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by scf
Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Abe Books missing hits
Replies: 3
Views: 6349

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...
by scf
Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:58 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: AWS searches get wrong genre
Replies: 2
Views: 5374

Re: AWS searches get wrong genre

Thanks for the quick reply. Here's another AWS search that gets "Arts & Photography":

"impunity jane" godden 1966
by scf
Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:46 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Abe Books missing hits
Replies: 3
Views: 6349

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.
by scf
Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:28 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: AWS searches get wrong genre
Replies: 2
Views: 5374

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.
by scf
Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:12 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Abe Books searches broken
Replies: 1
Views: 4944

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...