Sets and Suggested Booklists Help
Overview
Perma-Bound.com includes thousands of product sets. These sets include different quantities and varieties of items. From author-specific series to thematic grade-level lists to national and state award winners, we offer a wide-array of sets. We also provide sets that have been recommended by state associations and organizations. The Suggested Booklists area takes the most popular of our sets and product series and organizes them by category for browsing convenience.
Sets
When viewing List and Search Results pages, the message, "SET OF XXX ITEMS", will appear within the Title Information area instead of author, publisher, and date of publication. Click on the title of the set or the "Book Set" icon to view all of the contents of that set.
Sets Search
You can search for Sets through use of the Advanced Search tool by selecting Sets in the Product Type drop-down box in conjunction with any of the other search criteria. You will be taken to a search results page listing the relevant sets.
Adding Sets to Lists
The process of adding product sets to a list is the same as for single titles. If your search result includes product sets:
- To view the contents of a set, click on the title of that set or the "Book Set" icon. This takes you to the title detail page for the set.
- You can add either the whole set to the selected list using the add button at the top of the page under the set title, or use the page as you would a search result page to add individual title(s) from the set.
- You will see a message, "In List" in red text indicating those items which are part of a set.
NOTE: Perma-Bound.com's ordering system designates each product set as a single item for total order quantity. This means that when you have added a set to a list and clicked on "Contents" to view the included titles, no options will be present in the "Add" area for a set contained in your current list - your selected set already includes each of these titles in that set and you will receive them when placing your order. To add multiple quantities of certain titles in a set see the instructions below.
Adding multiple quantities.
Because our ordering system designates each product set as a single item, adding multiple quantities of a title included within a set to a list will cause those additional items to appear on your list as separate items.
EXAMPLE: You want a literature set that includes the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, and you need 30 additional copies of the novel for your classroom. In order to do this:
- After adding the list to your set, view the contents of a set, click on the title of that set or the "Book Set" icon, then click on the title of Slaughterhouse Five to go to it's title detail page, enter 30 in the quantity and click on add. The novel will now appear separately in your list with a quantity of 30, and you will receive 31 copies in total - one from the product set you have previously added as well as the 30 you just added.
- Before adding the set to your list, enter "30" in the Qty box next to Slaugherthouse Five. Then add the set to your list. The novel will now appear separately in your list with a quantity of 30, and you will receive 31 copies in total - one from the product set as well as the 30 for your classroom.
Including AR Quizzes with Sets
Our ordering system does not include AR quizzes within product sets, even if these quizzes are listed on the contents page for that set. You must select the associated AR Quizzes independently from within a given set, after which they will be displayed on your list as separate products.
- After adding the list to your set, use the "Add all quizzes in this set" option in the Add section of the left-hand menu. This will add all of the quizzes available for the individual titles in the set to your list as separate items. If you do not want certain ones, you can remove them individually from your list view, or the title detail for the individual titles. You can also add quizzes to select titles by clicking on the title of each item from the set contents page and checking the AR Quiz box and adding them to your list individually.
- Before adding the set to your list, use the "Add all quizzes in this set" option in the Add section of the left-hand menu. This will add all of the quizzes available for the individual titles in the set to you list as separate items. You can also add quizzes to select titles by clicking on the title of each item from the set contents page and checking the AR Quiz box and adding them to your list individually, lastly before you have added a set to your list you have the option of adding the quizzes for individual items as you would quizzes in a normal search result by checking the boxes for the AR quizzes and any books you want to add individually and using the "Add All Checked Items on this Page to List" page option in the Add section of the left-hand menu.
Removing Products from a Set
Because our ordering system designates each product set as a single item, you cannot remove titles from a set. However, for those cases in which you find yourself wanting to order a particular set minus a few titles, we recommend the following process:
- Be sure the set is not included in your current list.
- Click on the set title to view the set contents page.
- Use this page like any search results page by individually
selecting and adding the items using either the add buttons or the
"Add All Checked Items on this Page to List" option accessed from Add
in the left-hand menu.
OR
You can also use "Add All Items in Set" from Add in the left-hand menu, view your list and sort as desired to easily, and individually remove those items you do not want or need.
Suggested Booklists
The Suggested Booklists area can be reached from throughout Perma-Bound.com by clicking on the link in the main blue banner.
Using Suggested Booklists
- Click on any of the category-links and browse through the various subcategories until you reach a search results page. From there you can add these sets or individual items to your lists.
- Click on "more..." beside the category-links to view a brief description of that category.
- When you select a final list, it will open a set contents page similar to a book set's content page; however, you do not have the option of adding the suggested booklist as a single set, rather you can add the individual titles as you would from either a search results pages or a Set Content page for a set you did not want to add in its entirety.
FAQs - Sets and Suggested Booklists
What's the difference between Suggested Booklists and sets?
Suggested Booklists are popular sets and product series that have been organized by category for your browsing convenience.
How do I search for sets?
You can search for Sets through use of the Advanced Search tool by selecting Sets in the Product Type drop-down box in conjunction with any of the other search criteria.
How do I find Suggested Booklists?
Suggested Booklists are organized by categories for easy browsing and are accessed through the link in the blue navigation bar towards the top of the page.
How do I add sets to a custom list?
The process is much the same as entering individual titles. For a step-by-step description, click here.
I added a set to my list, but when I proceed to checkout I don't see the AR Quizzes for the titles included in my set as part of my order or quote - how do I add these quizzes?
Because our ordering system does not include AR Quizzes in product sets, you must add them manually. For a step-by-step description, click here.
I was looking at a printout for my order or quote and noticed it includes unwanted duplicates for many titles - what happened?
You may have navigated to the Contents page for a particular set and then added check-marks for each of the items listed there (unnecessary, because you always receive every title included in a particular set), or you may have added multiple sets to your list and those sets included many common items. If you want to remove these duplicates, consider removing one or more of the sets then adding other desired titles individually. For a description of how to remove products from sets, click here. You can also use the "Check for Duplicates" feature in the Lists and Quotes tab in the Lists / Orders / Quotes section of your My Account page to check for duplicates in lists before submitting quotes or orders.