If you are already using images on your own website you can choose to add the image URLs to your book file. By adding a URL field to your book file, you can include the URLs in this field and the corresponding images will be displayed.
Some inventory management software supports the use of image URLs within the book records. If you use such a software, you can also to send your images to AbeBooks using this method as well.
Alternatively, if your bookseller account has a custom file conversion and you would like to add a URL field to your file, this can also be arranged.
To send your image files using Book file Upload
Before sending your book file containing URLs, please contact our Customer Service team.
We will need to update your account mapping rule accordingly to ensure that your new file format can be received and the images processed correctly.
URL Requirements
You can upload up to 5 image URLs per listing. If you choose to do this please specify this in your enquiry, as we will need to know the exact delimiter you are using to separate the URLs in your file.
The first image which will be displayed is the first URL for that listing.
URLs must end with .jpg or .gif
Blocked Images
Please note that booksellers are required to own the copyright of all images uploaded to AbeBooks. There are a number of websites where the likelihood of a bookseller owning the image copyright is extremely low. For this reason, images from certain sites are automatically blocked.
If you experience difficulty please contact our Customer Service Team.
