StoryBox Previous Version Release Notes
Version 1.0.20
4/29/2012
Please be sure you have your title aliases set correctly before installing this build. Aliases are used to tie the various versions of a title together in the case that you have changed titles, or the vendors have reported them differently. You can use the Alias Manger under the tools menu to do this. If you have not changed your titles at all, you may not need to worry about this.
- Fixed: A bug caused new editions to not be created when a title has changed, which caused the upgrade procedure in 1.0.19 to miss those entries when updating the format.
- Adds missing editions (in the case that a title changed) and tries to determine what the format of the edition is based on aliases. If the edition can't be determined, it will be marked as "Unknown"
All links to versions prior to 1.0.20 have been removed do to a bug that could cause data integrity problems when importing sales from books whose title has changed. 1.0.20 does it's best to fix those data integrity errors in existing databases, but it's really just best not to use the earlier versions at all.
Version 1.0.19
4/28/2012
- Added: Format filter to the reports
- Changed: Edition Type column in detail report is now renamed to "Format"
Version 1.0.18
4/15/2012
- Changed: Now only requires the .Net 4.0 Client profile, which should make for a smaller download, and the download can be found in Windows Update - this should only affect new users.
- Changed: Monthly Report charts are now line graphs instead of bar graphs
- Changed: The default view when opening a report is now the chart view
- Added: A currency filter for income reports
- Added: Page buttons beneath some charts to help keep the number of entries on each chart down. All charts may get them eventually. A future build will allow setting the number of items per chart page.
- Fixed: Centered the Total Sales Trend chart on the homepage better
Version 1.0.17
4/05/2012
- Fixed: Supports latest CreateSpace file format (they switched to XLS instead of CSV)
Version 1.0.16
2/24/2012
- Fixed: Minor issue with DriveThruFiction reports that would cause some of them to fail to import.
- Fixed: Now handles DriveThruFiction records that don't have an ISBN or a Vendor ID by asking if you would like TrackerBox to generate a Vendor ID, or if you would like to go to DriveThruFiction.com and supply a Product ID for the title (which you really should do).
Version 1.0.15
2/21/2012
- Added: A Net Income calculator to the Import->Publisher Royalties tool. This will let you calculate your net income for hand sales to people and independant bookstores. Press the $ button next to net income to use the calculator.
- Added: Last Year option to the home page daterange selector.
- Fixed: Last month date range selector on the home page was not producing the right data
- Added: DriveThruFiction.com report support. When you get your CSV from DTF, use the default options (except for the one that says generate CSV). You can change the date, but you can leave it alone, too.
Version 1.0.14
2/19/2012
- Added: A Home page that has a top ten sales chart, a top vendors chart, and a sales trend chart now appears when TrackerBox starts
- Fixed: Double clicking a TrackerBox .bst file now actually opens the file correctly when TrackerBox starts,
- Added: Recent Publishers menu item to the File menu
- Fixed: Title list in the constraints bar now respects the Display Using Title Aliases setting and displays them as a single title.
- Fixed: Typo of "Alias's"
- Added: An Alias Manager (under the Tools menu item) that allows you to adjust your aliases if you forgot them or want to change which is the parent. Just drag them where you want them.
Version 1.0.13
2/15/2012
- Changed: When the "Display Using Title Aliases" checkbox is checked, appropriate rows are now combined in the reports.
- Added: Option in Preferences to set the default setting of "Display Using Title Aliases".
- Changed: "Display Using Title Aliases" now defaults to checked unless you change the option in Preferences
Version 1.0.12
2/01/2012
- Fixed: Bug that caused improper values for non US currencies for Smashwords. You should re-import your Smashwords reports.
Version 1.0.11
1/18/2012
- Fixed: Bug that caused Amazon reports to try to add a new edition without a valid ASIN if you had sales in France in October 2011
Version 1.0.10
1/16/2012
- Added: Support for latest KDP report.
- Added: Trans. Type column to the detail report.
- Fixed: Error message when trying to open the Detail Report more than one time. It will now activate the existing report.
Version 1.0.9
1/1/2012
- Added: Support for recent changes to PubIt reports
Version 1.0.8
10/17/2011
- Added: Option to exclude free sales from reports. This will not exclude free sales from Amazon (or any other vendor where they aggregate all sales for the month into a single data point) where the title went free in the middle of the month as Amazon only reports a total income amount for each title at each royalty rate (70%,35%). They do not break out free sales.
- Added: Skip Always option to the Title Reconciliation dialog (when importing) which will always skip records based on the title name. Useful if you have titles from different authors in a single vendor report and you want to have a separate publisher file for each author
- Fixed: CSV export wasn't adding the .csv extension to the file name
- Fixed: One time exception message when opening a publisher after it's been upgraded or created
- Fixed: Assertion when refreshing a report after sorting by a column
- Fixed: Problem where Auto Expand Groups checkbox in preferences wasn't getting set to the correct value when the preferences window opened.
- Fixed: Problem where it would ask you to reconcile the same title over and over if the title had changed but still had the same vendor id/isbn combination as the previous title
Version 1.0.7
09/26/2011
- Changed: Moved the Import menu item from the file menu to a separate Import menu
- Added: Import->Publisher Royalties tool. This option allows you to import data from publishers royalty statements. The publishers show up as vendors in the reports, but they have a different type. Eventually, you will be able to filter based on that type
- Added: A "Type" to an edition that lets you specify what type of book an ISBN is (Electronic, POD, Hardcover, Trade Paper, etc...). On upgrade, all records currently in the DB are set as Electronic, except for CreateSpace, which are designated as POD. If ANYONE is doing their eBooks through CreateSpace, could you please send me a copy of a "detail" report so I can see what it looks like?
- Added: An Edition Type column in the detail report.
- Added: Income and sales reports By Month->By Title and Vendor
Version 1.0.6
08/07/2011
- Added: Importing of 2008/2009 Amazon reports.
Version 1.0.5
07/31/2011
- Fixed: Minor issue with Smashwords records not displaying correct currency.
- Fixed: Made some changes to the Midnight theme
- Fixed: Problem with importing ARE when 0 sales occurred for a title in a particular reporting period
Version 1.0.4
06/30/2011
- Fixed: Amazon reports prior to May 2010
- Fixed: Dates panel cuts off controls
Version 1.0.3
06/29/2011
- Added: Option in preferences to automatically expand groups when grouping by columns
- Added: Options group to the Report view.
- Changed: Moved "Display Using Title Alias's" to the new Options panel
- Added: Auto Expand Groups checkbox to the new Options panel. This starts off using the default set in preferences, but can be toggled on and off without changing the default
- Added: Importing Amazon sales reports from prior to August, 2010
- Fixed: Import issue on some Amazon KDP reports where the no sales reported text did not match what was expected
- Fixed: Import issue when currency strings in reports had whitespace around the currencies
- Fixed: Version check no longer reports older version numbers as new versions (will only affect people that get test builds for whatever reason)
- Added: Skip button to the New Title/Edition dialog. This is mostly to help prevent bad data from getting into your database when the vendor changes the report
Version 1.0.2
06/23/2011
- Fixed: A bug with imports from smashwords files saved as xls that caused duplicate entries. If you notice you have duplicate smashwords entries, you will need to create a new publisher file and import your files again, or you can send them to me and I can fix them. (It's probably easier at this point to recreate them)
- Fixed: Import from Smashwords file when saved as xls
- Impoved the import speed from large data files significantly
Version 1.0.1
06/23/2011
- Fixed: Remembers the position of the window when closing and reopening
- Added: Summary rows to the remaining reports
Version 1.0.0
06/22/2011
First Release!
In case you haven't seen it already, here's the feature bullet list:
- Import sales reports from without having to manipulate them in a spreadsheet
- Amazon KDP
- PubIt
- Smashwords
- CreateSpace
- All Romance eBooks
- Support multiple Authors and Pen Names
- Track sales for every title and chart your sales and income progress
- Group and sort reports by any column
- Apply parameters to the reports, including selecting mulitple titles, authors, and/or Vendors
- Export reports to XLS, PDF, CSV and HTML
- Run multiple reports and see them side by side
