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SalesData
More intelligence for better business.
SalesData lets you see what’s happening in the Canadian trade print market, and access is free when you submit your point-of-sale data. Join our national sales panel and you'll be able to see what's happening in the Canadian trade print market and make the following insights possible:
Easily discover the right books for your store
Access gap analysis reports to see if you're missing out on potential sales
Be the first to know each week's bestsellers
See what's in demand in the market
Analyze trends by subject, price, and format
Make sure your sales count towards national, regional, and other bestseller lists like those published by The Globe & Mail and the Retail Council of Canada
Take advantage of free market and consumer research reports
Strengthen relationships with your publishers
LibraryData is included with access to SalesData. LibraryData collects weekly circulation data from public libraries across Canada to help libraries, library suppliers, and publishers investigate trends, identify collection or store assortment opportunities, and more. With SalesData & LibraryData, retailers can examine their performance in context with library circulation. And everyone can drive discovery through the production of overall ‘Popular Books’ lists; examine trends by genre, regions, authors; and more.
Sign up for SalesData and we’ll send you a free copy of our annual market research report, The Canadian Book Market, plus an in-depth study of perennial bestsellers (is your store missing any?).
CataList
Looking for new books to stock?
CataList retailer accounts are completely free, so sign up now and browse digital catalogues from all your favourite publishers. Check out some of these perks of using CataList:
Catalogues are updated as soon as publishers change any information, so you've always got the most current information.
Set change notifications to be notified when important information is updated.
Take advantage of integrations with point-of-sale systems like WordStock.
Search and browse for titles, and create and export orders directly within the system.
Create your own custom catalogues, absolutely free.
CataList has partnerships with many industry associations, making it easy for you to find curated catalogues such as Books For Everybody, Forest of Reading and other awards catalogues, catalogues of regional titles, and more.
BiblioShare
Quality-assured metadata spread far and wide.
Gather bibliographic data right from the source with BiblioShare. You can also access up-to-date bibliographic data with one of our handy Web Services like the BiblioShare WordPress plugin, which pull covers and title information directly into your website, or the Bookstore Builder Shopify plugin to power your e-commerce website.
Watch a recording of our webinar: How BiblioShare Supports Bookselling
Pubnet EDI
Setup is easy
Pubnet EDI streamlines ordering, invoicing, and returns, while improving communication with publishers. Let your computer handle the drudge work of the data entry and data exchange involved with ordering, shipping, and payment processing. You get books faster while saving on operational costs.
…and affordable!
After a one-time $50 setup fee, Pubnet EDI is completely free. Plus, you can continue to use your current POS systems. Just set it up once, and you’re done: it works in the background and requires no staff training. You get books faster while saving on operational costs. When you sign up, you can also register for a SAN (Standard Address Number) if you don't already have one.
Fully supported
Customer tech support is available from our US partners, MVB, from Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET, so help is always close at hand:
EDI Tech Support
support@mvb-online.com
862-244-2994
BookNet Canada takes care of all the recruitment and maintains EDI standards for the Canadian industry.
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