How can I upload a single title?
Go to Titles in the top menu and choose Add Titles. Or got to the Manage Titles-Section in your account and browse to Add Single Title under the subheading Add Metadata, and follow the steps there. Don't worry if you miss a step - you can edit all information after your record's been approved by going to My Books and clicking Edit there.
Step One: Add Key Information
Add the key information about your book here. Title, Author and ISBN are mandatory fields, as they ensure your title will show up in search results.
Important: You can use a specific ISBN/title identifier only once. More information on this can be found here.
Step Two: Add Published Work Information
Fill in all information you have for this book. If your book has been published, this is the place to indicate who published it, whether it has illustrations, etc. If your book is unpublished, don't worry if you can't fill in these sections.
Step Three: Upload Media
This step is optional. Upload a Cover, Supplementary Information and a Content Cample. A publisher browsing through the website may be more likely to contact you about your work if they are able to see a sample of it beforehand. You will need these saved as PDFs on your computer. Click Choose File and browse for the PDF file you want, then click Open. The name of the file will appear and will upload when you save the record.
Note:
You can choose all privacy settings for individual rights and media uploads in the Privacy Settings-Section of your Account.
How can I upload more than one title at a time?
If you decide to upgrade your account to a Professional membership, you can use a bulk upload feature, using spreadsheets.
The spreadsheet tool allows you to upload 20000 titles in one go.
To access the Bulk Upload spreadsheet
- Open your dashboard
- Click on ‘Titles’ or ‘Manage Titles’
- Click on ‘Bulk Upload Titles’
Within this page there are three spreadsheet links: the first one for book records, the others for book records including detailed rights and permission availability. and another for serial records. Please ensure you download the correct spreadsheet and follow the instructions on the page.
Do not make any changes to the spreadsheet columns, headings, or formatting. Changes to this spreadsheet may result in a failed upload.
Always download the spreadsheet from this page. We often make changes to this document which may mean previous versions of the spreadsheet will fail on upload.
What is the minimum information needed for each title?
The minimum information to upload a title:
- Title
- ISBN13
- Author/contributor
There is other information which is useful to have for title discoverability on Frankfurt Rights, but will not affect title upload. We recommend you also include the following titles for best use of the platform.
- Description
- Category (BIC Code(s))
- Publication Date
- Rights Summary
- Rights Available
You can also have a look at the How to Videos on Single Title Upload and Bulk Upload Titles on the left side of your Dashboard.
For further information please see: Common Spreadsheet Troubleshooting