diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/store.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/store.py
index 92cf398f84..2493a617ac 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/store.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/store.py
@@ -52,16 +52,23 @@ class StoreAction(InterfaceAction):
         return rows[0].row()
 
     def _get_author(self, row):
-        author = ''
+        authors = []
+
         if self.gui.current_view() is self.gui.library_view:
-            author = self.gui.library_view.model().authors(row)
-            if author:
-                author = author.replace('|', ' ')
+            a = self.gui.library_view.model().authors(row)
+            authors = a.split(',')
         else:
             mi = self.gui.current_view().model().get_book_display_info(row)
-            author = ' & '.join(mi.authors)
+            authors = mi.authors
 
-        return author
+        corrected_authors = []
+        for x in authors:
+            a = x.split('|')
+            a.reverse()
+            a = ' '.join(a)
+            corrected_authors.append(a)
+
+        return ' & '.join(corrected_authors)
 
     def search_author(self):
         row = self._get_selected_row()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/bewrite_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/bewrite_plugin.py
index 80f3b2d54e..bfd543db49 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/bewrite_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/bewrite_plugin.py
@@ -26,14 +26,9 @@ class BeWriteStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
         url = 'http://www.bewrite.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT'
 
         if external or self.config.get('open_external', False):
-            if detail_item:
-                url = url + detail_item
-            open_url(QUrl(url_slash_cleaner(url)))
+            open_url(QUrl(url_slash_cleaner(detail_item if detail_item else url)))
         else:
-            detail_url = None
-            if detail_item:
-                detail_url = url + detail_item
-            d = WebStoreDialog(self.gui, url, parent, detail_url)
+            d = WebStoreDialog(self.gui, url, parent, detail_item)
             d.setWindowTitle(self.name)
             d.set_tags(self.config.get('tags', ''))
             d.exec_()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py
index af300565aa..7a7b27837d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MobeReadStoreDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.setupUi(self)
 
         self.plugin = plugin
+        self.search_query.initialize('store_mobileread_search')
         
         self.adv_search_button.setIcon(QIcon(I('search.png')))
         
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui
index 6d31efab6d..b698352dfd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui
@@ -34,7 +34,14 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="search_query"/>
+      <widget class="HistoryLineEdit" name="search_query">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="search_button">
@@ -107,6 +114,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>HistoryLineEdit</class>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header>widgets.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections>
   <connection>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py
index eea1a692de..e9c9c149a7 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class SearchDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.setupUi(self)
 
         self.config = JSONConfig('store/search')
+        
+        self.search_edit.initialize('store_search_search')
 
         # We keep a cache of store plugins and reference them by name.
         self.store_plugins = istores
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui
index fe5aaceda4..8dd423baec 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="search_edit"/>
+      <widget class="HistoryLineEdit" name="search_edit">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="search">
@@ -201,6 +208,11 @@
    <extends>QTreeView</extends>
    <header>results_view.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>HistoryLineEdit</class>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header>widgets.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../../../../resources/images.qrc"/>