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Uncle Robin · 01-02-2022, 03:19 AM

Those words are VERY good advice for anyone who "hopes" to find something using the Search function in the Kobo Store. I've raised this issue with Kobo CSRs more times than Dante had hot dinners, but still the Search offers results like this one:

It DID make me mildly curious about which ONE of the series Kobo actually considers fiction "The Cat Who Found what He Was Looking For at Kobo", perhaps?

davidfor · 01-02-2022, 06:19 AM

I'm not sure if you are interpreting the results correctly.

Firstly, they say that 29 books were found.

And that 29 were found each of "Fiction & Literature" and "Mystery & Suspense". And 28 of them also were in "Nonfiction". Which means that only one of them is not considered to be Nonfiction. It looks like "The Cat Who Turned On & Off" is the one that is not Nonfiction.

I drilled down into the Nonfiction, and was amused to see that the subcategories the books are in are:

Nonfiction > Home & Garden > Pets > Cats
Nonfiction > Science & Nature > Nature > Pets
Nonfiction > Science & Nature > Pets > Cats

The other categories are just as much fun as under "Fiction & Literature", they are all "Action Suspense", 28 are "Crime" and 27 are "Humorous". So, you aren't allowed to laugh for two of them.

This is not completely Kobo's fault. These categories are set by the publisher, author or whoever it is that adds the books to the store. They set the metadata when the book is uploaded. If Kobo is at fault, it because they have let someone put a book under "Nonfiction" and "Fiction & Literature" as top level categories. Of course, maybe there are cats out there solving mysteries. Unlike mine that just like to jump on the sheets while I change the bed. Or complain when we aren't paying attention to them. Or ignore us off when we try to pay attention to them.

01-02-2022, 03:19 AM	#1
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,661 Karma: 52758936 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra Colour	Lasciate Ogni Speranza Those words are VERY good advice for anyone who "hopes" to find something using the Search function in the Kobo Store. I've raised this issue with Kobo CSRs more times than Dante had hot dinners, but still the Search offers results like this one: It DID make me mildly curious about which ONE of the series Kobo actually considers fiction "The Cat Who Found what He Was Looking For at Kobo", perhaps?

01-02-2022, 06:19 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	I'm not sure if you are interpreting the results correctly. Firstly, they say that 29 books were found. And that 29 were found each of "Fiction & Literature" and "Mystery & Suspense". And 28 of them also were in "Nonfiction". Which means that only one of them is not considered to be Nonfiction. It looks like "The Cat Who Turned On & Off" is the one that is not Nonfiction. I drilled down into the Nonfiction, and was amused to see that the subcategories the books are in are: Nonfiction > Home & Garden > Pets > Cats Nonfiction > Science & Nature > Nature > Pets Nonfiction > Science & Nature > Pets > Cats The other categories are just as much fun as under "Fiction & Literature", they are all "Action Suspense", 28 are "Crime" and 27 are "Humorous". So, you aren't allowed to laugh for two of them. This is not completely Kobo's fault. These categories are set by the publisher, author or whoever it is that adds the books to the store. They set the metadata when the book is uploaded. If Kobo is at fault, it because they have let someone put a book under "Nonfiction" and "Fiction & Literature" as top level categories. Of course, maybe there are cats out there solving mysteries. Unlike mine that just like to jump on the sheets while I change the bed. Or complain when we aren't paying attention to them. Or ignore us off when we try to pay attention to them.

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