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Subject: Does Anyone Know How the Books . . .
Date Posted: 2/17/2009 8:31 PM ET
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are sorted when you do a search by author or title?  They don't seem to be in ISBN order, or published date order (although that seems the closest).  I do a search by author (the one on the left where you put a name in the author box) and hit enter.  I can't see any rhyme nor reason to the results.  Same thing with title.  It has me curious to know if there is an order, and if anyone knows what it is.

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Date Posted: 2/17/2009 8:42 PM ET
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You can control the sort order in the Book Browser, which is what I think you may be using.  There is a field further down to sort by date, title, etc.  I agree, I've seen no detectable order when I do a search like that, by author or part of a title.

I usually search, say "Gaaahh, did it again!!"  Then I go add a sort order, and Update Results.