AbeBooks UK Buyer Help

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  • How can I subscribe to your AbeBooks newsletter?
  • How can I earn money with AbeBooks?
  • How can I become an AbeBooks bookseller?
  • How can I participate in the AbeBooks community?

How can I subscribe to your AbeBooks newsletter?

We offer you the opportunity to subscribe to one or more of the AbeBooks newsletters.

The Avid Reader Newsletter - is full of book news, site features, exclusive content, contests and more

The Avid Reader Book Club - Join our online book club to celebrate and discuss literature, and interact with hundreds of other avid readers.

The Avid Collector - dedicated to rare and collectible books, includes articles from our rare books booksellers, Q&A (Ask the Expert), tips and more

To sign up for any of the above newsletters click here.

Please be assured you can unsubscribe at any time. To remove your name from the newsletter distribution list:

1. [Sign On] to your AbeBooks.co.uk account
2. Click [My Account Information] under My Information on your Members Menu
3. Click in the Newsletter checkbox to remove the checkmark
4. Click [Update Details]

If you change your mind and wish to receive the newsletter in the future, just follow the above procedure and select the Newsletter checkbox.

How can I earn money with AbeBooks?

Make money with the AbeBooks.co.uk affiliate programme!

With millions of books on offer, as well as a variety of resources for promotion, working with our programme is both easy and profitable.

When you become an affiliate partner you can choose a variety of ways to link to offers on Abebooks.

There are 3 simple steps to getting started!

1. Sign up with Commission Junction or Zanox:

 

Sign up with Commission Junction or Zanox, our affiliate network providers. The service is free and signup is easy.

2. Choose your promotional methods:

Commission Junction and Zanox have banners, buttons, textlinks and search boxes to satisfy whatever means of promotion you prefer. Available in both basic html and javascript, integration is easy, and don’t hesitate to contact us about custom graphics or other opportunities for placement. 

3. Copy and paste the provided code:

Copy and paste the provided code into the source code of your site, html email or search ad, and see how much traffic you can drive to us. Just remember, the more visible the ad, the more sales you will get. Commission Junction and Zanox also offer some great reporting tools so you can track exactly how many sales you are driving.

 

Ready to start? Click here to go to our Affiliate Programme page.

How can I become an AbeBooks bookseller?

Your books will be listed worldwide - just one subscription and one upload.
With just one upload your titles will be listed on all AbeBooks web sites worldwide - AbeBooks.co.uk, AbeBooks.com, AbeBooks.de, AbeBooks.fr and IberLibro.com - thereby reaching customers worldwide in a very simple way!

The world is your customer:

AbeBooks is the worldwide number one among new, used and antiquarian book platforms and marketplaces. In total, between 20,000 and 25,000 books are sold daily via AbeBooks. A considerable amount of these sales are foreign customers ordering from British AbeBooks members.

The most important international markets for British booksellers are, amongst others, the USA and Pacific Rim as well as neighbouring European countries. By participating in international trade you are not restricted to such profit limits as experienced at a national level.

It's quick and easy to get started! Click here

For more information and instructions on how to register, click here. 

How can I participate in the AbeBooks community?

There are several ways in which you can participate in the AbeBooks community.

For the main community page click here.

Community Forums - The forums are a place for you, our community of professional booksellers and avid book readers, to interact with one another - building a global online community of book lovers.

BookSleuth - is a forum where book lovers can help each other find books. Simply post a short description of what you can remember here on our board. Visitors from all over the world will read your post, and one of them is bound to know exactly what you are talking about and post a response.

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