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This service is only available to abebooks.com member booksellers. You MUST be connected to the Internet for this function to work!
Disclaimer:
All information retrieved through the ISBN Lookup should be verified for accuracy. Occasionally, discrepancies do occur between the information retrieved and the information contained within the book (e.g. change in publisher name after the date of publication). It is the bookseller's responsibility to ensure that all information is correct. Abebooks.com does not guarantee the accuracy of the information as it is provided by third parties.
The ISBN Lookup enhancement enables registered abebooks.com booksellers to catalogue their books much more conveniently and quickly.
When an ISBN Lookup number is entered, HomeBase 2 automatically retrieves some of the book's associated information (e.g. author, illustrator, publisher, etc.) and displays it in the appropriate field boxes. Other information required to list the book, such as condition and edition must still be entered manually.
1. Click Books on the ABE spine. The Find Books screen is displayed.
2. Click the Add icon .
3. Type the ISBN number into the ISBN Lookup field.
4. Click the ‘ISBN Lookup’ button to retrieve book Information from abebooks.com.
Note: Any field that you filled in previously will not be updated when the ISBN Lookup is used.
5. Fill in the rest of the information about your book. You can move from field to field by using the ‘Tab’ key.
6. Click the ‘Save’ button to save the information and return to the Find Books screen or click the ‘Save/New’ button to save the book and add another book.
ISBN Preferences can be set to determine which information you wish to receive.
1. Click the ‘ISBN Preferences’ button. This will connect you to abebooks.com.
2. Choose your ISBN Preferences.
Book #
HomeBase 2 assigns each new entry a Book #, which appears in the first field on the left, labelled ("Book #"). You may choose to assign your own Book #s, as long as each Book # is unique. To do this, go to the Options screen.
Intelligent Fields
· Most fields on this screen are Intelligent Fields, which recognize, and fill in, previously entered information.
· An Intelligent Field is identified by the arrow and the pencil to the right of the field.
· As you type the first characters of your entry, HomeBase 2 searches in the drop-down list for matching entries. The first alphabetically matched entry appears in the field as highlighted text. If the matched entry is the one that you want, TAB to the next field. The matched item remains in the field.
· If the matched entry is not the one you want, continue typing your entry. HomeBase 2 will add the new item to the drop-down list for future use. Some fields will prompt you to confirm the addition of the new item and to provide additional information for ABE searches.
Keywords
HomeBase 2 uses words entered in the Keywords field to locate books from the Find function. If ISBN keywords are available ISBN Lookup will enter keywords, which describe the content or category of a book, so that books may be easily located during future searches. You may add or delete these keywords.
Note: the keyword field in HomeBase 2 allows you to enter an almost unlimited amount of characters, but only the first 2,000 characters will be saved with your online inventory on abebooks.com.
Entering Book Cost/Price
· Whole currency amounts only require a single number. HomeBase 2 automatically converts the entered number to a currency amount when you leave the field.
· To enter a partial currency amount, you must enter the decimal point after the whole currency amount. (For example, to enter $8.25, type 8.25. HomeBase 2 will convert a whole number to a whole currency amount.)
· You do not need to enter a currency sign such as the $.
· When you move from the field, HomeBase 2 automatically formats the entered number as a currency amount.
· Amounts entered into the "My Cost" field will appear only on your own copy of HomeBase 2. They will not be displayed on ABE, and will not be accessible to other ABE users.
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