Online Shopping
Another feature of Readerware that you will probably find indispensable
is secure online shopping. Readerware works with all the major shopping
sites. You can easily browse your favorite sites, compare the prices
of the books you want to buy at all the sites and securely place your order
at the click of a button.
Ordering with The Readerware Browser
The Readerware browser is a full function browser complete with 128 bit
encryption. This means that you can place orders from within Readerware,
safely and securely, just as you would with any other browser. So as you
browse vendor web sites using Readerware and come across a title you want
to order, click on the order button exactly as usual. Then you can simply
hit the Readerware import button to add the book to your database. Order
a book and add it to your database at the same time, nothing could be simpler.
If you prefer to use your regular browser, simply right click on the
page in the Readerware Browser and select Open in External
Browser from the popup menu. Readerware will then display the page
in your default browser. You can also configure the external browser using
the Readerware General Preferences.
The Readerware Shopping Cart
The Readerware Shopping Cart allows you to easily
build a list of wanted titles and keep them in your shopping cart as long
as you like. You can easily compare prices at all the major online shopping
sites, place and track orders. Full printing support is provided so the
Readerware shopping cart is also a tool you can use with brick and mortar
bookstores. Your shopping cart is also fully integrated with Readerware
Palm Edition, a lightweight edition of Readerware that runs on a Palm
Pilot and compatible devices.
Placing an Order using The Readerware
Shopping Cart
The basic ordering process is:
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Locate the books at your favorite site using the Readerware
Web Browser.
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Click on import to add the book(s) to the local database and your Readerware
Shopping Cart. Normally you would use the site with your preferred
data. The data stored by each site differs and it is best to import from
the site with a data format that best matches your preferences. You can
later purchase from any site regardless of where you imported it from.
Import as many books as you want, they will all be added to your shopping
cart. You can easily remove any book from your shopping cart if you later
decide not to purchase it.
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When you have found all the books you are looking for, open your shopping
cart by clicking on the Shopping Cart,
,
in the main window.
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Select either Price Selected Item,
,
to
run a price check on the selected shopping cart item, or Price All,
,
to run a price check on your entire shopping cart. The price found at all
your favorite shopping sites will be displayed in a list box, with the
lowest priced site selected.
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Click on the order button to place your order, you can order from any site,
not just the site with the lowest price. When you place an order, the
Readerware
Browser is opened and the site ordering page is displayed. You can
then place the order as normal, safely and securely. You can order as many
titles as you want by selecting each title from your Readerware Shopping
Cart. As long as you place the orders with the same site all your purchases
are accumulated into a single order. As you place the orders from the shopping
cart, the entry is automatically flagged as ordered to help you track your
purchases. The entry remains in you shopping cart, even after you place
the order.
You're done. The book(s) are hopefully heading your way. When they arrive
you can open your shopping cart and click on the ISBN number to display
the book details in the Readerware Data Entry Window
to update the edition, categories etc. Then you can remove it from your
shopping cart.
This is just one strategy for ordering online. A number of the steps
are optional. For example you don't have to run a price check on the book,
you can order it directly from the Readerware Shopping Cart. You can remove
it from your shopping cart when you place the order.
Running a Price Check
One extremely powerful feature that Readerware provides is running a price
check. Readerware will use the ISBN number of
the book and check the price at all the online shopping sites you select.
You can run the price check from the Readerware Shopping
Cart, on a selected title or the entire contents of your cart. You
have complete control over which sites are searched.
As you import titles using the Readerware Web
Browser, the books are automatically added to your shopping cart. You
can also add any book in the database to your shopping cart by updating
the book in the detail view or table
view and checking the Shopping Cart box or drop down
list. The price check is independent of the ordering process, you can easily
remove any book from your shopping cart if the price check determines that
the book is too expensive. Or keep it in your cart and check again later,
maybe you will run into a sale!
When the Book Arrives
You will probably want to update the information in the database when the
book arrives.
Simply open your shopping cart and select
the ISBN of the book. The ISBN is a link that
will display the book details in the Readerware Data Entry Window. There
you can update the edition information and any other appropriate changes.
You can easily remove the book from your shopping cart from with the Data
Entry Window or the cart itself.
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