SC - Find Used/OP Books, was OT: Eating the Script Girl

[Huette von Ahrens]

Or better yet, if you let me know what books you are
looking for, I can give you a list of university
libraries that own the book.  You can then borrow the
book thru ILL and xerox it yourself for cheaper than
buying an expensive used copy.  And, no, xeroxing a
book that is no longer in print, as long as it is for
your own use and not for sale, is not a violation of
copyright. 

Huette


- --- lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> Medb wrote:
> >O.K. I just checked my standby (Amazon).  There are
> supposedly 2 
> >copies available through e-shops that are hooked up
> with Amazon. 
> >One copy is $103, and the other is $125. I do have
> a search through 
> >thier used-book suppliers, and hopefully may find
> one at a cheaper 
> >price (no pun intended...)  They are pretty good on
> their searches, 
> >I know they looked for an item my husband wanted
> for 2 yrs, or so, 
> >and did finally find it.
> 
> If you're looking for used books, i HIGHLY recommend
> using
> http://www.bookfinder.com
> 
> bookfinder.com is basically a meta-search engine of
> book dealers: it 
> searches abebooks, bibliofind, alibris, and a huge
> number of 
> additional used book vendors, as well as a small
> list of new book 
> sellers, such as amazon, barnes & noble, and some
> others.
> 
> amazon.com marks up the prices on used books, since
> they buy them 
> from a book vendor then resell them. I know
> amazon.com searches many 
> of the same used book dealers as bookfinder.com
> because i found a 
> book i wanted via bookfinder that was at a local
> bookseller. I called 
> them to ask them to hold it for me, but they had
> just been contacted 
> by amazon.com who bought it from them. I'm not
> faulting amazon for 
> marking up the books - that's normal business
> practice - but you can 
> find stuff more cheaply if you go to the actual used
> book vendor, 
> rather than through amazon.com.
> 
> While alibris.com is strictly a used book seller, it
> works similarly 
> to amazon.com, that is, it lists books that are
> being sold by various 
> used book dealers, with an additional price markup.
> I have 
> occasionally found a book there that wasn't listed
> elsewhere But 
> alibris.com is searched by bookfinder.com, so i
> don't have to make a 
> multitude of searches.
> 
> So, again, i recommend bookfinder.com for used book
> searches - and 
> they find vendors in Australia, England, and
> continental Europe that 
> show up, too, so it isn't just for North Americans.
> 
> Anahita
>
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