Keith: I had noticed it, but din't think it would be that much of a problem. Since you spotted it I've changed it to show a shorter version of the title which should help avoid the problem - it looks odd with a smaller font size.
Barry: The problem with the comparison cart is each book exponentially increases the number of calculations that are needed. E.g. if all books are available at 15 stores, calculating the cart for 4 books will take 15 times as long as for 3, or 3375 times as long as for a single book. This means that calculating the best buy as the page loads would cause quite a wait for the user. The next step is to try moving the calculation for javascript to php to see what the speed is like, but I did spend a few weeks optimising the javascript.
999gi: I don't like the home page much either really, was the last page I slapped together before posting. The plan is to try to increase the rankings of individual book pages as thats the way I expect to get more visitors. I will have another look at it.
The build a basket feature is there, see the "add this book to the comparison cart" link directly below each books price table. I'll have to look at making it more obvious.
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