Webform is an easy-to-use online tool that allows you to create and manage book metadata, without messing around with little used complex metadata structures that other markets/special cases and trading partners might require from ONIX files. Before you get started, make sure to sign up to set up a publisher account and get your webform username/password details.
Who Webform is for?
Webform is for small presses, publishers, museums, universities, self-published authors... in short, anyone who wants to provide clean, accurate metadata about their books to the supply chain through BiblioShare, but doesn't have the resources to create complex ONIX files from scratch.
Our recent updates include the addition of Advanced Form which allows you to create a “full” onix file without the need of working with clunky XML tools.
Do you already have access to BNC BiblioShare?
Yes!
Awesome! Once you have a Webform username/password, you'll be able to pull your titles from BiblioShare and edit them in the Webform. You'll also be able to export all the titles you create and edit in Webform to BiblioShare in one quick step. Win-win.
No
No problem. Once you sign up for a Webform account you will be automatically signed up for BiblioShare! BNC BiblioShare is a free service that makes the ONIX files uploaded by you available to other data aggregators, including retailers, websites like 49thShelf.com, and other BNC products like CataList. BiblioShare can help make your books easier to find, market and sell in Canada. Once your title metadata is on Webform you can easily upload it to Biblioshare.
What Webform can do
Webform provides a clear and intuitive way to create, update, manage, and export key metadata elements for your books through a simple online interface.
You can also use the Advanced Form to create even more detailed Onix records.