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Old 10-13-2009, 01:59 PM   #18
Elfwreck
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Since geo restrictions aren't likely to go away, I'd like "you don't see books you can't purchase." Not-logged-in people see books tagged by region; when logged in, the tags vanish--and you don't see the ones you can't buy; they don't show up in searches at all.

Possibly, when you search, you get a note that says "some books matching these terms are not available in your region; click here to view." And they'd show up greyed-out or otherwise very obviously marked "unavailable." (Not, 7-point text underneath the title that says "US only.")

I expect we all want good search engine abilities, but we may have different ideas about what those are, or what's most important.

I want the ability to exclude books from a search, by author, series, genre or keyword. Or by "books I've purchased;" I generally don't need to see the ones I've already got. Or by filetype.

I'd like to know details about the book that many ebook sellers don't bother to mention. Would like to know filesize of ebooks, and ideally, word count. Would also like to know if the book includes illustrations other than the cover, or other content other than the main body. (Forward by X. Annotations by Drs. Y and Z. Includes free preview of next book in series.) If it's offered in PDF, I want to know page size. And I'd like the listing to include the back-cover blurb, if there's any from a print version.
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