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goodreads 'Book Tracker' Google Sheets Setup Instructions

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Nov 17, 2025
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This video instructs you on how to setup your Books spreadsheet from the template: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Kd3YOWM0XlPQKQV-NqXtLXItwEFIqPqc5t7Ae3uR3k/edit?usp=sharing This is the first video like this I've ever made and I might be great at spreadsheets but I'm terrible at editing videos, so apologies it's quite 'raw'. The spreadsheet is designed to run from data you download from Goodreads, you still use goodreads to log all your activity just occasionally re-download your data to the spreadsheet and add additional detail as you desire to get lots of great graphics and usable data. Buy me a coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/tpayne89 1:15 - Export data from Goodreads 2:00 - Resizing columns 2:30 - Importing Goodreads data 4:20 - Copy Ids into Data worksheet 6:45 - Choosing thumbnails 8:40 - Manual thumbnail 10:46 - Adding book start dates 13:39 - Adding book series info 14:13 - Adding rank + genre info 15:20 - Editing genres 16:15 - Adding 'own' information 17:25 - Adding Libby/Audible etc. info 19:00 - Adding prices + shops 20:35 - Exploring the dashboard 22:34 - Exploring TBR worksheet 23:55 - Exploring Read worksheet 24:37 - Exploring Library worksheet 25:01 - Digital bookshelves worksheet 26:35 - Updating the spreadsheet

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