Recommend titles for The Booksellers' List
- Carol Gordon
- Vivian Luu
The Booksellers' List is a collective marketing program coordinated by The Canadian Independent Booksellers Association (CIBA). The lists are compiled seasonally, based on votes for titles from bookseller members across the county.
More information about The Booksellers' List can be found on the CIBA website.
CIBA member booksellers can vote for their favourite forthcoming titles right in CataList. Read on to see how to vote for your favourites!
Log in to get access to the voting tool
The voting tools are only available to CIBA booksellers, so the first thing you’ll need to do is log into the site so that the system can identify you as a CIBA member.
If you don’t have an account yet, you can request one. Retailer accounts on CataList are free!
Are you logged in, but still not seeing the voting tools? Contact the CataList team at catalist@booknetcanada.ca and we'll make sure your account is set up correctly as a CIBA bookseller!
Locate eligible titles
Browse catalogues or use the search tools to find specific books you want to recommend. When you are looking at a title detail page, or the thumbnail or scrolling view of a catalogue, you’ll see a Recommend button with The Booksellers' List logo on titles that you are eligible to vote for through CataList.
Eligible titles include:
titles releasing more than one month ahead of the current month
print books in English
single item SKUs (no multi-packs or sets)
books for the Adult Trade, Young Adult, and Juvenile audience*
* Note: At program launch, CIBA will be producing an Adult list only. Juvenile lists are planned for a later date.
Place a vote
To place a vote for a title
Click the Recommend button. A pop-up displays, requesting a confirmation that you wish to recommend the title shown.
Click Save and Close to confirm your vote.
The pop-up closes, and the Recommend button changes to say Recommended, indicating that your vote was successfully registered.
Looking for access to book content ahead of publication?
Looks for samples, excerpts, and full children’s book previews in CataList
CataList links directly to the NetGalley request page when a digital galley is available
Some publishers also enable the ability to request advance reading copies through CataList. Click the Request an ARC button and let the publisher know you are considering titles for The Booksellers' List!
Get all the details: https://booknetcanada.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQAizQ
Add a review
If you want to add a review, or more details about why you are recommending this book for The Booksellers' List, you can also click the Leave a review button before saving your recommendation.
You can add up to 1000 characters of text to explain why you think the book will be a good pick for the program.
When done, click Save and Close to save your vote and review.
View past recommendations
Once you save a recommendation, the Recommend button changes to a blue Recommended button. This will help you easily identify titles you have previously recommended when you are viewing titles or catalogues.
The Recommended button displays on titles you've recommended for the duration of the eligible voting period. Once the voting period for the title has closed, you will no longer see the Recommend or Recommended buttons.
Edit or remove a recommendation
Need to change or remove a vote or review? Click the Recommended button to view your recommendation.
The pop-up will display, showing the date you recommended the title and any review content you have entered.
From this view, you can edit your review, or remove your recommendation entirely.
Once you’re removed a recommendation, the Recommended button will revert back to the Recommend button.
Information for publishers
Publishers can see in CataList which of their own titles are eligible for CIBA booksellers to vote on.
An Eligible icon displays on the title detail page, as well as next to eligible titles on catalogue thumbnail and scrolling view pages.
Details on titles that can be recommended through the CataList interface are explained in the section above: Locate eligible titles.