Friday, February 6, 2009

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!