Searching World eBook Library for my - Ravi S. Iyer - books
There are three websites that seem to come into play for World eBook library (last one being in the Indian context): http://worldebooklibrary.org, http://community.ebooklibrary.org/ and http://community.worldlibrary.in. Note that National Digital Library of India, https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/, list the source of my 2 books listed on it as "World eBook Library" which is hyperlinked to: http://community.ebooklibrary.org/.
At all these 3 sites: http://worldebooklibrary.org, http://community.ebooklibrary.org/ and http://community.worldlibrary.in,
General search (not author search) for: Iyer, Ravi S.
gives as the first result:
Who am I? I am I - Ultimate Existential Reality Answer; Vedanta; God and Science Conversation: iami1.wordpress.com blog book
Ravi S. Iyer
Ravi S. Iyer (Self-publisher)
Book Id: WPLBN0100002977
PDF (eBook)
Subjects: Non Fiction, Religion, Self-help
Collections: Philosophy, Authors Community, New Age
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It does ***NOT*** list my part autobiography book in the first twenty five results. I think the book is not yet included in proper search database at worldebooklibrary.org
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At http://worldebooklibrary.org, http://community.ebooklibrary.org/ and http://community.worldlibrary.in,
Search for: Who am I? I am I - Ultimate Existential Reality Answer
gives 0 results!
That is a strange result. I expected my book to be listed.
But search for: Ultimate Existential Reality Answer
lists my book as first result in http://community.worldlibrary.in (and I expect the same in the other two websites mentioned above).
So the special characters of ? and/or - seem to be tripping up the search engine on these sites.
The above statement is at least partially confirmed by
search for: Who am I I am I
listing my book as the first result!
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At http://worldebooklibrary.org, http://community.ebooklibrary.org/ and http://community.worldlibrary.in, Advanced Search allows one to search by author. However there seems to be some confusion if one chooses Advanced Search after having done a general search. Perhaps the general search term gets added to the advanced search term, but I am not sure of this.
To be safe, one can have a fresh Advanced Search by visiting above websites (or if one is already on it, by clicking Home) and then choosing Search link at the top menu (Home Books> Search Support> About Us> Get Published>). That takes one to a fresh (new) Advanced Search form without any previous search criteria coming into play.
With Author: Iyer, Ravi, S.
and "All These Words" as the choice against it, on clicking Search button (at bottom of Advanced Search criteria), the result gave my "Who am I? I am I ..." book as the first result. It did not list my part autobio book in the first 20 results.
worldebooklibrary.org listed 70 results.
community.ebooklibrary.org listed only 1 result (my 'Who am I? I am I ...' book).
community.worldlibrary.in listed only 1 result (my 'Who am I? I am I ...' book).
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Clicking on my "Who am I? I am I ..." book result leads to display of all information about the book, as well as author's bio. Towards the bottom of the display, my part autobiography book is also listed!
So my 2nd book (part autobiography) is already in the World eBook Library but search functionality on its websites does not seem to have the data for it (and so does not display it in search results). Hopefully, this 2nd book's data will get added to the search functionality in the near future.
At all these 3 sites: http://worldebooklibrary.org, http://community.ebooklibrary.org/ and http://community.worldlibrary.in,
General search (not author search) for: Iyer, Ravi S.
gives as the first result:
Who am I? I am I - Ultimate Existential Reality Answer; Vedanta; God and Science Conversation: iami1.wordpress.com blog book
Ravi S. Iyer
Ravi S. Iyer (Self-publisher)
Book Id: WPLBN0100002977
PDF (eBook)
Subjects: Non Fiction, Religion, Self-help
Collections: Philosophy, Authors Community, New Age
----
It does ***NOT*** list my part autobiography book in the first twenty five results. I think the book is not yet included in proper search database at worldebooklibrary.org
======================
At http://worldebooklibrary.org, http://community.ebooklibrary.org/ and http://community.worldlibrary.in,
Search for: Who am I? I am I - Ultimate Existential Reality Answer
gives 0 results!
That is a strange result. I expected my book to be listed.
But search for: Ultimate Existential Reality Answer
lists my book as first result in http://community.worldlibrary.in (and I expect the same in the other two websites mentioned above).
So the special characters of ? and/or - seem to be tripping up the search engine on these sites.
The above statement is at least partially confirmed by
search for: Who am I I am I
listing my book as the first result!
===================================
At http://worldebooklibrary.org, http://community.ebooklibrary.org/ and http://community.worldlibrary.in, Advanced Search allows one to search by author. However there seems to be some confusion if one chooses Advanced Search after having done a general search. Perhaps the general search term gets added to the advanced search term, but I am not sure of this.
To be safe, one can have a fresh Advanced Search by visiting above websites (or if one is already on it, by clicking Home) and then choosing Search link at the top menu (Home Books> Search Support> About Us> Get Published>). That takes one to a fresh (new) Advanced Search form without any previous search criteria coming into play.
With Author: Iyer, Ravi, S.
and "All These Words" as the choice against it, on clicking Search button (at bottom of Advanced Search criteria), the result gave my "Who am I? I am I ..." book as the first result. It did not list my part autobio book in the first 20 results.
worldebooklibrary.org listed 70 results.
community.ebooklibrary.org listed only 1 result (my 'Who am I? I am I ...' book).
community.worldlibrary.in listed only 1 result (my 'Who am I? I am I ...' book).
-----
Clicking on my "Who am I? I am I ..." book result leads to display of all information about the book, as well as author's bio. Towards the bottom of the display, my part autobiography book is also listed!
So my 2nd book (part autobiography) is already in the World eBook Library but search functionality on its websites does not seem to have the data for it (and so does not display it in search results). Hopefully, this 2nd book's data will get added to the search functionality in the near future.
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