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CATEGORIES - OVERVIEW

AbeBooks maintains approximately 3,500 categories that are used by buyers browsing our Web site. These categories are shown in a tree structure with 50 top level categories.

The category list is a dynamic one and updates will be made available through our Web Services.

If you choose not to assign your listings to a category, our system will attempt to match them to the appropriate category. If you do assign listings to categories, we won't do any further matching. Each listing may be assigned to up to 10 categories.

Because these categories are defined by AbeBooks, they can't be edited or deleted.

CATEGORIZING LISTINGS

In addition to catalogs, HomeBase™ 3.0™ can be used to link your listings to up to 10 AbeBooks categories. AbeBooks categories are the topic headings buyers see when using the browse feature on the Web site. This feature makes it easy for buyers to find books relating to specific subjects.

AbeBooks maintains a standardized list of approximately 3500 categories and the categories are stored in a tree structure with 50 top level categories.  A plus sign next to a category indicates that there are sub-categories. Listings can't be assigned to top-level category headings, but rather to the lowest level sub-category headings.

If you choose not to categorize a listing yourself, our system will use a matching process to do this for you. If you do categorize your listings, AbeBooks won't do any further matching, we'll use only the categories you assign.

Because the categories list is maintained by AbeBooks, it can't be edited. You can use the "Update Lookup Codes" option from the "Tools" menu to retrieve any updates to the category list.

From the Categories Tab

1. Select the ‘All Listings’ Category – You will see all of your listings in the right-hand window.
2. Highlight the listing(s) you would like to Categorize by clicking on it (you can limit the result set by using the filtering functionality)
3. Go to the ‘Add Selected Listings To’ drop down list (located at the bottom, right hand corner of the window) and select the appropriate categories you would like to attach the selected listings to.
4. Click ‘Go’ to categorize your listing(s)

From the Listings Screen

1. Open a listing or multiple listings for editing.
2. Click on the "Categories" tab.
3. Select the Categories from the ‘Available Items’ list (the left hand window)
4. Click the ‘Add’ button to add to the selected Categories.
5. When you're done categorizing, click the [Save] button to save. (Each listing can be assigned to up to 10 categories.)

Removing Categories

1. From the Listings screen, open a listing or multiple listings for editing.
2. Click on the “Categories" tab.
3. In the ‘Associated Items’ window you will see the currently-attached categories.
4. Highlight the categories you would like to detach from the listing(s) and select either ‘Remove’ or ‘Remove All’
5. When you've completed the removals, click the [Save] button to save.