The Readerware Shopping Cart

As your browse the web using the Readerware Browser, books you import are added to the database and to the Readerware Shopping Cart. You can use the shopping cart to build a list of titles you want to add to your library, you can use the shopping cart for all books, not just those you plan to purchase online. The Readerware Shopping Cart is your want list of titles, both new and out of print titles.

The Readerware Shopping Cart will also be exported to Readerware Palm Edition, a lightweight edition of Readerware that runs on the Palm Pilot and compatible devices. Take your entire database, including your shopping cart, with you on your next trip to your local bookstore.
 

Finding the Lowest Price

You can easily find the lowest price for any book in your shopping cart, or the entire cart. Simply click on Price Selected Item or Price All, and Readerware will find the lowest price available. Each item in your shopping cart contains a list box which lists every vendor site and the price at that site. After the price check completes, the first site in the list with the lowest price is displayed. You can click on the list box and see all sites and prices.

You can control which sites are included in the lists. By default all US vendor sites are included. You can reduce the size of the list to the couple of sites you normally order from. If you order from outside the US, you can enable those sites.  The lists are maintained using Site Preferences. You can control which sites are listed and the order in which they are listed.

At this time Readerware does not handle currency conversions. So if you select sites in different countries, say The UK and The US, then The UK site will probably be listed as having the lowest price as the price will be in pounds sterling.
 

Online Ordering

You can order any book in your shopping cart. Using the item site list, select the site you want to order from and click on Order. Readerware will then open its browser window and load the ordering page for that book at the selected site. You can then order the book as you normally would, safely and securely. Readerware will also check the Ordered  box for that item so that you can track your orders.

Once you receive your order, you can remove it from your shopping cart by selecting the item and clicking on Remove. This will remove the book from the shopping cart but not from the database. If you delete a book from the database, it will also be deleted from the shopping cart.
 

Printing Your Shopping Cart

You can easily print you shopping cart, for shopping expeditions to brick and mortar book stores etc. Simply click on Print. The Report setup Dialog will be displayed where you can select report options and print the report.
 

Readerware To Go!

When you export a database to Readerware Palm Edition, a lightweight edition of Readerware that runs on the Palm Pilot and compatible devices, your shopping cart is automatically included. So you can easily search your entire database and check your want list when at your favorite brick and mortar book store.
 

Updating your Database from the Shopping Cart

The ISBN displayed in the shopping cart is a link to the Readerware Data Entry Window. If you need to update any book in your shopping cart, simply click on the ISBN.
 
 

Configuring your Shopping Cart

Just like the Readerware table view, you can customize the columns displayed in your shopping cart.

To show or hide columns, right click on the column title to display the popup menu. You can hide the current column or show any previously hidden columns. The new column will be shown after the current column. So to show a column it is best to right click on the title of the column that you want to appear before the new column.

You can also move columns around, simply click on the column header and drag the column to its desired location.

To sort the search results on any column simply click on the column header to sort the search results in ascending sequence. Click again to toggle the sort sequence and display the search results in descending order.

The current shopping cart state is always saved when you exit Readerware or close the cart window so you never have to worry about saving your changes.
 

The Menu Bar

The Readerware Shopping Cart Window menu bar provides access to all features.

The Shopping Menu is used to:

The Help menu provides access to the Readerware online help system.
 

The Toolbar

The Readerware Shopping Cart Window toolbar provides quick access to  commonly used features:

    Price the selected item

    Price all items in your shopping cart

    Order the selected item

    Remove the selected item from your shopping cart

    Empty your shopping cart

    Reload your shopping cart, use after you have added new items to your cart

    Interrupt a  price check

    Print the contents of your shopping cart

    Display this help page.

 

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