AbeBooks UK Affiliates Blog

New Contact Details for AbeBooks UK

Due to the increasing number of AbeBooks affiliate programmes in Europe (Italy soon to come – stay tuned!) my colleague Heather will take over the UK affiliate programme from now on. Heather is also managing our AbeBooks.com affiliate programme and is looking forward to bringing her expertise to the UK programme. The best way to contact us will remain the same, via our eMail address: affiliate@abebooks.co.uk

Thanks to all of you for making 2008 the most successful year yet for our UK affiliate programme! We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

AbeBooks Christmas creatives - Celebrate with signed books!

Last week we released our Christmas Bookshop, presenting our great selection of signed books. For book lovers, a book signed by their favourite author is a perfect gift. Buyers can choose between five different price ranges, depending on their budget.

We have now uploaded three new Christmas banners. Here's a preview of the sizes available:

   

 

Please download the links over CJ and Zanox to ensure proper tracking.

UPDATE Search Web Services

The old API will be finally switched off and replaced by our new Search Web Services (SWS) on 3rd November. You can find more information on this change on the blog posts from July 2nd and August 15th.
Should you not yet have switched to the SWS, please be advised that you will need to do so within the next two weeks. For further details please read our SWS pages or contact us via eMail.

New Rare Book Room on AbeBooks.co.uk

We have given the Rare Book Room a complete makeover, introducing a much more visual page with lots of interesting content for buyers. It includes a monthly special feature, collectors profiles, the most expensive titles sold in the previous month, the Rare Seller Directory and much more.

If you would like to direct your users to one of our most successful landing pages, you can find the link to the Rare Book Room in the category "Text Links" in CJ and Zanox.

SWS end user guide updated

We informed you about our new Search Web Services some weeks ago (blog post July 2nd). All missing parameters are now added to the new SWS and the end user guide was updated ("Additional Search Filters", page 4 - 6). See the final SWS end user guide.

Also, some good news: contrary to the information posted July 2nd, you will be able to use the old API beyond August 25th. If you have already switched to the SWS, this is for the better, as the old API will be replaced during the next few months. The exact date of the switch-over will be posted on this blog.

New AbeBooks Search Web Services to replace current API

After a successful beta-test we have launched a new version of our API. With the new AbeBooks Search Web Services (SWS) you will have access to more than 110 million books in a flexible and easy way.

The new SWS no longer returns search results in HTML, but XML format, it also supports 10 and 13 digit ISBNs and offers more product pictures for books with an ISBN. In order to access our database you will need a personal client key. This makes it easier for us to support and keep track of users and to prevent fraudulent usage.

Virtually all search URL parameters are currently available. During the next few weeks a couple of missing parameters will be added, ensuring that the selection criteria offered before is still available. Please see our SWS end user guide for the available parameters.

The current API can be used until August 25th, 2008, after this date it will be replaced by the SWS. We recommend switching to the new SWS as soon as possible so that you have enough time for testing and implementation.

For all information on the new SWS, including the client key registration process, the SWS end user guide as well as the Terms of Use, visit our SWS information page.

If you have any questions or need support, please do not hesitate to contact us: affiliate@abebooks.co.uk.

New Contact Details For AbeBooks UK

Well, the time has come for me to leave AbeBooks, it has been a great five plus years in both Victoria, Canada and Düsseldorf, Germany.  I want to thank all the affiliates for the wonderful work and effort they have put into promoting AbeBooks in the UK and globally, I wish you continued success for many years to come. 

Going forward the best point of contact for the UK program will be Nadine Markgraf.  Nadine is a great resource and has been involved in Affiliate marketing for a numbers of years.  Nadine has been on the AbeBooks team for over a year now, primarily focusing on the German and French markets.  The best way to get in contact with her is via affiliate@abebooks.co.uk

Updated Banners for AbeBooks UK

We have recently updated the static banners in our program, these should all dynamically be pushed out to your sites if you are already using the banners.  If not, please see the programs on CJ and Zanox to get the new creatives!  Some examples are below.

AbeBooks Search API/ Webservice Users

This is an announcement for all Search API and Webservice users.  If you are currently using links with the subdomain "dogbert" please change to "www"

e.g.

OLD LINK

dogbert.abebooks.com

NEW LINK

www.abebooks.com

If you are not currently a user of the AbeBooks Search API or Webservice but want to be please contact us.  If you do not know what an API or Webservice please check the linked wikipedia articles. 

TOP 3 Reasons to use AbeBooks Search API

1. Largest book inventory online.

2. Real time pricing information, there will be no stock outs

3. Access to books from around the world in all languages.

Holiday Shopping is Underway

Holiday shopping is well underway, we here at AbeBooks UK have seen a very nice lift in traffic and earlier today comScore released a study showing shopping traffic is up 23% over the same time period in October.  If you have any questions or would like some suggestions on you holiday promotions please let us know.