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Professional Product Interfaces
An Easy to Use, Brand New Look!

In May, users of Professional BooksInPrint.com™, GlobalBooksInPrint.com®, SpanishBooksInPrint.com™ and ChildrensBooksInPrint.com™ will notice that our products have been given a face-lift!

Streamlined Workflow Features are the focus of the new design. To aid librarians with workflow and time management, Bowker has simplified the interfaces of our products with a more easy-to-understand, easy-to-use format. Streamlined features include new features tabs (View Selected Items, Search My Library’s Catalog, Add to List, Download, Print, Email) at the top and bottom of each search results page and full description page. New pop-up windows are also utilized to display even more detailed information without taking the user away from the page being viewed. The streamlined features tabs on the search results include:

View Selected Items allows you to view multiple items selected from the Search Results page.

Select your library from a drop down menu and click "GO"; you will instantly find out if your library holds this title. (For more information, see our Hooks to Holdings page.)
Add to List lets you easily select between creating a new list or adding the title to one previously created.

Choose between an Order Download (title details in a vendor-specific format for import into your Library Automation or POS system) or a Standard Download (title details in an ASCII-text, CSV or MARC format).

Select either a Brief or Full Record type. Additional information can include synopsis, reviews, publisher information, author biography, and stock availability.
Again, choose a Brief or Full Record type and send your selection to any email address you desire. You can include a personalized subject line and message.
 
Title detail pages also include most of the options mentioned above PLUS additional feature tabs, including Search Online Bookstores, Submit Corrections, and Request This Title.
 
The Search Online Bookstores feature allows you to search 36 online bookstores for the best price and availability.
Use the Submit Corrections feature tab to offer your corrections about a title to the BooksInPrint.com editors
Patrons can use the Request This Title feature to submit a request for a specific title that will be sent directly to the library.

See the difference yourself by looking at these screenshots ...

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Search Results Page
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Search Results Page

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Title Detail Page
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Title Detail Page

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