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message 1: by Andy (new)

Andy Smith (kovacs) | 8 comments Hi.

My title has an apostrophe. If it is included, for example, writing "The Devil's Bloodline", the book is found.

However, searching without the apostrophe, writing "The Devils Bloodline" draws a blank, giving the impression that the book does not exist.

Other books, for example, Ender's Game, gives the same result when searching for both Ender's Game and Enders Game.

Why is this? Is there anything I can do to make it easier to find my book when searchers omit the apostrophe?


Thanks


message 2: by Vicky (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments There is probably an edition of Ender's Game that is incorrectly missing an apostrophe.

As of right now the search is finnicky about punctuation, there's nothing librarians can do about this.


Debbie's Spurts (D.A.) | 6325 comments There are a lot of ongoing site search issues being worked on; I'd make sure you contact staff by posting your issue over in the feedback or author feedback group where site features and issues get handled.


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