Meet
Maria and Marc
Maria and Marc are the newest faces on our Sales & Account
Management team. Booksellers of rare and antiquarian books will
get to know Maria at fairs and festivals as she dedicates her
time to our core booksellers. Marc will be working with textbook
sellers as our fastest-growing segment continues to expand. Jordan
will continue to work with used and new booksellers too. [Meet
Maria & Marc.]
IberLibro
Integration Update
IberLibro.com will be a full AbeBooks Website before the end of
the month, so your books will be listed on 5 international Web
sites instead of 4 for the same monthly fee. Now is a good time
to upload any Spanish-language books in your inventory and adjust
your shipping matrix to include rates for Spain, Mexico, and
other Spanish-speaking countries. You'll see your IberLibro orders
in your order list just like your orders from the other international
AbeBooks sites.
Bookseller
Survey 2006
More than 2,000 booksellers from around the world have
told us about their stores, inventory, and the future of bookselling.
Here are some interesting statistics so far: About 30% of respondents
said they have a bricks and mortar location; 10% have travelled
to another continent to purchase a book, and 60% sell books full-time.
We want these results to be as representative as possible because
this information will influence how we work with you. Make sure
your voice is heard: take
the survey now and not only will your store be counted, but
you'll be eligible to win a year's free subscription. Problems
completing the survey? [Read
our Survey FAQ.]
New
Shopping Basket Update
The new shopping basket has been a great success: we're seeing
more buyers complete the checkout process, which means more orders
for you. Buyers have already added 50,000 books to their Save
for Later lists.
 Customer
Support Tip
By Anna
Improving
Findability
Adding your books into your inventory management system and uploading
is only the beginning of making sure buyers find your books. Are
you taking advantage of all the ways to make sure your books are
found more often by more buyers? [View
our Findability Tips]
What
Buyers are Saying About Book Descriptions
We recently asked our Customer Advisory Board what they
like to see in book descriptions in the search results.
Are your descriptions helping or hurting your sales? [See
the results.]
Holiday
Season Tips
November and December can be the most successful season
of the year for many booksellers. If you missed our Holiday
Season Tips e-mail, you can review it in Bookseller Central.
[Read
the Holiday Tips.]
Coming
Soon - Charity Auction
Next month, AbeBooks is hosting an auction with Penguin
Classics. The only signed copies of five special-edition
books will be auctioned with all proceeds going to charity.
We'll include links to your listings for buyers who've been
outbid, and we expect the auction to attract major media
attention. Stand by for more news soon.
Giftsleuth
and Booksleuth
These two forums are full of people who want to buy books:
they just aren't sure which ones. Submitting your BookSleuth
and GiftSleuth
suggestions offers an opportunity for you to build relationships
with potential buyers and to link to your listings.
The AbeBooks
Blog: Reading Copy
Our blog is one more way to increase awareness about AbeBooks,
and our regular blog readers will have AbeBooks in mind
next time they want to purchase a book. [Check
out Reading Copy.]
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