Adding a New Book to Your Inventory Using AbeBooks Online Inventory Management System

You can enter your new book data or add a single book to the inventory you previously uploaded using the AbeBooks Online Inventory Management System.
 

Note:  Required fields are designated by a red asterisk (*).  The book price must be equivalent to a minimum of USD 1.00  and cannot exceed 10 digits or include special characters (e.g. $ and ,).

 

To add a new listing:

1. On the AbeBooks site, click [sign on] and enter your E-mail Address and Password.

2. Click [Your Books] in the Members menu.

3. Select [List and maintain your books]

 

4. The “Inventory Management: Find Listing” opens.  Click on the [Add listing] link located on the upper right 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.


 

 

If the ISBN Lookup is unable to retrieve any data, you will receive an error message.  Book data will then need to be entered manually in order to add the book listing.

6. In the mandatory fields (those fields marked with an red asterisk *) that are not automatically filled in, enter the appropriate book details.  Note:  If you have more than one copy of a book, you may enter the number available in the Quantity field (1-10,000).  If you have an unlimited supply (e.g. You are the publisher.) please click the "Unlimited Quantity" box.
 

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1. Enter required information into the appropriate fields:

• Your Book No.

• Author

• Title

• Book Price
 

2. From the available drop-down lists, select required attributes for:

• Binding

• Book Condition
 

All other fields are optional but remember; it is best to be as descriptive with your book listings as possible since good descriptions sell books.



 

To save the new book listing to your online inventory:

1. Click the [Add] button to add the book to your inventory.

2. To add the book and to transfer the standard book information to a new record, click the [Add and Copy] button.

3. Click the “clear fields” link to clear the book information without adding the book to your inventory.

 

Previewing Listings

After you have added a book to your inventory using the online system, you are given an opportunity to preview how the listing will appear on the AbeBooks site.  After viewing the preview, you can also make changes to the listing if you need or wish to.

    1. Click on the [Preview Listing] found beneath the added item confirmation message.

    2. If you would like to make changes to your listing, click [Edit your listing].  If you are happy with your listing, click on any of the other options to continue working with your inventory.


       

Note:

If you use book inventory management software, and are adding many books to your online inventory, we recommend that you upload a book data file to us with all new additions.

AbeBooks provides HomeBase 2.3 as free, easy-to-use book inventory management software.