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Old 10-12-2014, 05:01 AM   #302
goetzibubu
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
I think this is caused by the way get books does searches. Most sites don't have the ability to specify where the words are to be found, so get books uses a general keyword search and returns the first N that the store provides (N is chosen in get books configuration). For that reason it is better to use more words so that the store search engine will find closer matches.

When I search for author Wanner with returned items count set to 20 I get the following results. Both Endstation (by Ulrike Wanner) and Tödlicher Geburtstag by Michael Wanner are on the list.
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Searching for Jürgen Seibold gives me the following:
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I don't see any way to do better.
I agree on better matches by more search words. Sometimes I am glad to get _any_ match... But first I can give the words I know only.
Using "Jürgen" and "Seibold" I get the same result, too. But the search for "Wanner" does not change.
Where in the settings can I change "N"? I cannot find (see attachment)
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