I went to barnesandnoble.com to look up the book Star Wars: Darth Plagueis. There was a search bar right at the top of the screen so I saw it immediately. ‘Darth Plagueis’ came up as a  search suggestion by the time I had typed in ‘Darth’, so I clicked it. There were two results: the book and the audiobook. Positioning my mouse over the book’s cover revealed a ‘Buy Now’ button which I clicked and was asked to fill in my information so it could be shipped to me.

I was only three pages in by the time I had found the book I was looking for and had it in my shopping cart. At no point was I forced to think about the process at all, really. The search bar was where I expected it to be and there was plenty of white space so that all that stood out to me was the search results. I recognized each page as part of the same site and the main page used proximity successfully to separate books into different categories such as bestsellers, staff picks and Father’s Day gift ideas. Overall I thought it was a well-made site.