Search the Store: Marketplace

Help Desk: Search the Store: Marketplace

Searching by Title & Author

Searching by Title
Enter all or part of the title you are looking for. You can leave out words such as "a," "an," or "the." The search engine will try to find books that have all the words you entered in the title. If no books are found with all the words, the search engine will try to find books with some of the words.
 
Searching by Author
Enter the author name you are looking for. You do not need to enter a first name, but if there are a lot of books by authors with the same last name it may help to limit the results. You can enter a name as John Smith or Smith, John.
 
Note: You can enter information into one or more fields. The more specific the information you enter, the more exact your search results will be.
 
It is not necessary to use any special characters in formatting your search. Simply enter the words you are looking for. Quotation marks, plus signs, or Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) will be ignored by the search engine. The search engine is not case sensitive. You can enter your search in all capitals, all lowercase, or mixed case.

Narrowing Your Search

You can narrow your search further by choosing one or more of these three filters: "Signed," "First Edition," or "Dust Jacket." You can also choose a price range from the "All Prices" menu and/or a format from the "All Formats" menu.
  • "Signed" narrows your search to return only items that are signed by their author.
  • "First Edition" narrows your search to return only items that are first editions.
  • "Dust Jacket" narrows your search to return only items that have a dust jacket. Please read the description carefully to learn the condition of the dust jacket.
  • Choosing a Price Range narrows your search to return only items that are priced within that range.
  • Choosing a Format narrows your search to return only items in that format.


Search Results

Selecting a Title
The search results page displays information about the title(s) that match your search. If the search engine isn't able to find any exact matches for your search, the page will display information about titles that may be close to what you were looking for. In many cases, there are multiple copies of each title available. First, select the title that interests you from the list presented in your search results. You can use the "Sorted by:" menu at the top of that page to sort the results by number of copies available, title, or author.

Finding a Copy
Once you select a title you will see the copies of that title that are available from our Sellers. As a default, these copies are sorted by price -- from lowest to highest. To find a copy in a particular condition, click on one of the condition tabs at the top of the page. The number inside of the tab shows how many copies of the title are available in that particular condition. For the definitions of the various conditions used by our Sellers to describe their items, click here. These items can additionally be sorted by price, by clicking on the "^" symbol at the top of the price column. When you have selected the copy that you wish to purchase, based on its price, condition, and other attributes, be sure to click the "More Info" link to see all of the information about this copy, including the "Details from the Seller." If you are satisfied with the copy that you have selected, click the "Add to Cart" button in the upper right-hand corner of the product page to add it to your Shopping Cart.

NOTE: The "Details from the Seller" represent the most accurate information available about any item that we display on our site. If there is any discrepancy between the Seller's details and the other information shown, consider the Seller's details to be the most accurate.

NOTE: If the Seller supplies us with a book's ISBN/UPC number (the unique number publishers provide for each edition they publish), we will display any available enhanced content related to the corresponding title, such as reviews, excerpts, page count, or a cover image.

Please bear in mind that this content may not represent the exact edition being offered for sale. This can occur if:
  • The seller has provided a representative ISBN/UPC instead of the actual one
  • The publisher has re-used the ISBN/UPC from an earlier edition
  • The ISBN/UPC was entered incorrectly
Also, a cover image is provided as an example of what the "new" item looked like. A used item's actual cover may differ from the cover image we display or the cover may be missing altogether. Please see the Details from the Seller area on each product page for more accurate information provided directly by the Seller.