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It behaves a little strangely if it doesn't receive a full book title. I'm working on improving that.

I'm working on adding other regions as we speak. It's quite slow because I have to add them in region by region, I'll have 3-4 more regions by the end of the week and then about 2 more per week for the next few weeks.

Sorry about that I think my server is struggling a little, I will scale it up right now.

Thanks! Yes some of the bookstores seem to return DVDs even when you explicitly filter them for only books. I'll look into implementing a solution on my end.

Working on other regions, unfortunately I have to do it region by region which slows me down. Should have 3-4 more regions up by the end of the week and I'll be adding about 2 a week afterwards for the next few weeks.

Yes that's something the program seems to be doing automatically. I'll add a check at the end to make sure that doesn't happen.

Yes it seems some adblocking extensions interfere with the affiliate linking, I'm going to build something that detects adblockers and then gives the raw link if an adblocker is active. Should fix your UX issues in your normal browser.

Thanks! Once I'm done accommodating more regions into the tool, it should also allow filters for international shipping which will ofcourse have much higher delivery times but as you say will often be significantly cheaper overall.

Thanks for your comment. To address Amazon's supremacy I'm working on a "No Amazon" filter that ignores Amazon and any Amazon subsidiaries.

ahaha it seems to be linking through to a booksite where the title of the book is "python 3 and data analytics" but the book image is The Storm of Bringer. Brilliant spot.

try inputting the full search term - "staff engineer: Leadership beyond the management track" the search can get a little buggy without it

The $100 options on the bottom of the page are actually a bug, sorry about that I'll set up the system to ignore them. The page is sorted by price though so if you look at the top of the page you should be able to see much cheaper options.

Yes certainly, at the moment it's only optimized for the USA but I'm working on adding several other regions as we speak. The issue is I have to do it individually region by region which makes it quite slow. I should have 3 or 4 more regions up before the end of the week and I'll add a couple more on a weekly basis.

Great suggestions thanks. I'm working on a fix for ISBN numbers that will be up within a day. Caching is not something I've started on yet but it's a great idea I'll start looking into it shortly.

Thanks for this. The focus of this product is cheap books. I do find it interesting to learn about different approaches to purchasing and purchasing decisions. In the long term, additional filters to support local bookstores could be a cool addition. Also, I'm looking into targeting textbooks more closely. Hopefully the textbook specific results will be better and cheaper before the end of the month.

At the moment its targeted at physical books. I've got plans to add filters and searches for ebooks but it likely won't be live until towards the end of the month.

This is aimed towards physical books. Hopefully if people can access books legally and cheaply it will discourage piracy.

Thanks for the feedback. There are definitely still issues with search if the title is not exactly the same or very similar to the title of the book. I'm working on improving it but the fix is non-trivial so it will likely take a couple of weeks for me to improve.

Hmm that does make it difficult. Perhaps a solution that allows local bookstores to put their catalogues online easily, this data then feeds straight into the search product. It would be difficult and manual to make happen but it could be extremely useful.

That's why I think it will be good to have both options, people who prefer sites can use the site as is, if you prefer to download extensions and forget about sites then that option will also exist.

Thanks for your comment, all of that is certainly true. I'm thinking through a solution that would likely come in the form of certain filters on the site. I'd try to get your region as accurately as possible or ask for input, and then serve you local bookstores in your area that have their catalogues online. Something like this would help promote local stores and help you differentiate between your local bookstores. It's not something I've started building yet but what do you think of it?

Thanks for the feedback. I'll work on adding these filters in should have them running before the end of the week.

Thank you for the feedback! I'll look into it.

Thanks! Let me know if you have any feedback or criticisms, I'd be happy to address them.

Sounds like some really cool functionality, I'll take a look and see what I can implement to help people better support local bookstores

Thanks for this. An extension is the next major step for this product. Your tool looks really good.

Very high on my priority list, will have this done before the end of the week.

Haven't heard of that one, thanks for the info I'll check it out. I do have thriftbooks results listed on the site as well.

If the site also parsed local bookstores (the ones that put their catalogues online) and allowed you to filter for local bookstores, is that something that you would find useful?

Sorry for the confusion, the site hasn't been optimized outside of the USA yet, so some of your results may be a slightly off in terms of pricing and delivery times. Working on improving that as we speak but I have to go country by country so it's slow going.