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It's also incredibly annoying that Amazon slurped up AbeBooks way back in 2008.
by georgefrowny 7mo ago
It's also incredibly annoying that Amazon slurped up AbeBooks way back in 2008.
- hkt 7mo agoIt is annoying, but bookshop.org is a good alternative to both Abe and Amazon, presenting a single shop front to lots of bookshops.
- Loughla 7mo agoBetterworldbooks.com is my go to. They usually have everything for decent prices. And you can buy used or new for most things.
- hypercube33 7mo agoI checked all of the sites above in the comment tree here and the used books are either 60% of the price of new or 150% the price of new, but used (not including shipping on the latter, oof) so this may be where buying books used online is now awful. Gone are the days you can pickup a book for a few bucks including shipping from USPS and it'd arrive in pretty good to excellent condition I fear
- KPGv2 7mo agoIsn't AbeBooks for collecting old books? That's what I use it for. Abebooks and eBay. lots of out of print vintage niche books that way, like early JA->EN translations of novellas.
- nswango 7mo agobiblio.org is a good alternative where I am (although personally I don't see the problem with having either the print-on-demand books or buying used from Amazon as an option).
- jrmg 7mo agoAlibris (https://www.alibris.com/ https://www.alibris.com/) is a great alternative. I do basically all my book buying there. If anyone’s concerned about the condition of used books, I’ve found their condition descriptions (https://www.alibris.com/popups/glossary/book-condition https://www.alibris.com/popups/glossary/book-condition) to be reliable (indeed, books are often in better condition than indicated - I’ll happily order anything ‘fair’ or above).
- zparky 7mo agoI love alibris