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3.1 How do I search for a product at Christianbook.com?

3.2 What is the difference between a "quick search" and a full search?

3.3 Can I just browse through the inventory by subject?

3.4 Do you group products by special interests?

3.5 If I add an item to my bookbag, will I have to purchase it?

3.1 How do I search for a product at Christianbook.com?

There are a variety of ways to locate products at Christianbook.com.  If you are searching for a specific item, you can use our powerful search function.  When you enter a title, author, ISBN number, keyword, or stock number, the search will locate all items matching your criteria. Click here for search tips . Or, use our browse function if you are looking for all the books within a particular subject or genre. If you're searching for Bibles or Gifts, you'll want to try our EasyFind for Bibles and EasyFind for Gifts seach engines for specialized help in choosing "just the right one".  We also have a wide variety of pages at Christianbook.com that will acquaint you with some of the hottest titles, best bargains, great finds, and newest products within a particular subject category. These exciting pages are each maintained by a product editor who brings together interviews, excerpts, general information, comparisons, audio clips, and descriptions relating to the products within a particular subject area.  For instance, we have specialty pages that focus on music, fiction , Christian living, Bibles , videos , software , Greek and Hebrew references, devotionals , church history, theology and clothing , just to name a few!

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3.2 What is the difference between a "quick search" and a full search?

A quick search allows customers to enter any one piece of information (title, author, ISBN, stock number, or keyword) to search for products at Christianbook.com.  A full search allows for customers to search for products with multiple criteria.  Generally speaking, a full search will pinpoint products with more accuracy than a quick search.  However, a quick search is often a wonderful tool for executing simple, general searches. After a search has been performed, the list of results may be sorted according to title, price, availability, author, publication date, or percentage of savings.

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3.3 Can I browse through the inventory by subject?

Absolutely!  At Christianbook.com, we categorize each of our titles by four criteria (primary subject, secondary subject, type, and audience) to organize our enormous inventory of Christian products into manageable groups.  By arranging our products into these useful categories, we have created a system that will allow you to easily browse through your favorite type of Christian products. Our browse function works hand-in-hand with a variety of subject interest pages that we refer to as "specialty pages."  These product-packed pages are each maintained by a product editor who brings together interviews, excerpts, general information, comparisons, audio clips, and descriptions relating to the products within a particular subject area. For instance, we now have specialty pages that focus on music, fiction , Christian living, Bibles , videos , software , Greek and Hebrew references, devotionals , church history, theology and clothing , just to name a few! 

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3.4 Do you group products by special interests?

Christianbook.com features a browse function that allows customers to look through a variety of products within a particular category or subject.   Our browse function works hand-in-hand with a variety of subject interest pages that we refer to as "specialty pages."  These product-packed pages are each maintained by a product editor who brings together interviews, excerpts, general information, comparisons, audio clips, and descriptions relating to the products within a particular subject area.  For instance, we now have specialty pages that focus on music, fiction , Christian living, Bibles , videos , software , Greek and Hebrew references, devotionals , church history, theology and clothing , just to name a few!

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3.5 If I add an item to my bookbag, will I have to purchase it?

You can rest assured that by adding an item to your bookbag, you are in no way obligated to buy it.  In fact, the bookbag at Christianbook.com operates on the same principle as a shopping cart in a retail store.  It allows you to collect items that interest you as you shop, but you can always discard them before you check out.  You can edit the contents of your bookbag at any time by clicking on the My Bookbag link.

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