Frankfurt Book Fair 2006

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• Frankfurt Book Fair 2006
• How to start an English language section in your
  bookshop?
• Liz McNaughton
• PubEasy European Sales Manager
• 5 6th Oct, 1200 noon, Hall 4.0 G1337

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Agenda

• Where to source English language books from?
• How to buy?
• PubEasy as a key tool to provide
• Price availability
• Order placement
• Order tracking

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Where to source English language books from?

• A UK wholesaler such as Gardners, Bertrams or
  THE
• Direct from the UK publisher/distributor

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How to buy English language books?

• Contact your chosen supplier (publisher/distribut
  or or wholesaler) to request a Trade account
• Register for PubEasy to obtain a login
  password
• Use PubEasy to
• Check price availability
• Place orders
• Track orders

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PubEasy- Background

• PubEasy was developed 6 years ago
• Bowker has owned PubEasy since Feb 2003
• Bowkers main product is Global Books In Print
  (a global bibliographic database)
• Bowker is the US ISBN agency
• Bowker is a US company but has regional offices
  in England (East Grinstead), Australia

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PubEasy- Key Facts

• 3,200 publishers and imprints represented
• 20,000 users in 106 countries
• US market - 80 of total trade volume
  represented
• UK market - 85 of total trade volume
  represented
• 200 new registrations per month
• Over 6 million transactions processed for 2005
• Users login once and go anywhere

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PubEasy Benefits for a Bookseller

• Community, community, community
• Single system interface accesses multiple
  publishers
• Simple to use
• Centralised information source
• Accurate
• Reduces costs (eg. telephone)
• One password, One system
• Its free!

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Industry Participation - UK Affiliates

• Airlift
• Bertram Books (live 2005)
• Bookpoint
• Cambridge University Press
• Elsevier Books (live Apr.06)
• Gardners Books
• Harper Collins
• John Wiley Sons
• Littlehampton Book Services
• Macmillan Distribution
• Marston Book Services
• Orca Book Services (live 2005)
• NBN International
• Penguin
• Sage Publications (live Apr.06)
• TBS/GBS/Transworld (now includes BBC Books)
• Thompson Publishing Services
• Turpin Distribution (now includes EUROSPAN)

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Industry Participation US Affiliates

• Cambridge University Press ( coming soon)
• Chronicle Books
• HarperCollins Publishers
• Holtzbrinck Publishers
• McGraw-Hill ( live Apr.05)
• Partners/Partners West
• Penguin ( live Jan.06)
• Perseus ( live Sep.05)
• Random House (US Canada)
• Simon Schuster ( live Jun.06)
• Time Warner book Group
• Trafalgar Square

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No.of active booksellers for European countries
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PubEasy - Summary

• Price and availability Search for products, get
  personal price see whether available
• Order placementPlace orders for an individual
  affiliate or across multiple affiliates (via
  Central services)
• Order trackingCheck any order regardless of how
  placed (full tracking capability now available)
• eCataloguesCan be created by either affiliate or
  bookseller
• TransactFor high volume enquiries and orders
  to link to a bookseller system

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www.pubeasy.com the home pageRegister link
login details
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Registration Linking of Account to PubEasy PIN

• Im a bookseller do I need a SAN to register
  for PubEasy? No, not any longer.
• How do I register? Via www.pubeasy.com
• When how do I get my login? By email
• Where do I go for help?
• www.pubeasy.com -gt Contact Us
• email help_at_pubeasy.com
• UK tel [phone]

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gtgt Search check price availability
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Price and availabilityClick on the drop-down
select affiliate
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Price and availabilityMenu options available
(PA first)
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Price and availabilityTitle search
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Price and availabilitySearch parameters enter
title keyword
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Price and availabilityResults are displayed
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Price and availabilityJacket icons, product
availability, personal pricing
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Price and availabilityClick on Jacket icon to
see details
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Price and availabilityClick on title name to see
information eg. next ISBN
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Price and availabilityClick on next ISBN to see
the substituted title
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Price and availabilityPersonal pricing
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Price and availabilityISBN Copy n paste
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Price and availabilityISBN Copy n paste
Quantity and line ref are populated
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Price and availabilityClick on download results
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Price and availabilityAnd then import to Excel
to produce a quote
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gtgt Order Placement
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Order placementFast track by ISBN
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Order placementAn order form is presented.Key
in ISBNs click on validate to retrieve title
details
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gtgt Order enquiry tracking
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Order enquiry trackingBack orders or dues
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Order enquiry trackingEnter a date range to
select relevant orders
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Order enquiry trackingBack orders/Dues are
displayed
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Order enquiry trackingBack orders/dues -
Download results
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Order enquiry trackingBack orders/dues -
Import to Excel for a Dues Report
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Order enquiry trackingAll Orders enquiry
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Order enquiry trackingAll Orders enquiry -
Select order(s) for display
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Order enquiry trackingAll Orders enquiry -
Order details shown together with proof of
delivery a link to the carrier/shipper
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Order enquiry trackingAll Orders enquiry -
Click on tracking number
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Order enquiry trackingAll Orders enquiry
Carrier link - full audit trail
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gtgt Central UK site
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Central UK siteNavigation bar on LHS advanced
search options
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Central UK siteSearch across ALL affiliates
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Central UK siteOrders placed via Central will be
routed to the individual affiliate
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Central UK siteLinks to the Bowker title database
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Central UK siteSearch results from Bowker UK
Books in Print
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Central UK siteClick on the title to see further
details
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/TRANSACT what is it what can it do?

• Links your bookshop system to PubEasy
• Export a list of ISBNs from your ePOS send it
  to PubEasy to check PA, place orders and check
  order status
• Receive acknowledgement that your file has been
  received and processed
• Upload the file and update your system with the
  new information

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PubEasy - Summary

• Price and availability Search for products, get
  personal price see whether available
• Order placementPlace orders for an individual
  affiliate or across multiple affiliates (via
  Central services)
• Order trackingCheck any order regardless of how
  placed (full tracking capability now available)
• eCataloguesCan be created by either affiliate or
  bookseller
• TransactFor high volume enquiries and orders
  to link to a bookseller system

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Forthcoming Enhancements to PubEasy

• Integration of PubEasy with Batch.co.uk to switch
  between order invoice details now live via UK
  Central!
• Cancellation of Back Orders

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• Thank you
• For further information contact
• Liz McNaughton
• liz.mcnaughton_at_pubeasy.com