN position in the ebook file. That is why sometimes ISBN can be corrupted. Now you have an option to check if the given ISBN is valid using isbndb.com

As you know, our ebook collection software can retrieve book data from the Internet. This feature is implemented in form of integration plugins. As of today, Alfa Ebooks Manager contains 8 plugins for most popular online book libraries in the world (Amazon, Google Books, etc). We constantly receive a lot of requests to integrate the ebook software with other book information sources and develop new plugins that are requested more often. But we understand that this is not enough to keep all our customers happy.

So, we decided to offer a new service of custom plugin development. If you have a favorite site and want to retrieve book information from there, please contact support@alfaebooks.com and provide us the book site url. If your book site meets our requirements, we'll send you a payment link and the preliminary estimate of how soon we can deliver you the custom plugin.

We don't add this custom plugin development service to our online store and neither set a standard price for a custom plugin, because first we need to check each site individually and evaluate the possibility and complexity of the data retrieval. But we promise that the pricing will be affordable for all our users.