New Top Navigation On Kobo.com

[BrodieKobo]

Originally Posted by howyoudoin

BrodieKobo, how do I search for free books on my Aura H2O?

Hi howyoudoin,

Best way to read free ebooks is by visiting kobo.com. Go to this URL: www.kobo.com/free-ebooks

Sign-in, browse the list, and then add a book to your library. Once added, go back to your Aura H20 and sync it to read on your ereader. Right now, searching free ebooks on your ereader isn't the easiest thing to do so instead we built a special page on kobo.com which include classics and top authors.

Note: You can also find this link in the header under the ebooks section.

Brodie

[BrodieKobo]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

I see the same, Geoff, across the Pond in Australia. Yes, Firefox here as well.

But there is something maybe too imprecise in the search algorithm -- I've noticed quite a few times lately when I've searched on an author's name, the returned results don't include a book I was particularly looking for, which seems to suggest Kobo doesn't have it, yet if I then search on the title, there it is. And it's not a matter of a simple difference, such as an author's middle initial being included in one listing but not the other, so I don't know what makes the difference. I don't mind the fuzzy results -- I've found interesting books that way -- but clearly the primary goal should be to return accurate results first.

The Angus & Robertson site (Australian site aligned with Kobo) does a fuzzy search in the first instance, and so returns results from other authors in similar subjects, but then at the top of the list it places a link that says "Show me titles only by <Author>". That must help clarify the search, because it seems to have the same issue with complete results -- using that link often then returns titles by the author you searched on that weren't returned, at least on the first or second pages, under the previous fuzzy search.

Brodie, could such an option help with the Kobo search accuracy?

Hi MacEachaidh,

I'll let our web team know about this feature request, sounds interesting and very helpful. Can you give me an example on kobo.com where you get an odd result and I'll pass it along?

Thanks!

Brodie

[rem736]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I'd also like to see a much improved library page. No search. With over 1,000 in my account it'd be nice to be able to search for a title or author in my library. Only being able to sort by Date & Title makes finding a title clumsy at best (add search and sort by author). It'd be nice too if there was a way to update books that have updates like on Amazon. As it stands now you have to know ahead of time the book was updated and then try & get CS to push the fixed version to your account.

completely in agreement with you, especially searching within one's own library. there is no reason why this cannot be done on a technical level. so the only conclusion i can come up with is that it was a business decision. for what purpose, i have no clue.