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- Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:24 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Abe Books missing hits
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7094
Re: Abe Books missing hits
Thanks for the reply. I've downloaded the beta and am trying it. Searches using words targeted at Abe are still way off. Search using "always go first class marks laurence" (without quotes) gets no relevant hits that I can see; putting that string into the Keyword field on Abe directly com...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:58 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: AWS searches get wrong genre
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6237
Re: AWS searches get wrong genre
Thanks for the quick reply. Here's another AWS search that gets "Arts & Photography":
"impunity jane" godden 1966
"impunity jane" godden 1966
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:46 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Abe Books missing hits
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7094
Abe Books missing hits
Searches hitting in Abe Books often are missing some (many) of the possible hits. For example, searching in Bookpedia with "0151004153" as the search string returns one hit, which actually has some incorrect information. It misses the other 71 hits.
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:28 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: AWS searches get wrong genre
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6237
AWS searches get wrong genre
I'm getting "Arts & Photography" for many inappropriate entries; e.g., search for the Collins editions of "The Guns of Navarone" by Alistair Maclean.
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:12 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Abe Books searches broken
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5582
Abe Books searches broken
Searches of Abe Books seem horribly broken, or there is a syntax issue that is not obvious. Using the search line in Bookpedia of: "by the pricking of my thumbs" 1968 dodd comes back with a first hit of "Business Week Guide to Mutual Funds". Huh? When I go to the Abe site and plu...