The On Sale Date/Embargo Date is when your title becomes available to download from the site. If your book is available for preorder, it is the date it goes from preorder to regular sale. This is also the date the epub will be available for download to customer libraries.
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If no On Sale/Embargo date is provided, the default date is the date metadata is ingested.
Excel: The required date format is YYYY-MM-DD.
Correct Usage (example)
| Info | Excel | ONIX 2.1 | ONIX 3.0 |
| Reference Name | OnSale Date: 2010-01-16 |
On Sale Date <OnSaleDate>20150219</OnSaleDate>
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Embargo Date
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| Short Tag | N/A |
<j143>20150219</j143>
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- Excel: 21/11/2013
- Excel: 2013
This is the date on which products are available for purchase by customers. With ONIX, if you want to prevent early sales, EDItEUR insists that this date is provided along with Publication Date to distinguish between the date of publication and date of availability for sale. If the book is made available for preorder before the On Sale Date/Embargo Date, the On Sale Date/Embargo Date ensures the epub file is not delivered to customers until that date.