# Separate Books

## Activate and Use Function <a href="#toc165549833" id="toc165549833"></a>

<figure><img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8d87ceddcc41552d6d8ada8b9e16c8f5216aa748%2Fimage%20(74).png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Activate and use separate books</p></figcaption></figure>

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c3c70a66b425e3516a639c4e49a63aca48a7e671%2Fbulletpoint-01.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">Open the book cover.

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b699655ac8771463ca5f56be31a596f7f26ed933%2Fbulletpoint-02.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">Press "Edit books."

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-14af25b30b774428b15a988f9f808a4da873c60c%2Fbulletpoint-03.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">Then switch to "Use multiple books."

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-10610b4b1145041bac45e0b06ad06405078a9b4e%2Fbulletpoint-04.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">Afterwards, you will find a list of 15 books on the book cover. When you are not in edit mode, select the desired book by tapping here.

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9257ec3c327cc8caf44c47cbfb44556786e031f4%2Fbulletpoint-05.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">Book titles can be changed directly here.

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ba997d26d2b5a8591e4018309358525ae2b1c5eb%2Fbulletpoint-06.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">In the menu at the "..." button, you will find functions to delete or copy entire books.

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-558ca4cded03ec19366b79f43ed8ac46a44acc15%2Fbulletpoint-07.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">You can easily change the book order by dragging at the symbol on the right side.

<img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f9560eb3a72b1b96b3c9ef9adcbeea7ab848bb62%2Fbulletpoint-08.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">If you want to copy or move an existing song to another book, press and hold the song until a menu with the corresponding options appears.

The database, the directory with the files, and the list of entered artists and genres are shared by all books.

An even stronger separation of data can be achieved through the multi-tenant capability with subdirectories. You can find more about this in the chapter [mandantenfahigkeit-mit-unterverzeichnissen](https://docs.songbookplus.com/english/readme/mandantenfahigkeit-mit-unterverzeichnissen "mention")**.**

## Share (Export) Books <a href="#toc165549834" id="toc165549834"></a>

This function allows you to export the contents of a book and transfer them to another SongBook+.

The book is exported into a .sbkbook file and can be imported back into the target SongBook.

When exporting, you can decide the extent to which the playlist is exported:

* **Song data without files:**\
  The export contains the complete song data (title, artist, genre, actions on opening/starting/stopping/closing), recorded scrolling, cursor, annotations,...
* **Complete with linked files**\
  The export contains the complete song data as above and additionally all associated files like PDF file, audio file(s), MIDI file, video file.

<figure><img src="https://2961795397-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUd6jgszxLuhJfHuCabdk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-57425170d2dc0ed63238eef58f62e65261bd1c33%2Fimage%20(51).png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Share books</p></figcaption></figure>
