We just added video tutorials to our Help section.  These video tutorials will assist you in learning to use our site.  Tutorials cover the member homepage, adding titles to your queue, managing our queue, orders, account, recommendations, and favorite authors.  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.

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.

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 preferences.

We just launched a new  Children’s Books Rental Service designed specifically for children.  The service boasts over 28,000 children’s books for ages 0-12 in paperback and hardcover.

Existing members of Booksfree’s paperback and combo plans will automatically have access to the Children’s Books section.  This gives existing Booksfree members access to an additional 28,000 titles at no extra cost.  The Children’s Books service also has its own membership plans for those who only want children’s books.  Plans start at just $13.99 a month for unlimited rentals.  Gift memberships are also available in monthly increments.

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.

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. Our new recommendations engine has been completely redesigned to produce better, more relevant recommendations.

You can now change the display of the search results to display titles in a “Gallery View” instead of the default “List View”.  The Galley View diplays titles side-by-side which allows for more titles to display in less space, making it faster to search through the results.

You can change the results to the Gallery View buy clicking on the button to the right of the “sort by” dropdown menu.  You can also switch back to the default “List View” by clicking on the button.  To set the Gallery View as your default display for the search results, use the “Preferences” section of your account.

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 version is for you.

We have completely revamped our retail section.  The search functionality, browse page, search results, etc.  It’s all been completely redone.  For those of you who use your credits to purchase new books from our retail section, you are in for a pleasant surprise.  Check it out by clicking on the “Buy Books” link at the bottom of any page.

Here are some recent updates to the site:

• You can now reposition the title you just added to your queue from the pop-up (unless you turned the pop-up off in your preferences).  The popup will also show you what position the title was added.
• We have refined the 5 star ratings to now show half stars.
• You will now receive an email notice when someone replies to your post in the Forum.  There is a link in the email to unsubscribe from those emails if you wish.
• 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.