Last week on the blog, 2012 PubFight champ Bill Holt weighed in on his scientific approach to the PubFight auction. But publishers and retailers alike know there is more to acquisitions and frontlist buying than science alone. While science certainly plays an important role, a lot of seasoned editors and buyers have good instincts about how a new book will sell based on experience—the art of buying rather than the science, if you will. But if you’re new to the industry, how do you learn this art?
BNC CataList 2.0
We’re coming up to the first anniversary of the BNC CataList launch, and to celebrate we launched CataList version 2.0. This one goes out to the legions of devoted CataList users who have taken the time to share their thoughts and ideas on how CataList could be improved.
This release included a number of user-requested features and functions. The full details on how to use all these new features can be found on our What’s New in BNC CataList page, but here’s a brief recap of the new features that are available on the site today.
Welcome to the Digital Cafe: May I Take Your Order?
The dialogue below was overheard at a BNC digital catalogue cafe over the holidays. The patron was getting ready to order some tasty offerings from BNC CataList and was curious about the new feature available. We’ve added a new option for the PDF version of the digital catalogue, allowing retailers who want a print version of catalogues but don’t need all the detail available to them to print using the 5-per-page option.
Sit back and relax while we walk you through the update and show you what’s on the menu.
If You Post It, They Will Click
New CataList Feature: Creating Specialized Catalogues
It’s here! Our first major feature release for BNC CataList.
What’s included in the new release? You can check out all the details on our What’s New in BNC CataList? page, but the big change is a new Specialized Catalogue feature.
Tips and Tricks for BNC CataList
New catalogues are being added regularly now to BNC CataList, and we’re starting to hear from people about how they are already using the system. If you’re just getting started, here are three quick and easy tips that you can use to direct users to catalogue content, and to start getting the most out of that content on the catalogue pages.
It's the Little Things: CataList Details
We have been busy with CataList lately. Yes, we’ve been signing up publishers and booksellers on the system and helping them get started. We’ve had several online demos. But what people don’t realize is that we’re also continuing to work on CataList itself. We’re adding new features to it all the time in response to user feedback. It’s the little things that make a difference with a product like this, and we wanted to show you three of the ones that have been most useful so far.
A Sneak Peek: CataList Title Detail Page
The Retailer Benefits of CataList
There is no question that moving to online catalogues will benefit everyone. The benefits for publishers and wholesalers may be more obvious, but booksellers will also have new capabilities in CataList that weren’t possible before. These are probably worth a closer look.
