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Establish a CEI account, and request an API key

The first step is to notify CEI & PrismRBS of your interest and request an integration API key from CEI.

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  • API key

  • Priority of CEI as your digital provider, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd (depending on other digital content providers at your store)

  • Will you sell digital content in-store, online, or both?

Adopt digital content by way of CEI

Use the CEI website to adopt the digital content that you wish to sell in your store. There are a couple of rules to keep in mind…

  • Any adoptions must have a valid ISBN number. You may need to use an ISBN generator for custom content.

  • Only items with a price > 0.00 will be offered for purchase by Prism applications. Please be sure that a price is set for content that you intend to sell immediately.

Confirm adopted digital products are available following the nightly sync

If your CEI account and API key are configured correctly, A nightly sync process will refresh CEI’s digital content in your store daily. You may confirm that the ISBNs, Titles, and prices that were adopted through CEI are available via PrismWeb Manager > Textbooks > Digital Content > matched adoptions.

Confirm your Store Management system is configured for digital content.

(Must be completed once. This may already be done if you have more than one digital content provider)

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  1. (optionally) Create a Digital Content DCC with Type set to Book

  2. (optionally) Create CEI as a vendor to identify titles for which you may be invoiced.

  3. Enable the use of Digital Content and prices in Administrator > Store Setup > Parameters - Digital Content panel by way of the functionality toggle.

  4. Assign the Digital Content DCC in Administrator > Store Setup > Parameters - Digital Content panel.

  5. Select the Digital Receipt Info in Administrator > Store Setup > Parameters - Digital Content panel.

  6. Optionally – Enable Auto-Adopt Digital Titles in Administrator > Store Setup > Parameters - Digital Content panel. (This option will always add digital options any time an ISBN the exists in the digital content catalog is added to a course request.

Add products to your store management system for in-store sales

PrismCore:

  1. Add any digital ISBNs shown in the matched adoptions via Item Maintenance. Add the ISBN to the correct DCC and set the prices as expected based on the CEI digital content catalog.

  2. Save work and note the new book SKU

  3. (Recommended) To ensure that clerks only sell digital options, change the used price to $0.00 and/or disable the used book record.

  4. Open the Digital Content menu (Core menu 108) and paste/enter the new book SKU. Book details should appear

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  1. Add any digital ISBNs shown in the matched adoptions via Product Maintenance > Add Book with the expected description.

  2. Add a New Book profile with the digital price information.

  3. Save book profile

  4. After the Book Details are saved, select ‘Check For Update’ on the Digital card atop the Edit Book screen. Your digital price should appear upon update. (Alternately, Mosaic will check for digital prices via a scheduled process.)

Sell/Refund digital content in-store via PrismPOS

(Recommended) Use PrismWeb Manager > Textbooks > Digital Content > matched adoptions to select ISBNs and print hang tags for in-store sales. Hang tags include the digital item description and a barcode to scan at the cash register.

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  • Refund payment or cancel the return request to complete the transaction.

Sell digital content on line via PrismWeb

Info

Although digital course materials are activated on order acceptance, full payment is not collected until web order processing in completed. Failed payments during web order processing will require manually action to deactivate digital purchases and avoid invoicing from the content provider.

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