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How can I list my books on your platform?

 Depending on your specific needs, AbeBooks offers many options to help you list & upload your books:

1. Online Inventory Management - Ideal for beginners who would like to enter their books directly online. ISBN Look-up feature is also available. Example

For further information see Using Online Inventory Management.

2. HomeBase - Our free inventory management software for cataloguing books, maintaining a customer database and creating invoices. Technical support included. With HomeBase you can keep a detailed list of your inventory, print your catalogues and easily export your book data. Features exclusive to AbeBooks member booksellers: Use of ISBN Look-up and Price comparison tools! Example   [Download HomeBase] 

For further information see Using HomeBase or download our HomeBase 2.3 User Guide.

If you are using the new Beta HomeBase™ 3.0, click here for the online help.

3. Individual conversion of your book data - Should you already have a customised inventory system such as MichaelCole, Booktrakker, Amazon, BookRouter - or use a program such as Excel, Access or Filemaker to list your books, we can create a conversion specifically for your data format. Simply send a copy of your first file together with a field description (1 = book ID, 2 = author, 3 = title, 4 = publisher etc.) to conversions@abebooks.com - please remember to mention which software you use. We will check your data and get back to you if we have any questions. Example

For further information see Using your own data format.

[View list of possible formats]

If you do not yet have an inventory management system, you may wish to use the AbeBooks Inventory Template that we have already set up for you.

 

[Click here] to see a description of the file and a link to download it.

4. XML-Interface (API) - For those with a high volume of sales we also offer a special XML-interface (API) that allows direct communication with the AbeBooks Server. The system ensures seamless integration of your AbeBooks-Business into your own order and inventory management system. Please contact us directly for further information on this service.

Details on how to upload your book data can be found here.