Bibliographic Information - Webform to CataList

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Step 1

Fill in the main title of your book in the Title field on Webform.

Step 2

If your title begins with a prefix (a, an, or the), split the title to fill in the Title Prefix and Title without prefix fields, which will automatically populate the Title field. Why? Splitting your title helps retailers sort them appropriately by the first letter of the title, instead of having it indexed by the prefix.

Step 3

Add the book's subtitle, if it has one, in the Subtitle field under the General Information tab.

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The product form category, where titles are identified as digital versus physical publications, is very important: Not only is the title's product form displayed in title entries on CataList, but the product form is also used as a search filter, allowing users to isolate books based on product form.

Step 1

Select the correct product form using the Product form field in the General Information tab on Webform.

Step 2

Select the Product Form Detail.

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At the bottom of the General information tab you will find For Sale with exclusive rights field.

Using the General Information tab on Webform, fill in the For Sale with exclusive rights field with the sales rights for your title. This information is displayed when you open the Sales Rights accordion on the Title Detail page for your title in CataList.

Step 1

Click the globe to see the list of countries available for your title.

Step 2

From the list, select the appropriate country/countries and click OK.

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Step 1

To enter Publisher name go to General Information tab on your Title Detail page.

Step 2

Enter Publisher name in it’s respective field. Make sure your publisher name is entered exactly the same way in all of your books/records. If your publisher name is not consistent in all your records then you may experience display or indexing issues in systems of downstream data recipients, i.e retailers, libraries, etc.

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To enter Imprint Name in Webform

Step 1

On your Title Detail page click on the Imprint tab to see the list of options available.

Step 2

Enter your Imprint Name in the Imprint Name field. Please note, that if a Publisher Name and Imprint Name matches then only one displays.

Using the Imprint tab on Webform, you can assign the proprietorial code value for your imprint using the Name Code Value field under the Imprint tab. The Name Code should be set to 01 - Proprietary.

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This is critical information for retailers, distributors and libraries to be able to sell your book. As this is a required information, it is also required for validating your ONIX record.

Edit your Supply Detail Information

Step 1

On your Title Detail page, in the Supply Detail tab click on the + Add New Supplier button, located on right of Supplier Name. As seen in Image, labeled number 2.

• A new editable supplier section will appear within the tab.

Step 2

On the Supply Detail tab on Webform, fill in the Pack Quantity field with the carton quantity numbers for your title – retailers are expecting this information to determine shipping costs and space in their inventory.

Step 3

Add Price, Price Type, Currency and Country.

If you are listing your book in multiple currencies or you want to list different Price Types for a single book/record you can add multiple prices.

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On your Title Detail page click on the Subject & Audience tab to enter BISAC and Thema Codes.

To select BISAC/Thema information:

Step 1

Click the show list button to see the full list of BISAC Subject Codes

Step 2

Click the show list button to see the full item list of Thema Subject Codes

Step 3

Click Audience Range field to select the range type - years, months, grades, etc. Then define the age range in the fields labelled From and To.

Here’s a tutorial on the best practices of Age Range and how it can help sell more of your books in the Canadian market.

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All available data for page count, measure and extent will be available in the Title Detail page display. Located under title price and status.

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Online booksellers in particular need complete and accurate measure information for calculating shipping package sizes and costs.

Step 1

Click on the Measure & Extent tab on your Title Detail page. You can now enter the measure and extent information of your book.

Step 2

Enter physical measure for physical publications. You can enter them in inches, centimeters, grams, kilograms and pounds.

Step 3

For Digital publications enter Duration (if applicable) and its Measure unit and/or File Size and its Measure unit

Step 4

To enter page count, click General Information tab, scroll down and enter your data in the Page Count field.

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Step 1

Click on the Illustrations tab to see the Type, Number and Description fields.

Step 2

Click on Type field to select from a list of available types of illustration types/codes.

Step 3

Enter the number of illustrations in the Number field. Add descriptions of your illustrations in the Description field, only if the description is offering an explanation about the illustrations that the code is not able to offer.

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Step 1

In Webform’s Title Detail page click on the General Information tab and scroll down to see the fields labelled Language of text and Publication Date.

Step 2

Enter the primary language of your publication and the publication date of your book.

Here’s a great blog on publication dates.

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Step 1

To enter your book’s description, author bio, reviews, table of contents(TOC) and excerpt click on the Text tab on your Title Detail page.

Step 2

In each of the six boxes you can enter HTML formatted text to define the book’s description, author bio, reviews, TOC and excerpt. Only enter basic HTML codes that are allowed in ONIX. Do not apply style attributes to any tags, and avoid using <div> tags altogether. They are not allowed in ONIX, and can create errors in the recipient's web listing of your book.