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Post by BlueAndGold on May 2, 2020 13:07:30 GMT
The search function in the Bookstore on the new Lulu Site is cute in that one may do an elimination search, but there is a fundamental loss of utility: One can no longer search by title or by author, etc. There is only "Browse by Category", which is basically useless for anything other than "browsing".
This needs to be rectified.
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Edit: I stand corrected!Why didn't I see it? Did it show up today or am I just blind? There is a little "magnifying glass" icon at the top right of the main page as well as the bookstore page. Click it and it opens a search window. YAY!  |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2020 15:13:37 GMT
I found that BlueAndGold-----very frustrating.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 2, 2020 15:32:36 GMT
A search function that only allows browsing by category isn't a search function, it's more of an inefficient browser.
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Post by Watcher on May 2, 2020 20:56:05 GMT
Pretty much any web-based retailer has a search function - even a dealer in surplus goods.
Amazon, Barnes&Noble - what bookseller has no feature to search for a known product?
Very odd...
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Post by BlueAndGold on May 2, 2020 22:00:45 GMT
I stand corrected!Why didn't I see it? Did it show up today or am I just blind? There is a little "magnifying glass" icon at the top right of the main page as well as the bookstore page. Click it and it opens a search window. YAY!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2020 5:50:06 GMT
Yes I saw the magnifying glass, but it wasn't there earlier when I searched
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Post by BlueAndGold on May 3, 2020 13:46:01 GMT
Addition of the word, "SEARCH" might help for we non-smartphone types.
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Post by markcbrown on May 5, 2020 20:00:48 GMT
The strange thing is, when I use that search with my book title it displays several 'possibilities' from explicit to children's books. My book shows as forth or fifth choice, sometimes it doesn't show at all. What the what.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 5, 2020 23:19:38 GMT
Obviously a lot of clean up work left to be done after the data migration.
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Post by Imaguest on May 6, 2020 2:11:08 GMT
The new site should have been perfected and everything migrated before it's launch. There are a lot of people on Facebook that are leaving Lulu for other outlets. Lulu fubar'd this time. Shame. They should have left it alone and just perfected the cover wizard. It's strange Paul or others aren't here telling it's going to be fine. Is that a bad sign?
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Post by hulsey on May 6, 2020 6:30:15 GMT
Still no change with me. The only way I can access Lulu is to do a password change every day. I've now given up after waiting five days for a reply from the admins. Just before this change, I made two of my books free, which has not happened on Amazon etc... I published a book around three weeks ago and recieved three proof copies which I approved. Today, at last it has been made available. No sign of the ebook yet. My sales revenue has shrunk unbelievably these last few months and I'm now wondering if it's down to Lulu's incompetence. Sales from other outlets do not tally wih Lulu's sales report. Anyway, normally mild-mannered, I have been with Lulu for a number of years and have published thirty-two books. I'm tired of waiting for a response. Sort it out, Lulu.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 6, 2020 13:13:10 GMT
Funny, my books were showing but now checking my spotlight it indicates I have no books published, and on my projects page half the covers aren't showing while things that had been approved are now pending.
So much for new and approved.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 13:19:45 GMT
We want answers and none are fortcoming!
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Post by hulsey on May 6, 2020 17:57:19 GMT
When I do actually manage to log on, no spotlight and no cover photos of my books. sent yet another query to the admins.
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