Submit Merge Request - Page 1
After clicking either “Submit Merge Request” in the Navigation Bar or “Submit New Merge Request” on the View Merge Requests page, you will be taken to the first page of the Submit Merge Request section.
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To start your request, enter the ISBNs that you would like to merge in the provided text box and click “continue”. Each ISBN must be separated by a comma.
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Please note that a Merge Request must include a minimum of 2 ISBNs and cannot exceed 5.
If for some reason you didn’t input the correct ISBNs on this page, no need to worry! You can add or remove ISBNs on the next page.
Submit Merge Request - Page 2
After entering your ISBNs and clicking “continue” you will now be on the second page of the Submit Merge Request section. This is where you can:
Add or delete ISBNs if necessary
Confirm your ISBNs and their bibliographic data
Assign a Primary ISBN
Include any notes you find relevant to your request
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The provided table contains bibliographic data relevant to your request, including ISBN, Title, Subtitle, Series, Contributor(s), Publishing Date, Format, and List Price.
Before you proceed, read over the bibliographic data provided in the table to confirm that you have entered the correct ISBNs for your Merge Request.
Adding/Removing ISBNs
If you would like to add ISBNs to your Merge Request, you can do so in the provided “Add ISBNs to Merge” text box. Simply paste the ISBN into the text box and click the blue Plus Sign. As on the previous page, you only include up to 5 ISBNs in your Merge Request.
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If you would like to remove an ISBN from your Merge Request, click the red X Sign in the “Remove ISBN” column for the correlating ISBN.
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Please note that your request must have a minimum of 2 ISBNs. In addition, the Submit Merge Request Table must always have at least one title included at all times. This means that if there is only title in your table, the red X sign will instead be greyed out and therefore not selectable as shown in the image below.
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Assigning a Primary ISBN
Once your are happy with the ISBNs displaying in the table, please select a Primary ISBN. This will become the record used for bibliographic information in the Bestseller List, and therefore will represent all the ISBNs included in your Merge Request. You will not be able to submit your request until the Primary ISBN has been selected.
You can select your Primary ISBN by filling in the bubble associated with the ISBN your are choosing in the Primary ISBN column of the table.
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Exclusive Retailers
If any of your ISBNs are Retailer Exclusive Editions, please indicate so here. This will help us when approving your request.
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Notes
Finally, this is where you can provide any other notes that are relevant to your Merge Request. This is your opportunity to provide information that will aid BookNet Canada when reviewing your Merge Request.
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Submit
Once the Submit Merge Request has been completely filled out, simply click “Submit” at the bottom of the page. You also have the option to “Cancel” your request.
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Please note that if there are any errors with your Merge Request, the “Submit” button will be greyed out. There will also be a list of all the errors contained in your Merge Request in red (?). You will not be able to submit your request until those errors have been fixed.
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Please refer to the red-highlighted Validation Messages provides in the “Validation” column of the table while making your corrections. For more information about troubleshooting these errors, please see SUBMIT MERGE REQUESTS ERRORS AND WARNINGS [LINK].