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Originally Posted by user_none
The table will have multiple columns that can be searched. The first two are:
Enabled and Name. Enabled is a simple check box. Checked if you want the store plugin enabled and unchecked if you want it disabled.
What I'm thinking for the other columns is:
Drm free only - I feel that there are enough users who do no want to buy from stores that sell Drm content to make this a good column. This is for stores like smashwords that does not sell any drm content.
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High priority.
Readers: to avoid the same confusion I had, note that one can enter DRM:false on the book search line to see only non-infested books. This lets you search stores that sell both infested and clean books, seeing only the clean ones.
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Public domain only - gutenberg and the like. Some people don't like classics.
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Medium priority. One possible issue is that the meaning of "public domain" varies from country to country. For example, the University of Adelaide in Australia offers some books that are public domain there but not in the US.
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Language - list of all languages the store carries books in.
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I think this should be the country code of the location of the store, not the languages of books the store sells. The major use will be a hint about geographical restrictions. Stores all over the world sell books in English, but many sell only to people who live in the appropriate places.
The location of the store does provide a hint about the languages in which books are available (more below).
It would be tedious to maintain an accurate "books' language" column.
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Formats - list of formats the store has.
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High priority.
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'm also thinking of adding a Genre column. This would be for stores like Wizard's Tower that specializes in a specific Genre. Stores like Amazon would just show Various as the genre.
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Medium priority.
As I said in my email, I am not convinced that this can be specific enough to be useful, but I won't argue against it.
It might be that the idea you suggested a while back, a short blurb about the store, would complement the genre idea, or possibly replace it. The blurb could come from the store's "about us" page, and one hopes that it provides the information a person would need to decide if it is a store of interest.
Some ideas that I won't fight for.
- The language(s) of the store website. The country implies the language, but it is only an implication. This field relates to the book languages issue. If a site is in Spanish, it probably sells books in Spanish even if the store is located in California.
- The currency of the store
- Payment types (cards, google checkout, paypal, etc)