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:
-
Price a selected item or the entire cart
-
Order selected items
-
Remove selected items from the cart
-
Empty the entire cart
-
Print the shopping cart
-
Close the Shopping Cart Window
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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