Libreka! is a Book Search Engine by German Publishers and Booksellers.

Our German volunteer Britta translated this information from a German article for AltSearchEngines.

On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair, this full-text search engine libreka! was introduced.  Booksellers are constantly plagued by too little space. Retailers try to meet the comprehensive book offerings in Germany with electronic catalogs. But that only helps customers who know exactly what kind of book they want.

The person who wants to browse around and then buy a book because the passage he/she read was interesting will be disappointed. But that might change if enough publishers and bookstores participate at the new libreka! project (Formerly www.volltext-suche.de).

While using a computer with an Internet connection, the customer can browse around even in the smallest library and their great books without having them physically exist. Although libreka! is designed as a full-text search, each publisher determines how much text of the book will be made available. Publishers can assign access-rights for different user groups. Selected bookstores could get the right to access the entire book while the user might only be allowed to view 15 pages, print (as .pdf documents) or save them. 

Libreka! pursues the vision of becoming the leading platform for the German book industry.  A search within current books has been available at the online book retailer Amazon for a long time. With the feature Search-Inside a full-text search is implemented. Libreka! isn’t really mainstream because of the usage costs. Users will find it difficult to find insider tips and lesser in-demand titles with libreka!.

  NinjaTickets

Q1: What is NinjaTickets?

A: NinjaTickets is a ticket comparison search engine. Their Ticket Engine™ searches the Internet for the best prices.  ”Enjoy the show from the best seats without paying top dollar.”

Q2: What is a “beta” and when will NinjaTickets be fully released?

A: A “beta” is a software release that isn’t fully perfected but still retains vital functionality. Right now they are testing Ticket Engine™ and they welcome you to test it. NinjaTickets will be continuously updated, so check back often.

Q3: Will the tickets I want be available?

A: When you download their toolbar, they will provide live results. Every ticket will be available at time of your search.

Q4: I don’t see an event, team, or artist listed. Do they have tickets for them?

A: While they try to categorize every event, they cannot keep up with more than 50,000 ever-changing events. You can use their search function to access their entire database.

Q5: Does NinjaTickets sell tickets?

A: No.  Ninjas aren’t mere traders, they just find the best values on the web from many sources of leading ticket market places and present them to you.

Q6: There are so many results, can I categorize them?

A: Ease of use is important to Ninjas, so results can be categorized by Price Rating, Section, Quantity, and Price.

Q7: What is “Price Rating” and how does it work?

A: Price Rating is a tool that ranks the value of tickets based on their location and relative cost. They feel that this is the best tool on the Internet, but they cannot guarantee anything about the quality of the seat. NinjaTickets cautions that it is not a perfect system, and you should check to make sure your seats do not have an obstructed view.

Q8: I hear NinjaTickets gives away prizes and employs bloggers, is this true?

A: On occasion hey do give away prizes; information about these giveaways can be found at blog.ninjatickets.com. They also post about sports as well as welcome contributions from other bloggers.  Additionally they bring you the latest information about sports, and concerts.

Q9: Don’t ninjas kill people?

A: Not anymore. Now they find tickets.

Q10: How do I contact a Ninja?

A: 1-877-NinjaTix, or info@ninjatickets.com 

And searching by my Zip Code, I see that The Police are coming to town!