Cohousing-L Mailing List: Finding Used books [was: Pattern Language (and other books )

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Bookfinding links below...

Robert's message was kind of off topic but still very relevant and very
informative (Thanks!) I decided to reply and give it an even clearer
subject line.  If it helps get a bunch of copies of _A Pattern Language_
into cohousing circles cheaply it would be very useful indeed.
(In case you have not seen the book - it is big.)

I also reformatted Robert's message to include the "http://"; part of the
url's that he mentioned (and checked them and found that some did
currently require the "www." part as well.)  Try to put complete url's in
your email for the benefit of some folks whose mail programs need them and
many browsers need them in the archives.

I anticipate the url of this message in the archives will be:
http://csf.colorado.edu/cohousing/2001/msg00578.html

You may want to go to it and make a bookmark to it...

Fred cohousing-L list manager



On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Robert Schrader rms [at] cts.com wrote:

> >
> >Here are a couple: ABEbooks.com & Alibris.com.
>
> Alibris is a different business model than other used book sites.  
> Most used book sites just charge a listing fee, and connect the buyer
> with the seller.  Alibris spends far more money on advertising than
> the other used book sites, and presents themselves as the owner of the
> book.  When you order a book, they buy it from the used book dealer,
> and then sell it to you, after tacking on approximately 20%. (
> Actually, to be fair to them, they do have a small inventory, but most
> of what they advertise is not theirs. )  The point is: you can often
> get it cheaper at another site.
>
 
> The following is a listing of all of the major, and most of the minor used 
> book sites:
> Advanced Book Exchange http://abebooks.com   
> http://www.Antiqbook.com
> http://Biblion.com
> http://Alibris.com        Often not the cheapest - see above
> http://www.BookAvenue.com
> http://JustBooks.com 
> http://Powells.com
> http://TomFolio.com  
> http://Bibliofind.com
> Amazon's marketplace and zshops - http://amazon.com
> 
> If you don't want to search them one-by-one, you can try the meta-search 
> sites:
> 

META SEARCH SITES:
> http://www.bookfinder.com  meta-search site 
> http://addall.com   meta-search site

> They are the two most comprehensive.  They are faster, but sometimes
> suffer from a one-size-fits-all problem on complex searches.  ( Of the
> two, I prefer bookfinder because their error messages are more
> accurate. )
> 

> IN SUMMARY: 
> Use bookfinder meta-search site. http://www.bookfinder.com
> If you don't find it listed there, scroll to 
> the bottom of their page and click on the links.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert Schrader
> Fifth Avenue Books
> 3838 Fifth Avenue
> San Diego, Ca, 92103
> 
> www.5thavenuebooks.com
> 619-291-4660
> 
> All original material copyright Robert Schrader

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