NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Abebooks Bookseller Summit in Victoria on February 3rd, 2006
We will be hosting our first Bookseller Summit in our offices in Victoria, British Columbia on February 3rd 2006. All Abebooks.com booksellers are encouraged to attend. Attendees will have the chance to tour our operations, meet with our entire team and get a sneak peak at our product design plans. To help ensure that different voices are heard from across North America, we have invited some key opinion makers from our bookseller forums to attend. [Read More]

Free Shipping Policies
Abebooks now has a Free Shipping policy page detailing our policies for our Free Shipping program. These policies are effective immediately, and apply both to newly added sellers and sellers already in the program. [View the Policies]

Customer Survey Results
Between June and September 2005, we ran a customer survey on the Abebooks.com web site. We have now compiled the results and are eager to share some of the most interesting findings with you. [Survey Results]

Customer Support Tip of the Month
Sending Your Inventory via FTP
(Courtesy of Patrick, Customer Support)
The fastest and most reliable method of sending us your inventory adds, updates and deletes is by FTP. You can easily use FTP right from HomeBase or the Members Menu. FTP is faster, less likely to fail, and it generates fewer errors than using e-mail uploads. [Read More]

Reminder: Reseller Programs Closed
The Abebooks Reseller Programs are now closed. Returns for the Amazon and Half.com programs will be accepted until the end of 2005. (BNBQ and BibliOz returns are no longer being accepted.)

Stay Up-To-Date on What's Actually Selling
For a limited time, The Book Standard, a one-stop online information center, is offering Abebooks booksellers free subscriptions to its weekly Retail Report e-newsletter, which contains bookselling news, industry profiles, and sales-trend analysis and data with weekly updated bestseller reports. [Subscribe Now]

I am a new customer to Abebooks. I have just received my initial order and I am pleased with the quality of my purchase and the speed in which it arrived. I will be certain to use your web site for future purchases. My thanks to Becker's Books in Houston, TX! - E.P.

Sell More Books This Season
We’re asking for your help in recommending a title or two that you believe will be a bestseller over the holidays. If we feature a listing you have suggested we’ll link directly to your inventory. This is a great way to further merchandise your store name and your inventory and increase your holiday season book sales.

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On the Hunt for Rare & Collectible C.S. Lewis
Our next feature in the Rare Book Room is focussed on the works of C.S. Lewis and we want your input. If you have a rare or collectible Lewis item you would like featured, please contact us at features@abebooks.com.

(Please ensure listings include photographs. We do not guarantee inclusion of all books.)

Abebooks - Top Employer!
Abebooks.com has been named as one of Canada’s top 100 employers by Maclean’s magazine for the third successive year. We believe a contented and skilled workforce will deliver better service to our booksellers and book buyers, so we are thrilled to receive this major honor once again.

Roundtable Events now "Live and Interactive" Every Month!
Starting in November, our monthly Roundtable Event with Hannes Blum, President and CEO of Abebooks and Sue Connors, Director of Sales and Account Management, will be hosted live in our Bookseller Community Forums “Chat” room. Join them, along with other booksellers and the occasional special guest, in a lively interactive discussion on topics of interest to Abebooks booksellers. Our traditional “question and answer postings” Roundtable format will continue to occur once every three months (the next one is on January 17th). We enjoy talking with you and encourage you to join us for these discussions! Click here for a schedule of our Events.

Please note that if you cannot make the times posted, you can read the transcripts from these Chats in the Roundtable Event folder in our Forums after each event.

Top 10 Searched Authors on Abebooks
(October 16 - 22)

1. Harold Pinter
2. Albert Terhune
3. Stephen King
4. P.G. Wodehouse
5. Nora Roberts
6. J.R.R. Tolkien
7. Aleister Crowley
8. Dan Brown
9. Mark Twain
10. Andrew Loomis