FYI: We're fixing the search - FINALLY!

Originally we created the search feature on the site for one purpose - to enable you to search for, and properly identify a particular item you wanted (regardless of whether it was available for trade or not). We would identify the exact item you were looking for, then you could see if it was available for trade.

We assumed that people would use this to find specific titles, and if we didn't have it available for trade, we would direct you elsewhere to where you could simply buy the item.

This was a poor method of doing things, and made searching for an item endlessly frustrating.

We are now changing the search to first look through our entire inventory, scanning titles, authors, item descriptions, etc - so that if you enter "Sherlock Holmes," the search will return a list of everything available on the site that has "Sherlock Holmes" somewhere in it's bibliographic information. We will also have some more advanced features, but the general goal is to give you the ability to quickly find items you may be interested in that are actually available for trade. We will still give you a 'best possible match' - regardless of if the item is available for trade or not, but that result will show up in a separate section at the bottom.

I hope this makes sense, and we'll keep you posted as to how things develop. We strongly feel this will make a very positive change in the way things work around here, and will totally alleviate the need to browse through items you really have no interest in.

As always, suggestions are very appreciated!!