New Update

Site has been updated! We have made the book price search and comparison a lot easier to use, and the load times are noticeably faster. We have added a great new feature to the book price comparison page. Similar editions and formats are now displayed, so you can be sure to get the lowest priced books. For example, when you search for a particular book, we now display alternative editions and publication dates by the results table. Another feature that we added was the ability to do an advanced search, where you can input the title, author, publication date, publisher, and more to get the SPECIFIC book you want, with minimal hassle! If you have not stopped by in a while, be sure to check out the new features at Compare-Books.com!

More sites added

Just a quick update, more sites have been added to your searches at compare-books.com, so you can be sure that you are getting the lowest prices!

Updates To Website

Some of you may have noticed that there have been a number of subtle changes to the website that has increased usability all around. A summary of the changes are included below:

• Overall cleaner site design and layout. Extraneous borders removed. Important elements highlighted (search here, etc...)
• The help file has been updated! Extensive help is available on all features of the website now.
• When searching for a book, you now have the option of finding similar editions, as well as titles by the same author. The link is displayed next to the relevant book information.
• A banner is now included in your search results to remind you of the last term you searched for.
• When comparing book prices or selling books, you can now either press the back button to get back to your search results, or click the 'back to search results' link at the top of your discount book prices table.
• Ebay auctions are now included in book price comparisons. Look at the bottom of your results to see if there is any eBay book auctions for your book.
• Searching is greatly improved, and can handle misspellings a lot better.
• Where available, a link to preview the book through google is displayed
  

The season for getting cheap textbooks is about over, but you can still save a lot on other books!

Biblio Book Search Updated

A quick update has been uploaded to the site tonight. Mainly, more up to date and accurate search results from Biblio.com. Only available copies are displayed now, so there should be no more "Another Customer has already purchased this book" pages from Biblio. Stay tuned for even more updates and improvements!

Updated Pricing Information and New Book Buyback Vendor

Thanks for all of the suggestions everyone! I have fixed the issue where Bunches of Books was not displaying the most up to date prices, so now they should return only the most recent results when searching for a book to buy! In addition I have added a new buyback vendor www.webuytextbooks.com
, and they seem to be offering a great price on certain textbooks. Be sure to check them out at the end of the semester when it is time to sell your books for cash! More updates and improvements coming soon, thanks for the support!

A few Updates to Compare-Books.com

It has been a busy week, but I have managed to make a few usability updates to Compare-Books.com. Among the new features are a searching reminder when searching for the lowest prices on books. The blank screen while waiting for results was just a little too off putting!

Second, it is now easier to return to your search results after comparing prices. This should help you compare prices on different edition books more quickly. This is especially useful for students because an older edition may have pretty much the same content and you will find that older used textbook prices are considerably lower.

Finally, users can no longer inadvertently click on the buy or sell tab before a search has been performed. There were problems with the site when users clicked through the tabs without having searched for a book or isbn, and getting random search results back. By disabling them before a search is made, the process of buying used books should be a lot clearer.

As always, keep the suggestions rolling in!

Better Book Category List

I am happy to announce that I have improved the browse by category list available on Compare-Books.com. The old list was, well, very unorganized and the books did not really show up in the right places. I have now included a set of top level categories and a plethora of sub categories in order for users to browse by the specific category that they are looking for. Thanks for everyone's support and suggestions, together we will make this site one of the best for comparing book prices on new and used books and textbooks!