Required Data Structure
For your upload to be successful, the structure of the file must be preserved and the headings should not be modified. We recommend that you refrain from using abbreviations, which are not generally understood by most buyers when searching for books. To optimise the way your inventory appears in the search results, certain fields require exact terms, which we have provided in the Notes section of the table below. These fields are marked with an asterisk (*). The fields in red are mandatory. Any additional descriptive information should be added to the Description Field. Requirements:
Field Names and Descriptions:
Field Header Maximum Characters Description Notes listingid 40 Unique code for each item Important: this code should never be reused for a different item title 750 Title (and sub-title) author 750 Name of the Author Recommended Format: Surname, First Name illustrator 255 Name of the Illustrator Recommended Format: Surname, First Name price 10 Price (numeric value) Enter the price in numeric format (without text or currency symbols) quantity Qty max. : 999 Number of available items Qty > = 1: available for sale Qty = 0: unavailable (will be deleted from the site) Important : an empty field will be interpreted as a field with the quantity of 1 booktype 30 Type of book This field allows you to define the type of listing, for example: book, e-book, audio book, postcard, journal, print-on-demand item description 4000 Description of the item Can include all of the information that could not be entered into the other fields (Notes on the condition of the book, the binding, etc.) bindingtext* 30 Binding of the item Terms to use : Hardcover / Hardback Softcover / Paperback No binding (eg. If the item is an e-book) bookcondition* 30 Condition of the book Terms to use: New As New Fine Very Good Good Fair Poor publishername 750 Name of the publisher placepublished 80 Place where the item was published yearpublished 4 figures Year of publication This field should only contain the year in a 4 digit format (eg. 1989). Any other date format should be added to the description field. isbn 13 10 or 13 digit ISBN, without spaces or hyphens sellercatalog1 -- sellercatalog2 -- sellercatalog3 350 Name of the catalog which the book belongs to. Each listing can be associated with up to 3 catalogs and each catalog should be entered in it's own unique field. The catalogs are visible on the AbeBooks bookseller Storefront. To help buyers navigate catalogs easily, sellers should have no more than 100 catalogs in total. abecategory 100 Number of the AbeBooks category which the book should be associated with. The maximum categories per book is 10. The categories are visible on the AbeBooks bookseller homepages. These categories can be downloaded from the Members Menu. Further explanation of the AbeBooks Categories. keywords 2000 Keywords to help buyers to find the book Try to use words that are not already included in any of the other fields but which buyers may be using to search for the book. jacketcondition* 30 Condition of the dustjacket Terms to use : New As New Fine Very Good Good Fair Poor No Jacket editiontext* 50 First edition, second edition, etc. Term to use : First edition 2nd edition 3rd edition 4th edition 5th or later edition printingtext* 20 Printing of the item Terms to use: 1st printing 2nd printing 3rd printing 4th printing 5th or later printing signedtext* 50 Signed book, inscription… Terms to use: signed by author signed by authors signed and inscribed by author inscribed by author signed by illustrator inscribed by illustrator volume 50 The volume of the book, if applicable size The size of the book imgurl 2000 Image URL
You may wish to use an Excel template that we have already set up for you:
Note: If you decide to use the template to catalogue your books, please remember that before you upload to us, the file must be saved in a tab delimited text (.txt) format: 1. Open the Excel sheet
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