If you haven't yet, you'll need create a login and password for the ABA reporting area on BookWeb.org. If your store doesn’t have a BookWeb.org account, you can create one here. (You will need an ABA ID number to create the account, so if you’re not yet an ABA member, please join here.)
Reporters have two options for manually entering sales data into the Book Sense Bestseller System. From the main-menu, you will see them listed under the heading of "Manually enter sales data."
Option One: All Titles
You can use this option to report all of your sales information at once.
- Enter ISBN numbers and quantities into the available fields for all of your sales. If you make a mistake, just press the button marked "C" next to any row and that entry will be cleared.
- If you have reported previously the fields will be pre-populated with your last reported list. Since many of the same books will most likely be represented for the current week, you can simply correct the quantities and add any new ISBNs that were not on the previous list.
- When you are done, press the Review button at the bottom of the page.
- Select the number of outlets/branches your sales data is for, and press Save. Your information is now reported.
Using this method, there is no need to presort your sales data into categories. Our database will automatically sort the ISBNs into the correct categories and sub-categories.
Option Two: By Category
You can use this option if your POS system automatically reports your sales based on categories. The categories we report are hardcover fiction, hardcover nonfiction, trade paperback fiction, trade paperback nonfiction, mass market, and children's.
- Choose the category you wish to report.
- Enter ISBN numbers and quantities into the available fields for all of your sales. If you make a mistake, just press the button marked "C" next to any row and that entry will be cleared.
- If you have reported previously the fields will be pre-populated with your last reported list. Since many of the same books will most likely be represented for the current week, you can simply correct the quantities and add any new ISBNs which were not on the previous list.
- When you are done, press the Review button at the bottom of the page.
- Select the number of outlets/branches your sales data is for, and press Save. Your information is now reported.
- Repeat this procedure with each of the categories.
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