Welcome to BNC BiblioShare! This guide will help get you started.
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The following is true for all 'image' and 'sample' files loaded to our FTP:
All files loaded MUST begin with a valid ISBN. We prefer and recommend ISBN-13 but we will also accept ISBN-10. (Webform automatically provides this.)
We prefer and recommend ISBNs without dashes, but hyphens are ignored and if included. If the first 10 or 13 numbers are a valid ISBN-10 or 13 it can be processed.
See the heading FTP Structure below for a detailed explanation of our FTP site.
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Example: 9781234567890.jpg
In general, you should be sending BiblioShare the same images you send to Amazon, Indigo, etc.
There is no need to submit thumbnails as we will create a standard one.
Back Cover
All back cover images must
start with a valid ISBN-13 or ISBN-10,
follow that by the characters "back"
and can include other characters after,
Example: 9781234567890_back.jpg
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We do NOT currently offer access to this directory from the File Upload page in yourBiblioShare.orgca admin account.
Clients using BooksoniX should NOT use the image\back directory as the processing detailed in Appendix 4 below applies only the "image" directory.
Interior images
All interior images must
start with a valid ISBN-13 or ISBN-10,
follow that by the characters "in"
and can include other characters after,
we will record a number at the end, and use it to identify a specific image.
The following image names are acceptable and would be considered identical in our processing. The first name on the list is our preference.
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Author photos
All author images must
start with a valid ISBN-13 or ISBN-10,
follow that by the characters "author"
can include other characters after, we assume these are an identification and preserve them but do not differentiate images based on them
we will record a number at the end, and use it to identify a specific image. If no number is provided we assume that the image number is "0".
The following image names are acceptable and would be considered identical in our processing. The first name on the list is our preference.
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*Make sure your files go in the right directory or they will not be processed automatically.
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ONIX files and image files (named appropriately for the "image" directory – including BooksoniX clients) can also be uploaded on the BiblioShare website. When you log in, click on the Upload button in the navigation bar and select the appropriate item from the drop down:
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After receiving an Import Success report, you will receive a Biblio Update report confirming that the file has been loaded into the BiblioShare database. This report will tell you how many new ISBN records were added to BiblioShare and how many ISBN records were updated in that one file upload.
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ca Reports
When you log in to BiblioShare.orgca, you can view a more detailed file import report, as well as frequency, data elements, and quality reports.
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BiblioShare is BookNet Canada’s data aggregation service for ONIX, image, sample and position files that provides support to Canadian publishing and retail sales.
An easy way to understand the services:
publishers and distributors communicate with retailers using data files
the largest and most comprehensive data file standard used is the ONIX standard
BiblioShare takes the same ONIX file and image supporting material that publishers and distributors supply to retailers and provides data services to other players in the Canadian supply chain, including The 49th Shelf, our own e-catalogue ecatalogue service BNC CataList, wholesalers (library and trade) as well as a number of other businesses.
Our goal is to create a high-quality aggregate of book metadata to help simplify the Canadian supply chain and promote book discovery by businesses and consumers.
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ONIX (ONline Information eXchange) for Books overview at EDItEUR and see manual below
Best Practices for Product Metadata: Guide for North American Data Senders and Receivers
ONIX 3.0 Implementation and Best Practice Guide While focused on ONIX 3.0 the explanations of how ONIX should work can be applied to ONIX 2.1
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