Introduction to Bookstore Assistant

Purpose of Bookstore Assistant

Bookstore Assistant is a freeware program designed to make it easy for you to buy any book online at the very best possible price.

Bookstore Assistant will go to the web sites of online bookstores such as Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com and others to find the best price on any book you specify.

The program can be customized to suit your needs. It is a very simple program with an intuitive interface.

The Different Screen Areas

Bookstore Assistant's window is separated into 11 distinct areas. Each area supplies its own particular information.

Screen Shot

() Top Toolbar provides arrow buttons to select up or down from the list of book titles in the Book List area. A stop button is provided for you to instantly stop any operation.
() Keywords Search is for you to search for a book by any word or words in its title or its subject
() Folder List lets you select between folders
() Book Details lists the important details of a found book
() Source lets you quickly move between bookstores to see a selected book's price and discount from each bookstore
() Book Cover displays the front of the book jacket (if available from the bookstore)
() Lower Toolbar provides more buttons to manipulate the items in the Book List (see below) and in the Folder List (see above)
() Book List lists the contents of the folder selected in the Folder List (see above). If "Last Search" is the folder selected, then the Book List shows all the titles found containing the keywords you specified. Select "Shopping Cart" to get a listing of the titles in your shopping cart. If a folder that you created is selected, then all the titles you saved to that folder are listed.
() Individual Bookstore Data gives the important information about the selected book specific to a particular bookstore(see also )
() Book Description gives a bookstore's full description (if available) of the book highlighted in the Book List
() HTTP Engine Status Box lets you know what is happening during each step of a book search