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Sell more of your books at Blackwell Online


Research has shown that customers are far more likely to buy a book online if they can see its cover, read a description of it, look at some rave reviews, read about the author, or check in the table of contents to see if the chapter they need is there. Provide customers with more information and they will be much more likely to want to buy your book.


If your title is listed in our catalogue and you would like to enhance the book record we have, see our section on how to submit enhanced information to us.


Publisher FAQs


  1. How do I get my title listed on Blackwell Online?

    Your title must currently be listed with Nielsen BookData Ltd, from whom we get our bibliographic records. It must have an ISBN, and be priced in sterling or US dollars. We do not currently have the facility to display titles that do not have a sterling or US price. However, we are constantly developing our site and hope to be able to list European titles in the future.


    Please note that Nielsen BookData Ltd can only list UK available titles with Sterling prices and US titles providing the publisher has a UK stockholding agent. They can't list US titles that aren't available in the UK.


    Nielsen BookData Ltd
    Data Preparation Department
    Nielsen BookData
    89-95 Queensway
    Stevenage
    Herts
    SG1 1EA
    Telephone: +44 (0)1438 744100
    Fax: +44 (0)1438 745578
    http://www.nielsenbookdata.co.uk
    Email: pubhelp.book@nielsen.com


  2. How do I enhance the information you already have?

    As a publisher or author you can really use the site to market your book to customers, and the more information a potential customer has, the better! You should supply as much information as possible to Nielsen Bookdata and ensure that all information is kept up to date. Blackwell Online also offers UK and Irish Booksellers the opportunity to directly add content such as:

    1. Book jacket image
    2. Description, or 'blurb'
    3. Author biography
    4. Reviews
    5. Table of contents
    6. Extracts

    For information on how to submit this, see our publisher submissions section. We regret that this service is currently only available to UK and Irish Booksellers listed in the current UK and Irish Booksellers Directory.


  3. What if there is wrong bibliographic information or content about my title on your site?

    Send an email to BookData Ltd at the address above. Make sure you include the ISBN, title, and what the correct information should be with each notification.


  4. Where do I send review copies or other promotional material?

    You can send these to:


    Editorial Team
    Blackwell Online
    Unipart House
    Garsington Road Cowley
    Oxford OX4 2PG

    Once we receive them we will pass them on to the appropriate editor or reviewer.


  5. Tell me about your ordering procedures

    In the first instance we source stock from our flagship store on 'Broad Street, Oxford'. This shop has a wide range of over 250,000 academic, professional, and general titles. If the title ordered is not in stock in Oxford, we order it from the relevant distributor or publisher in the same way as our shops do, by teleordering, fax, telephone, or email.


    Please help us by ensuring that availability status is regularly reported to ourselves or BookData, so we can avoid disappointing our customers.



How to submit enhanced information for your titles


  1. Type up the information in the specific format listed here:
    1. Begin each information field with the appropriate label, all in capitals (tag)
    2. After each tag type a colon (:) followed by a single character space
    3. Press Return/Enter once after each tag, to start fields on separate lines
    4. For paragraph breaks when needed, press Return/Enter twice to insert a blank line space
    5. Finish each record with the word END on a line by itself, without a colon

    Information fields are as follows (a bold tag indicates a required field, needed so we can load the information against the correct record):


    1. ISBN
    2. TITLE
    3. SHORT_DESC: Up to 300 characters, or approx. 60 words
    4. LONG_DESC: Up to 5000 characters, or approx. 1000 words
    5. EXCERPT: Excerpts are limited to 5000 characters, or approx. 1000 words
    6. TOC: List each item in the table of contents on a line by itself. Please remove any typographic elements such as page numbers or leader dots
    7. REVIEW: You may repeat this field for titles with multiple reviews. Please include the source of the review at the end of the field in parentheses, including the publication name and date. Please do not include customer reviews from other online bookstores. Each review should be no longer than 1000 characters or approx. 200 words
    8. AUTHOR_BIO: Up to 1000 characters or approx. 200 words. Please include all biographies for multiple authors or editors under the same tag
    9. END

    Please type this word on a line by itself at the end of each record. You can then repeat the process from the beginning for as many records as you need in a single file.


  2. Save this information in a single file for each submission in "text only" format (ASCII)


  3. Save any jacket images on the same disk. They should be saved in JPEG format, with the ISBN as the file name (e.g. 0297643304.jpg) The images should be in 24-bit color, with the size roughly 125 x 200 pixels, as a guideline.


  4. Clearly label each disk with: your company name (and imprint if applicable), the date, a phone number, postal address, and a contact name. We can accept floppy disks, zip disks, or CD-Roms, providing they are PC-formatted. We regret that we will not be able to return disks after loading them into our catalogue.


  5. Send UK book information to:


    Nielsen BookData Ltd
    Data Preparation Department
    Nielsen BookData
    89-95 Queensway
    Stevenage
    Herts
    SG1 1EA
    Telephone: +44 (0)1438 744100
    Fax: +44 (0)1438 745578
    http://www.nielsenbookdata.co.uk
    Email: pubhelp.book@nielsen.com

    or for US books:


    Ingrams
    One Ingram Blvd
    LaVergne
    TN 37086
    USA



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