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Comparison of Book Inventory Management Programs
January 2011
Chart Abbreviations for Programs: BookTrakker v3.5 (BT 3.5) Bookhound 7 ce (BH 7) Homebase 3.0 (HB 3.0) Homebase 2.3 (HB 2.3)

Function *See below chart for numbered entries	BT 3.5	BH 7	HB 3.0	HB 2.3	Descriptions of Function where applicable
Does not require Account for ISBN Lookup					Users do not have to have an account with a service to get ISBN data
Customer Management
Invoicing
Cloning (Copying) Records					Copy Last Displayed Record or type in Record Number
13-digit ISBN Lookup
Quantity Field
Hit List Capability ⁴
Spell Check
Amazon Book Loader format
Full Screen Data Entry					Set the screen size of the data entry form
Copy Category with Record Copy
Copy field Data					CTRL-R during New or Edit Record mode to copy previous record field data.
Full Network Capability ²
Easy on the eyes					Large fonts, real estate around the fields, color control
Active Development with Regular Updates					10 Updates since 1998, as well as additional plugins
OneClick Upload to Multiple Sites ¹					28 predefined sites plus custom sites that accept UIEE or Amazon file
User Control of Upload files					User control over the UIEE upload files. What fields and where
sFTP Uploads to BN.com					Requires purchase of BN.com plugin
ASIN Lookup					ASIN lookup for Amazon.com and UK
Amazon Inventory Loader format					ISBN/ASIN, Condition and Comments
Custom Amazon Uploads ³					Create New Product Detail pages on Amazon with ISBN or Match existing records
Amazon Uploads to CA & UK					Book Loader and Inventory Loader files
Separate Edition and Printing Fields					They are not the same!
Separate ISBN and ASIN Fields					If both are present then ASIN uploads to Amazon only. ASIN does not upload to other services
Action Hit Lists ⁵					Make global changes to selected records
Multiple Prices ⁶					Three prices for different sites or In-Store operations
Title/Subtitle Fields					255 characters each field
Multiple Description Fields⁷					Three large fields with 65,000 characters per field
Topic Field for Additional Online Catalogs ⁸					Can be used for shelf location in a B&M store as well as catalogs online
Limited FBA Support ⁹					Upload FBA records to Amazon
User Support most days of the year ¹⁰					Weekends and Holidays included, email and sometimes phone
Custom Premium Support					Special situations not covered elsewhere. Requires a small charge
Custom User Defined Catalogs					Create professional print catalogs
Custom Amazon Comments ¹¹
Optional Amazon Comments
Management of Amazon Discrepancies ¹⁵					Requires Purchase of CheckIt and/or CheckIt Pro
Multiple Status Choices ¹²					Available = For Sale, any other Status removes the record
Store Credit Management					Track per customer store credit for trade-in of books
Wants Management
Site Mediation ¹³					Mediate disputes with the sites, or help out with site problems
Image Scanning					Requires TWAIN Interface
Database Diagnostics ¹⁴					SendDB icon on the desktop
Source & Spine field					Where you got the book & what the spine looks like so you can find it
Date Sold & Price Sold					Records date the book is marked Sold and the Retail Price at the time of sale

1.	OneClick Upload to Multiple Sites	Click a button to upload to all sites at once, including Amazon. No need to go to the websites to upload your listings.
2.	Full Network Capability	Network allows you to have two or more users doing data entry at the same time. Built-in, no need to download additional software.
3.	Custom Amazon Uploads	Custom Amazon uploading includes the ability to include/exclude Edition, Illustrator or ISBN in the Book Loader upload file.
4.	Hit List Capability	Hit Lists enable you to work with a subset of your records based on one or more Search Criteria.
5.	Action Hit Lists	Action Hit lists allow you to make global changes to data.
6.	Multiple Prices	Multiple Prices lets you assign up to four different prices per record. This enables you to have different prices online.
7.	Multiple Description Fields	Multiple Description fields enables more choice in how data is displayed.
8.	Topic Field for Additional Online Catalogs	The Topic Field provides extra choices for creating Online Catalogs at Chrislands sites and others.
9.	Limited FBA Support	Set records for FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) only, or FBA and other online sites.
10.	User Support most days of the year	Support via email from 6:30 AM to 10 PM, EST, Sundays & Holidays included. We do take a few days off. Phone support Monday - Saturday, 9:30AM - 3:30PM, EST.
11.	Custom Amazon Comments	User- defined Comments for Amazon. Pick what fields to use in what order. Or use the Amazon Item Note field for Amazon only.
12.	Multiple Status Choices	Available, Sold, On Hold, Special, Avail Dup, Auction, Missing, Removed, In Store, Pending, FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon).
13.	Site Mediation	Support helps users resolve conflicts between users and the sites. May require a support charge.
14.	Database Diagnostics:	Users can upload their database to support so both the user and support are viewing the same issue together. Eliminates confusion.
15.	Management of Amazon Discrepancies	Purchase of CheckIt enables users to download correct ASIN's and ISBN's into their database, verify what records are on Amazon that should not, and what records are not on Amazon and should. Purchase of CheckIt Pro enables users to find and fix records where their is a substantial material difference between the Title, Author, Publisher, Date Published or Cover (Binding). It also identifies and fixes orphan records in BookTrakker where the ASIN or ISBN on Amazon is no longer in use.