In late April, the first AbeBooks Bookseller Meeting of 2009 took place at the Grange Strathmore Hotel in London. Thank you very much to those booksellers who attended and brought their feedback and questions. Hannes Blum, the CEO of AbeBooks, took part in the meeting and hosted a roundtable discussion to answer booksellers' queries directly.
To begin with, a presentation was given covering how AbeBooks promotes your books to buyers, uploading pictures and new and future projects. If you were not able to attend the meeting, the presentation can be reviewed here:
Download Presentation 20-04-2009
Below, you can find a short summary of some of the questions addressed in the meeting:
Buyers use wants when they cannot find a book they are searching for on the website. Every day we compare books that have been recently uploaded to all of the Wants that buyers have saved. If a match is made, then the buyer is emailed the details of the book on AbeBooks and sellers are emailed with details of the item that has been matched.
You can personalise your Storefront by selecting the option [Your Storefront] in the Members Menu. You can also find the URL (website address) of your Storefront at this location which can be given to your customers so that they can locate and buy your books very easily.
You can view your bookseller rating through your Members Menu. The star rating that appears alongside your listings on the website is formed from your average completion rate over the last six months.
- How can I categorise my books?
There are various ways to add categories to your books depending on how you normally send your listings to AbeBooks. You can sign on to your bookseller account and categorise your books one by one or you can download a list of the categories and add them in a new field to your existing book file. Please remember that when you make changes to your book file structure you will need to let our Customer Service Team know so that your account settings can be changed.
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