Nielsen Book, part of global information and media company Nielsen Company, US, recently announced upgrades to its flagship service, BookData Online. The developments are a result of research and feedback from booksellers, libraries and publishers stretching back several years. Subscribers to the service can now search the Nielsen Book bibliographic database, and have the additional benefit of selecting and sorting titles by BookScan sales ranking, as well as tracking their orders. Booksellers can also view book price and availability from participating distributors online.
The latest upgrades to the service will allow retailers to streamline their processes and improve order turnaround times. Additionally, booksellers can now receive order acknowledgments from over 14,500 suppliers, all of whom now provide this information via the BookNet Web Online Order Collection Service. The service was launched 18 months ago as Nielsen Book's response to the 'e4books challenge' to help thousands of supplier's trade electronically.
Further enhancements are planned for 2009, with the online service being developed to take full advantage of the combined data services of BookData and BookScan with additional BookNet ordering functionality.
