Categorizing Listings Online

 

You can easily categorize your listings using our Online Inventory Manager.

To categorize your listings online:

  1. Sign on to your AbeBooks account.


  2. Select [Manage My Books & Images] in the 'My Books' section of the Menu.


  3. Search for a listing or group of listings.


  4. Select the listings you'd like to categorize individually, or use the [Select/Deselect All] button.


  5. Click the [Categorize] button.


  6. Browse the categories and sub-categories by clicking the category names.  Click a sub-category to assign it to your listing.

 

You can assign up to 10 categories to each listing. 

 

Tips:

  * To quickly map your catalogs to our categories, select one of your catalogs on the Find Listings page. Select all of the listings in the results and then assign them to the corresponding category.


  * You can also use keyword or author searches to assign multiple listings to categories at once, saving you time.

 

If you'd like to remove a category from multiple listings, you can use the Remove Categories tool.

  1. From the Find Listing screen, search for the listings you'd like to update.


  2. Select the listings you'd like to update. Tip: Use the categories refinements on the left side of the page to find listings assigned to that category.


  3. Click the [Remove Categories] button.


  4. Select the category you'd like to remove and click the [Remove Selected Categories] button.

You'll receive a Success message at the top of the page.  If there are no other categories shared with these listings, you'll see a note on the right side of your screen.

Note: If you wish to remove automatically assigned categories in bulk, you must first add your own category to those listings. Once they have a vendor supplied category in common, any automatically assigned categories can be removed in bulk.

If you wish to remove categories without first adding your own, then they must be removed one listing at a time.

If you use another program to manage your inventory, you may wish to download our category list and make the updates locally. 

 

Downloading the Browse Category List