Comments on: Advanced search http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/ Give books away, get books you want. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Suzanne http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/#comment-61 Suzanne Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:53:28 +0000 http://bookmooch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/advanced-search/#comment-61 I'm not sure if this is a result of this new change, but if I search for (and this is the exact thing I search for) "The Brothers Karamazov" it comes to a page that says: No books were found for: "The Brothers Karamazov" But then, if I search for "Fyodor Dostoevsky" (the author) I come to a page full of books, including several copies of The Brothers Karamazov. But this is in the main search bar, at the top of the screen. Would that really be affected? I’m not sure if this is a result of this new change, but if I search for (and this is the exact thing I search for) “The Brothers Karamazov” it comes to a page that says: No books were found for: “The Brothers Karamazov”

But then, if I search for “Fyodor Dostoevsky” (the author) I come to a page full of books, including several copies of The Brothers Karamazov.

But this is in the main search bar, at the top of the screen. Would that really be affected?

]]> By: Caitlyn http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/#comment-54 Caitlyn Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:14:20 +0000 http://bookmooch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/advanced-search/#comment-54 Awesome! The one thing that would make the site perfect for me would be to browse the latest books posted by Country. I'd love love love to browse all of the latest books posted in Canada, for example. Awesome! The one thing that would make the site perfect for me would be to browse the latest books posted by Country.
I’d love love love to browse all of the latest books posted in Canada, for example.

]]> By: Lethe http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/#comment-32 Lethe Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:51:52 +0000 http://bookmooch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/advanced-search/#comment-32 I think the comment about "searching FOR the proper form of a topic" regards being able to search for a specific library cataloging subject term without interferance from other related terms. For example, if I want to search for "science" books, search seems to do a text match, and I get huge lists of "science fiction" books. However, my work-around for that is to bring up a book typical of the kind I know I want, and then looking at the list of topics, click on the one that is most pertinant. Just noticed some new idiosyncratic behavior today: if I enter "science" in the browse field, it tells me there are no books. But if I bring up a book by Feynman and then click on the science topic link, I get a decent list of available books. I think the comment about “searching FOR the proper form of a topic” regards being able to search for a specific library cataloging subject term without interferance from other related terms. For example, if I want to search for “science” books, search seems to do a text match, and I get huge lists of “science fiction” books. However, my work-around for that is to bring up a book typical of the kind I know I want, and then looking at the list of topics, click on the one that is most pertinant.

Just noticed some new idiosyncratic behavior today: if I enter “science” in the browse field, it tells me there are no books. But if I bring up a book by Feynman and then click on the science topic link, I get a decent list of available books.

]]> By: Lili http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/#comment-28 Lili Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:39:57 +0000 http://bookmooch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/advanced-search/#comment-28 The advanced search doesn't appear to be working correctly. I tried searching for a single word with a few words in the "Not these words" field, and it was as if I hadn't put anything in that field at all. I tried reducing it to a single word in the "Not these words" field, but that didn't work any better. The advanced search doesn’t appear to be working correctly. I tried searching for a single word with a few words in the “Not these words” field, and it was as if I hadn’t put anything in that field at all. I tried reducing it to a single word in the “Not these words” field, but that didn’t work any better.

]]> By: Debby http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/#comment-18 Debby Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:26:02 +0000 http://bookmooch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/advanced-search/#comment-18 I'd like to be able to search the wishlists of people in my country. (maybe I have something they want.) Also, when I search for a book I'm interested in mooching, I'd like the option to list only books from people who are willing to ship to my country. It takes a lot of time to trawl through the results (many people will only ship to the US). I’d like to be able to search the wishlists of people in my country. (maybe I have something they want.)

Also, when I search for a book I’m interested in mooching, I’d like the option to list only books from people who are willing to ship to my country. It takes a lot of time to trawl through the results (many people will only ship to the US).

]]> By: bookmooch http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/#comment-13 bookmooch Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:10:17 +0000 http://bookmooch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/advanced-search/#comment-13 "The ability to search FOR the proper form of a topic in order to list the books it contains." I'm not sure what you mean by that. You can currently "search inside a topic" as well search for the name of a topic, and show all the books in that topic. Agreed on point #2 “The ability to search FOR the proper form of a topic in order to list the books it contains.”

I’m not sure what you mean by that. You can currently “search inside a topic” as well search for the name of a topic, and show all the books in that topic.

Agreed on point #2

]]> By: Paul J. Lareau http://blog.bookmooch.com/2007/04/06/advanced-search/#comment-8 Paul J. Lareau Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:14:31 +0000 http://bookmooch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/advanced-search/#comment-8 It is hard to tell what other improvements to searching are coming, but I hope that you address the two related problems that have always frustrated me at BookMooch: (1) The ability to search FOR the proper form of a topic in order to list the books it contains. (2) The ability to start looking in a long list (topics, lists of books by topic, anywhere else) somewhere lower in the alphabet (rather than always starting at "A" and having to page down hundreds of pages to get to where you want to start (or restart) scanning the list. The lack of these capabilities, given the long lists involved, give a severe "hit" disadvantage to any topic or book title that happens to begin with a letter toward the end of the alphabet. It is hard to tell what other improvements to searching are coming, but I hope that you address the two related problems that have always frustrated me at BookMooch:

(1) The ability to search FOR the proper form of a topic in order to list the books it contains.

(2) The ability to start looking in a long list (topics, lists of books by topic, anywhere else) somewhere lower in the alphabet (rather than always starting at “A” and having to page down hundreds of pages to get to where you want to start (or restart) scanning the list.

The lack of these capabilities, given the long lists involved, give a severe “hit” disadvantage to any topic or book title that happens to begin with a letter toward the end of the alphabet.

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