Searching by Title
When searching by Title and the book you are looking for is in Greek with a Greek Title, please use Greek characters. For example to find the book Οι μάγισσες της Σμύρνης, use any word of the title, or a combination of words in the original language, ie in Greek. Do not use the translation (the wiches of Smyrna) or the Greeklish version (Oi magisses tis Smyrnis).
Similarly when searching for a book with an English title please use English characters.
Searching by Writer
There are a lot of books written by non Greek authors that are available in Greek. So when searching by Writer (Συγγραφέας) and the author in question has not got a Greek name, please use English (Latin) characters, as you'd normally do. The system will be able to find Dan Brown but not Νταν Μπράουν.
Greek names, similarly have to be searched using Greek characters, for example Μεϊμαρίδη, Μάρα. (It's common to find the surname first followed by a comma and then the first name. That does not restrict the searching facility).
Searching by ISBN
Most of the Greek books have been assigned with an ISBN (unique number that identifies books) which is usually displayed at the back of the book. Very old books might not have an ISBN. These numbers come with hyphens (-). You can omit those to make the searching experience easier.
Books published in Greece have ISBN numbers which start with the digits 960 followed by seven more digits. Newly assigned ISBN numbers come in 13 digits, but in most cases entering the 10-digit ISBN number in the search facility will be enough to retrieve the book you are after. Please remember to ommit any hyphens (-) between the ISBN numbers.
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