Premier online book rental service.
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- Founded:
- September 2000
Booksfree You will now notice a Customize Your Homepage section of the member homepage. Simply select any genre from the drop-down menu at any time to display recommendations from that genre. It will remember which genre you chose so the next time you come to your homepage it will display titles from that genre. You can always l...eave it on the default or change it to whatever you want at any time.
Booksfree Members will now notice a "Not Interested" button below the add button on their homepage, recommendations, search results, and search details pages. When you click on the button you will have the option to remove the title or author from the results. On your personalized recommendations page, you now have the option t...o "Hide Genre" so you can customize the page also.
Booksfree We just added video tutorials to our Help section. These video tutorials will assist you in learning to use our site. Members can also access these tutorials from their Resources page. Whether you’re new to Booksfree or a long time member. These tutorials will help you learn and understand all that Booksfree has to offer.
Booksfree We just launched our Booksfree Mobile site. Members can simply go to www.booksfree.com on their mobile device and it will automatically redirect them to the mobile section. The mobile site allows you to do basic things like search, add books to your queue, delete or move titles in your queue, check the status of an order, and report a shipping problem.
Booksfree We added Email Preferences so members can opt-out of emails we send out, like when your queue is low on titles. Just go to your "Account" for a full list of the preferences.
Booksfree We just launched our new Children's Books Rental Service. Existing paperback and combo members will have automatic access to this section through their "Browse" page. Just look for the Children's Books link under the Miscellaneous Fiction or Non-Fiction sections. Over 28,000 children's titles from ages 0-12 in paperback and hardcover.
Booksfree We have completely revamped our help section to be more relevant and user friendly. You can now just enter a word like “shipping” or “upgrade” and all the relevant results will come up. It is basically a search engine for the help section. No more scrolling through dozens of questions searching for the answer. Check it... out by clicking on the “Help” link at the top of any page.
Booksfree New and improved Recommendations section. We just implemented a completely revamped Recommendations section for members. Just sign in and click on the Recommendations button at the top of any page to check it out.
Booksfree You can now change the display of the search results to display titles in a “Gallery View” instead of the default “List View”. You can change the results to the Gallery View buy clicking on the Gallery View button to the right of the “sort by
Booksfree You will now notice a "Printable Queue" link at the top of your queue. This link will take you to a clean, stripped down version of everything in your queue. For those members who like to print their queue for whatever reason, this new, printer friendly
Booksfree We just added some "Search Filters" to audiobook members account preferences that allow them to filter formats in their search results. The filters allow them to pull up just CD or MP3-CD audiobooks, and/or, just Abridged or Unabridged titles in the sear
Booksfree We just finished a titles update. 6,500 new paperback books added, 450 CD audiobooks, and 100 MP3-CD audiobooks.
Booksfree We have completely revamped our retail section. Check it out by clicking on the "Buy Books" link at the bottom of any page.
Booksfree There is now a pop-up when added authors to your favorite authors list that will suggest authors in the same genre that other members have on their favorite authors list.
