Quick Search
The Quick Search function, located on the far right of the SalesData header, is a powerful search tool that allows you to enter any author name, book title, subtitle, series name, or ISBN to quickly see results based on lifetime sales and sorted by units sold in the current week.
The results allow you to access the most relevant data for your search term. Searching for a single ISBN will bring you to a pre-existing Single ISBN Report with detailed sales and bibliographic information. Searching for any other term will lead to the search results page.
Show/Hide Columns
By default, the columns that appear in your results are Current Week Units Sold, Lifetime Units Sold, ISBN, Cover Image, Title, Subtitle, Series, Contributor(s), CDN, Publisher, Pub. Date, and Format.
To show or hide a column in your quick search results, click the Customize Columns button in the menu above the search results.
Click Apply changes to save the new column setting and view the updated report. Click Cancel to close the box without making changes. Like with other SalesData reports, you can create customized presets for your column views in your quick search results. Click here to learn more about how to do that.
Navigating Through Pages
To navigate through your report, you can click the page links to skip directly to the page you want, or use the right and left arrow buttons to move back or forward one page at a time. To change the number of rows displayed, click the rows per page drop-down list and select the number of rows you wish to see.
Sorting by Column
Your quick search results will automatically be sorted in descending order by Current Week Units Sold. Clicking any of the column headers once will sort the table in either descending or ascending order by the values in that column, depending on the column. Clicking twice will sort the table in the opposite order by the values in that column. The column header by which the data is being sorted will change colour. An arrow next to the header will appear showing whether the data is in ascending (arrow pointing up) or descending (arrow pointing down) order.
Column Filters
You can use the available column filters to narrow your search results even further.
ISBN: Enter digits to search by ISBN or ISBN prefix
Title: Entering text into the Title filter will narrow down your results to any ISBNs with that text in the title
Subtitle: Entering text into the Subtitle filter will narrow down your results to any ISBNs with that text in the subtitle
Series: Entering text into the Series filter will narrow down your results to any ISBNs with that text in the series
Contributor(s): Narrow your results down to a single contributor by entering the contributor’s first or last name
CDN: Select “Yes” to filter results down to contributors marked as Canadian. Select “No” to filter results down to contributors NOT marked as Canadian. Select “All” to see all results
Publisher: Entering text into the Publisher filter will narrow down your results to any ISBNs with that text in the publisher name
Distributor: Entering text into the Distributor filter will narrow down your results to any ISBNs with that text in the distributor name
Pub. Date: Narrow down your results to ISBNs that have been published within a particular time frame by selecting a start and/or end date in the calendar picker
Format: Narrow down your results to titles with a particular format by selecting from the format tree dropdown menu. Use the arrow icons beside the main formats to open the format tree. The formats that are listed are limited to those that appear in your Quick Search results. To select an entire category, select the top-level subject. To select one or more individual formats, click the checkboxes beside the formats you want to see in the report.
Current List Price: Narrow down your results to ISBNs within a particular price range by using the sliders to set a minimum and / or maximum price. The min and max list prices are limited to the prices that appear in your Quick Search results.
Subject: Narrow down your results to titles with a particular subject by selecting from the subject tree dropdown menu. Use the arrow icons beside the main subjects to open the subject tree. The subjects that are listed are limited to those that appear in your Quick Search results. To select an entire category, select the top-level subject. To select one or more individual subjects, click the checkboxes beside the subjects you want to use in the report.
Page Count: Narrow down your results to ISBNs within a particular page count range by using the sliders to set a minimum and / or maximum page count. The min and max page counts are limited to the prices that appear in your Quick Search results.
Lower Age and Upper Age: Narrow down your results to titles within a particular age range by selecting from the Lower Age or Upper Age dropdown menus. The ages that are listed are limited to those that appear in your Quick Search results. To select one or more individual ages, click the checkboxes beside the ages you want to see in the report. To see all ages, select “Check All”
Languages: Narrow down your results to titles with a particular language by selecting from the language dropdown menu. The languages that are listed are limited to those that appear in your Quick Search results. To select one or more individual languages, click the checkboxes beside the languages you want to see in the report. To see all languages, select “Check All”
Current Week Units Sold: Narrow down your results to ISBNs that have sold a certain number of copies in the most recent week by using the sliders to set a minimum and / or maximum units sold. The min and max units sold are limited to the number of units sold that appear in your Quick Search results.
Lifetime Units Sold: Narrow down your results to ISBNs that have sold a certain number of copies in a book’s lifetime using the sliders to set a minimum and / or maximum units sold. The min and max units sold are limited to the number of lifetime units sold that appear in your Quick Search results.
Please note that if you have any ISBNs selected to copy or run a report within SalesData, adding any filter will clear those ISBN selections. This means you will need to re-select any ISBNs you’d like to run a report with after applying a filter!
To clear any applied filters, simply click Clear Filters at the top of your results table.
Search Results
Search results display:
ISBN: Clicking an ISBN will take you to a Single ISBN Report for that ISBN.
Cover Image: Hovering over a cover image will enlarge that cover image for easier viewing.
Title: Clicking on a title will take you to a page with search results for similar titles.
Subtitle: Clicking on a subtitle will bring you to a page with search results for similar subtitles.
Series: Clicking on a series name will bring you to a page with search results for every ISBN with a matching series name.
Contributors: Clicking on the name of a contributor will bring you to a page with search results for all books by that contributor.
CDN: A maple leaf symbol in this field indicates a Canadian contributor. Publishers and distributors identify Canadian authorship in the ONIX record for a work.
Publisher: The publisher of the title
Distributor: The distributor of the title
Pub. Date: Lists the date each title was published listed in MM/DD/YYYY format.
Format: Lists the format in which each ISBN was published.
Current List Price: The title's current list price.
Subject: The title's primary subject.
Page Count: The total page count of the book, if available
Lower Age: If available, the lower age of the book's intended audience
Upper Age: If available, the upper age of the book's intended audience
Languages: The title's language
Units Sold: Lists the number of units sold for the current week.
Lifetime Units: Lists the number of lifetime units sold.
Run a Report with Search Results
You can use any ISBNs in your quick search results to run other SalesData or LibraryData reports, including the Bestseller and Multiple ISBN reports in SalesData and the Popular Books report in LibraryData.
To do so, simply select your ISBNs as needed from the ISBN selection column. To select all ISBNs, click the “select all” check box in the column header once. Clicking the “select all” check box a second time will deselect all ISBNs.
Alternatively, if you’d like to check individual ISBNs (rather than all ISBNs), you can click the check box for each ISBN as needed.
Once your ISBNs have been selected, you will be able to select a report from the “Create a Report with selected ISBN(s)” dropdown menu button at the top of your results table.
To run a Bestseller report: Select “Create a Bestseller Report” from the dropdown menu and click “Run Report”
To run a Multiple ISBN report: Select “Create a Multiple ISBN Report” from the dropdown menu and click “Run Report”
To run a Popular Books report: Select “Create a Popular Books Report” from the dropdown menu and click “Run Report”
Once you’ve clicked “Run Report”, you will be taken to the Criteria page of your chosen report type. You will see your selected ISBNs appearing in the ISBN criteria filter.
Adjust your markets, reporting period, and other filter options as needed, then click “Run Report” to view your results!
Copy ISBNs from Search Results
You can also use your selected ISBNs to copy ISBNs to your clipboard! Once your ISBNs have been selected, simply click “Copy Selected ISBNs” at the top of your results table. Note that you will only be able to use the “Copy Selected ISBNs” button once your ISBNs have been selected - otherwise, it will remain greyed out.
Once you have successfully copied your ISBNs to your clipboard, you will see a confirmation message in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen that says: “ISBN(s) copied to clipboard”. From there, you can paste your ISBNs into another space, such as Excel.