If you do not have your own database or do not use inventory management software such as HomeBase, you can use our Online Inventory Management facility to easily add, update and categorise your listings via your AbeBooks bookseller account.
Adding a Listing:
1. [Sign On] to your AbeBooks.com bookseller account
2. Click [Your Books] in the Members Menu
3. Select [List and maintain your books]
4. The "Inventory Management: Find Listing" opens. Click the [Add listing] link located on the upper right corner of the screen
5. Enter the ISBN into the ISBN field and click the [ISBN Lookup] button. When the ISBN Lookup has been successful, you will receive a confirmation message.
Note: Please verify all information automatically entered when using the ISBN lookup feature
6. In the mandatory fields (those fields marked with an red asterisk *) that are not automatically filled in, enter the appropriate book details
7. Click the [Add] button to add the book to your inventory
You will see a confirmation message when the book was been added. If you would like to see how the listing will appear in the search results, click the [Preview Listing] link.
Tip: You can use the [Compare Prices] link located below the book price field. A new window will open and you will see our Price Comparison page, which will display the 10 highest and 10 lowest priced copies of that title on AbeBooks, allowing you to price your copy competitively
Editing a Listing:
Once you have clicked [List and maintain your books], you can search for the book you would like to edit. This can be done by using the criteria in one of the 3 blue boxes titled 'Online inventory', 'Deleted or Recently Modified Items' or 'Inventory by book number'.
1. Located the listing you wish to edit
2. Click the [Edit Listing] link below the listing
3. Edit your listing using the fields and drop-down lists available. Ensure that all of the required fields (those marked with an asterisk) are filled in
4. Click the [Save Changes] button
You will receive a confirmation message when the changes have been saved. If you would like to see how the listing will appear in the search results, click the [Preview Listing] link.
Deleting/Restoring a Listing:
Search for the listing you would like to delete using the instructions above.
1. Click [Delete/Restore]
2. Review the screen that shows which books will be deleted
3. If the selections are correct, click the [Yes, Delete] or [Yes, Restore] button
Deleting Multiple Listings:
From the main screen, "Inventory Management: Find Listing", you can use the 3rd blue box: 'Inventory by book number' to easily delete up to 100 books at a time. Simply:
1. Enter the book id numbers (one per line or separated by commas) for the listings you would like to delete and click [View Items] to see a list of those books
2. Click [Select/Deselect All] and then [Delete/Restore]
3. Confirm that you wish to delete these items by clicking [Yes, Delete]
Please Note: If any of the books that you have listed are already deleted, then this process will not work. Simply remove the book number of the listing that has already been deleted and try again.
Adding a Catalogue:
You can add new catalogues to your inventory the same time that you add a new book into that catalogue. Follow the instructions to add a new book, above. On the right side of the screen, enter the new catalogue name in the "Or New Catalogue" field. When you add the new book, the catalogue will be created at the same time.
Editing a Catalogue Name:
1. From any of the List and Maintain screens, click the [Manage Catalogues] link in the top-right corner
2. Click the [Edit] link for the catalogue name you would like to update
3. Edit the name
4. Click the [OK] button
Viewing online inventory:
To view your complete online inventory:
1. Without entering any details select "100" from the "Results/page" drop-down menu
2. Click on [View Items]
Associating Your Listings to the AbeBooks Categories
While many buyers use the search function to find the books they looking for, many buyers also use browsing to find books. You can categorise your listings to make them browse-able by AbeBooks buyers:
1. [Sign On] to your AbeBooks.com bookseller account
2. Click [Your Books] in the Members Menu
3. Select [List and maintain your books]
4. Enter criteria to search for some of your books and click the [View Items] button
5. Select a book (or several) and click the [Categorise] button
The category list is displayed on the right side of the page. You can click any of the [+] symbols to expand the list to view sub-categories, or click the name of a sub-category to assign it to your listing(s). If you already assign catalogues to your listings, you can map each of them to one of the AbeBooks Categories. In step 4, above, select one of your catalogues from the drop-down list when you do your search. Use the [Select/Deselect All] button to select all of the listings in that catalogue, and then categorise them to the corresponding category. You could use a similar system to categorise all books by a specific author, or listings with a particular keyword.
To remove a category from multiple listings, you can use the Remove Categories tool:
1. Locate and select the listings you would like to update
Tip: You can use the categories refinements on the left side of the page to find the listings assigned to that category.
2. Click the [Remove Categories] button
3. Select the category you would like to remove
4. Finally, click the [Remove Selected Categories] button. You will receive a Success message at the top of the page.
If there are no other categories shared with the listings, you will see a note on the right side of your screen.
Further information on the AbeBooks Categories.
