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Edelweiss Weekly Update – Monday, July 27, 2009

We offer free Webex-based demo’s twice per week for Retailers and other Catalog Readers.  “Reply” to me if you want more info on how to sign up.  Publisher reps: we can also work with you to schedule training.  Just let us know.

TIP OF THE WEEK

I personally love keyboard shortcuts (that’s the kind of geek I am) and you might also since they can save you lots of time.  Ruth just posted a great entry on the Edelweiss network on how to use some of these keystrokes when you are working a catalog.  Take a look – a few minutes to learn how to avoid constantly grabbing for the mouse can save you lots of time in the long run and increase your focus on the task at hand: reviewing and ordering new books.

FEATURES

No notable changes to the system over the past week.  We continue to work on a number of new features and, as always we welcome your suggestions and feedback!  Either email me or join our Edelweiss network on Ning where Ruth just posted a topic to solicit suggested new features.  We’d love to hear from you.

CATALOGS (PUBLISHED)

HarperCollins finished adding their winter 2010 Adult and Children’s compilation catalogs (the individual imprint break-outs are in progress).  Check them out below:

• HarperCollins - HarperCollins Adult W10 Compilation (405 Titles)
• HarperCollins - HarperCollins Adult Winter 2010 Additions (23 Titles)
• HarperCollins - HarperCollins Children's W10 Compilation (185 Titles)
• HarperCollins - HarperCollins Children's Winter 2010 Additions (1 Title)
• Penguin - There are a number of new Winter 2010 catalogs available from Penguin, including Berkley, Penguin Books, Plume, Viking, Riverside, Young Readers, and Dutton/Gotham among others.  Some title data may still be added to these as they’re prepped for the selling season, but feel free to check them out.

CATALOGS (IN PROCESS)

The following catalogs are loaded into the system and are being fine-tuned before being made available for your viewing.  They should be available either as rep mailings or in the Available Catalogs section shortly.

• HarperCollins Winter 2010 Imprint Catalogs
• Diamond Books
• Random House Children’s Winter 2010
• Ingram Publisher Services Winter 2010
• Microsoft Press (full title catalog including backlist)
• Disney Books Winter 2010

Let me know if you’d like an email notification when the catalogs are up and available.

As always, email me or edelweiss@abovethetreeline.com if you have any problems or questions.

Have a great week,

Mark (reading Nudge)