# How to upload books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Stash Hub Help\ **Tags:** books, patterns, advice-wanted\ **Created:** [24 January 2025 11:24 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218 "2025-01-24T11:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cecile](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/cecile/32/95_2.png) [@cecile](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/cecile)\ **Post date:** [24 January 2025 11:24 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/1 "2025-01-24T11:24:51Z")
How do you upload books? I just did realise that there is the format option “book”. I had hesitated yet to upload my books… Like when there are multiple patterns in a book, do you copy the table of contents? I don’t have many “normal” sewing books. But as a costumer/re-enactor I got a lot of books with diagrams of historical garments… ---
**Author:** ![Strawberrysewco](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/strawberrysewco/32/67_2.png) [@Strawberrysewco](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/Strawberrysewco)\ **Post date:** [24 January 2025 15:50 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/2 "2025-01-24T15:50:28Z")
I don’t have any books with patterns currently, but if I did I’d probably do one record for each pattern, then put in the description/notes the page number of that specific pattern. Maybe a tag for each book, too. For the historical garment diagrams, maybe you could put those in as inspiration? That’s what I do with pretty much any image I want to have saved that isn’t specifically a pattern/fabric ---
**Author:** ![Alison](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/alison/32/131_2.png) [@Alison](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/Alison)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2025 07:37 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/3 "2025-01-25T07:37:54Z")
@TheWizard @BlossomSandwich I wonder if indexing pattern books could be something Stash Hub would be interested in? [Eatyourbooks.com](http://Eatyourbooks.com) is a site that indexes cookery books (indexes are crowd sourced) so you can search for a recipe across all your books. Building something similar for pattern books and magazine would be really useful. I’d be happy to get involved if this ever makes your agenda! ---
**Author:** ![ClaireSews](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/clairesews/32/37_2.png) [@ClaireSews](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/ClaireSews)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2025 18:34 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/4 "2025-01-25T18:34:00Z")
Hi @cecile👋🏼, I’ve just created a forum post [here](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-i-plan-to-record-patterns-from-books-into-stashhub-app/306) where I share how I plan to record patterns from books 📖 into the app ☺. ---
**Author:** ![TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/thewizard/32/3_2.png) [@TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/TheWizard)\ **Post date:** [27 January 2025 10:26 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/5 "2025-01-27T10:26:23Z")
Cool idea and definitely something we’d be interested in doing. It’ll be a lot of work though so might have to hold-off for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Alison](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/alison/32/131_2.png) [@Alison](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/Alison)\ **Post date:** [27 January 2025 11:29 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/6 "2025-01-27T11:29:02Z")
Absolutely, and only a nice to have, not critical in any way - it would definitely be a major project to get off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![kittyzf](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/kittyzf/32/300_2.png) [@kittyzf](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/kittyzf)\ **Post date:** [28 January 2025 18:38 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/7 "2025-01-28T18:38:41Z")
When I enter patterns from books, I put the book name in the “location” field. Since I only have a couple of books and they are all stored on the same shelf, this works well for me. For the page numbers I just rely on the index in the book, though that assumes there is a good one. ---
**Author:** ![ClaireSews](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/clairesews/32/37_2.png) [@ClaireSews](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/ClaireSews)\ **Post date:** [28 January 2025 19:27 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/8 "2025-01-28T19:27:05Z")
@kittyzf That’s a good tip ☺ the pattern kinda _lives_ inside that particular book 📙 after all 👍🏼 ---
**Author:** ![Jayne](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/jayne/32/755_2.png) [@Jayne](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/Jayne)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2025 06:08 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/how-to-upload-books/218/9 "2025-01-29T06:08:47Z")
That’s what I do. I get photos from the website and use the book as location.