Important: For your upload to be successful, the structure of the file must be preserved and the headings should not be modified.
We recommend that you refrain from using abbreviations, which are not generally understood by most buyers when searching for books.
To optimise the way your inventory appears in the search results, certain fields require exact terms, which we have provided in the Notes section of the table below. These fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
The fields in red are compulsory.
Any additional descriptive information should be added to the Description Field.
|
Field Header |
Maximum Characters |
Description |
Notes |
|
listingid |
40 |
Unique code for each item |
Important: this code should never be reused for a different item |
|
title |
750 |
Title (and sub-title) |
|
|
author |
750 |
Name of the Author |
Recommended Format: Surname, First Name |
|
illustrator |
255 |
Name of the Illustrator |
Recommended Format: Surname, First Name |
|
price |
10 |
Price (numeric value) |
Enter the price in numeric format (without text or currency symbols) |
|
quantity |
Qty max. : 999 |
Number of available items |
Qty > = 1: available for sale Qty = 0: unavailable (will be deleted from the site) Important : an empty field will be interpreted as a field with the quantity of 1 |
|
booktype |
30 |
Type of book |
This field allows you to define the type of listing, for example: book, e-book, audio book, postcard, journal, print-on-demand item |
|
description |
4000 |
Description of the item |
Can include all of the information that could not be entered into the other fields (Notes on the condition of the book, the binding, etc.) |
|
bindingtext* |
30 |
Binding of the item |
Terms to use : Hardcover / Hardback Softcover / Paperback No binding (eg. If the item is an e-book) |
|
bookcondition* |
30 |
Condition of the book |
Terms to use: New As New Fine Very Good Good Fair Poor |
|
publishername |
750 |
Name of the publisher |
|
|
placepublished |
80 |
Place where the item was published |
|
|
yearpublished |
4 figures |
Year of publication |
This field should only contain the year in a 4 digit format (eg. 1989). Any other date format should be added to the description field. |
|
isbn |
13 |
10 or 13 digit ISBN, without spaces or hyphens |
|
|
sellercatalog |
100 |
Name of the catalogue which the book belongs to. |
The catalogues are visible on the AbeBooks bookseller Storefront. To help buyers navigate catalogues easily, the maximum number of catalogues should be 100. |
|
abecategory |
10 |
Number of the AbeBooks category which the book should be associated with. |
The categories are visible on the AbeBooks bookseller homepages. These categories can be downloaded from the Members Menu. Further explanation of the AbeBooks Categories. |
|
keywords |
2000 |
Keywords to help buyers to find the book |
Try to use words that are not already included in any of the other fields but which buyers may be using to search for the book. |
|
jacketcondition* |
30 |
Condition of the dustjacket |
Terms to use : New As New Fine Very Good Good Fair Poor No Jacket |
|
editiontext* |
50 |
First edition, second edition, etc. |
Term to use : First edition 2nd edition 3rd edition 4th edition 5th or later edition |
|
printingtext* |
20 |
Printing of the item |
Terms to use: 1st printing 2nd printing 3rd printing 4th printing 5th or later printing |
|
signedtext* |
50 |
Signed book, inscription… |
Terms to use: signed by author signed by authors signed and inscribed by author inscribed by author signed by illustrator inscribed by illustrator |
|
volume |
50 |
The volume of the book, if applicable |
|
|
size |
The size of the book |
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Please use the link below to download the AbeBooks Inventory Template:
Note: Before you send your invetory data to us, you will need to save the file in tab delimited text (.txt) format:
1. Open the Excel sheet
2. Select [File]
3. Select [Save as]
4. From the [Save as type] menu select “Text (Tab delimited)(*.txt)”
