Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bookzing?
Bookzing is a website designed to helping booksellers write better book descriptions, easily and quickly, including useful phrases and defined terms. Paid membership lets subscribers build and edit descriptions quickly and easily within the site, and save and modify them for later use.
What’s the point?
Good descriptions sell books faster and for more money. With Bookzing the time and effort it takes to describe a valuable book drops dramatically while effectiveness of the description goes up. That means less time writing and more money, faster, from sales.
How did Bookzing begin?
We begin using a copy of Dealer’s Thesaurus in my used, rare, and out-of-print bookstore, Michael's Books in Bellingham Washington. We found it invaluable in writing catalog descriptions of our books for sale. We sold dozens of copies in our store and online to people all over the world.
When I contacted publisher Lynn Vigeant to order more books in 2006 I asked if she intended to reprint, as the stock was running low. She said “No” and offered me the opportunity to buy the rights. I felt it was ready to be expanded and offered to the bookselling trade as a reference and workbook. Bookzing is the result.
How have you improved on the original book?
We have expanded the contents with many more descriptive phrases, plus suggestions from working booksellers.
Then we put in keyword phrase and definition searches. Paid subscribers can simply click to copy them into the “Description Builder” box, where they can be edited to build unique, powerful, accurate descriptions quickly and easily.
Favorite phrases can be accumulated and descriptions saved for reuse and later editing for similar titles. We’ve made a useful start, we think, and there’s more to come. Can I suggest new phrases?
Yes, we invite you to do so. If you are suggesting a variation on an existing phrase use "Add a new phrase" in the sub-category you are submitting it in.
You’ll get subscription credit for ones we add to the collection. How much? (LINK TO FAQ ON THIS)
Can I suggest an edit to a dictionary definition?
Yes. Click "Make a suggestion" at the bottom of any page and tell us what you think needs changing and how. How can I get the most from Bookzing?
Here are the main ways you can use Bookzing to improve your rare and collectible book sales:
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Use Bookzing to write accurate, appealing rare book descriptions, quickly and efficiently, with better descriptive phrases than you would have used otherwise.
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Save your favorite phrases, including personal ones.
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Save and rework your descriptions for future titles. Both of these steps makes future descriptions even faster.
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For tips on writing good book descriptions, read my blog (MAKE IT A LINK).
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If you have any trouble with using the tools on the Bookzing site, contact me. CONTACT FORM
What do I get from Premium Membership?
Advanced features for Premium Membership include:
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DescriptionBuilder™ for quick assembly of descriptions
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Build descriptions in the same program, on the same screen
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Click to copy and/or paste a phrase to the DescriptionBuilder™ box
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Highlight and drag to rearrange descriptions
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Spell checker
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Save descriptions
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Saves each version of a description so going back to a previous version is easy
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Search descriptions
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“Save as” to use a previous description as the basis for a new similar one
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Click to “favorite” a phrase
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Searching on a word shows categories, phrases and definitions (both that word and definitions including that word)
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More features to follow as you suggest them and we add them in
How do I become a premium member?
Register for a free account, then login and upgrade to a free premium trial account, good for a month. After the free trial month, subscriptions are $5 per month or a full year for $30 (a 50% savings). Can I reword or delete a suggestion?
When you submit a suggestion our Bookzing staff reviews it. If you want to make a further suggestion, feel free. Can I use Bookzing phrases in my advertising?
Individual phrases can be used in your advertising and in your descriptions. The collection in total is the copyrighted property of Bookzing. Can everybody see the new phrases or definitions I suggest?
After being reviewed by a Bookzing staff member each suggestion is either accepted (sometimes with slight modification) or rejected. You will receive an email informing you of its status. If accepted it is added to the database and all users can see and use it. How can I contact the webmaster with problems or suggestions?
< ADD CONTACT FORM HERE> What will these descriptions be used for?
Mostly describing books for sale. I am open to suggestions for other aplications in other subjects such as can be found on our http://descriptionbuilder.com/Can I advertise on your site?
Yes, contact me for rates < ADD CONTACT FORM HERE> Will my descriptions be used by others? Do I own my descriptions?
Descriptions you create are private, for you alone. However, if submitted to Bookzing contests they become the property of Bookzing and may be published.Who gets to see my email address?
We will not share your contact information unless legally required to do so. We will email users from time to time with news of updates, contests and so on, or account information.Is there any administrative function to allow or disallow editing so that no inappropriate phrases might be posted?
Every submission is reviewed by a staff member before it becomes part of the database and available to users both for usability and appropriateness.remove
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