Looks like they improved things quite a bit. Might almost be usable now.
- You get a description of the book now in the list view- previously you only got the title and author
- The book detail page lists other books by the author, awards, info about the author and a bigger block of text about the book. They should still show all the text on this page (without having to click on "more"), but at least they are showing a useful amount now.
- The list view isn't confined to that tiny framed portion of the screen anymore
- The list view shows 50 titles at a time now-- I think it was 15 before.
- General reorganization of interface elements that makes more sense-- buy button close to book title and price, cleaner more organized layout, clear compartmentalization of information
- Home page has a new tabbed feature area and room for more featured titles-- finally they realize that people know how to scroll.
Not as nice as Amazon, but a big step forward. Hopefully they aren't done yet.