Hard to find books cheaply

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Fri October 31st, 2008, 10:04 am

Great Misfit, Thriftbooks will be a good option since the books are extremely cheap. Thanks a lot!!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Fri October 31st, 2008, 10:14 am

Hope they work out Laura. I get great service from them and since they're local for me even the snail media mail comes within a couple of days.

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 2:51 pm

I found another one, it is Biblio.com.

Emily · Post by **Emily** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 7:49 pm

Thanks for the info, Laura! I may be relocating to Brazil myself soon and I know how difficult it is to find things there.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Wed November 12th, 2008, 1:52 am

Another thought and actually one that brought me to a recent find. Use the Google product search. If you're on Google just click on shopping. Key in the book (or anything you're searching for) and see what you get, and by searching for Gildenford it just found me another online seller who has some interesting prices -- Angelique for $39??? If I'm not mistaken that's a steal.

The Google shopper option is quite handy, I've used it to look for odd-ball products (i.e. lightbulbs from the original fixtures, replacement battery for the emergency lighting that goes on when the power's off, etc) atthe office and we had no idea where to start shopping for those items. I keyed in some product info from the original packaging on Google shopping and went right to websites and/or local sellers who stocked the product.

Hint - when you are looking for something specific on a webpage (Google or otherwise) try using quotation marks - you're telling the search engine to look for exactly that. I.e. I'm looking for Gildenford by Valerie Anand I used "gildenford" valerie anand. Or for a phone #, "888-888-8888", "abc general contractor" seattle wa. 9/10 times I get what I'm looking for, and the other times I sometimes stumble onto the most helpful and intersting links.

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Mon November 17th, 2008, 9:09 am

Thanks Misfit, in fact Google is another good tool. Sometimes, I use bookfinder.com which is very useful also.

Maggie · Post by **Maggie** » Sat November 29th, 2008, 7:14 am

If I want cheap books I usually go to Charity shops. Where I've found Elizabeth Chadwicks books. They're second hand but in good nick most of the time. But also Amazon sometimes do books really cheap or Play.com.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu December 4th, 2008, 7:49 pm

Just found this one, haven't looked around too much.

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Thu December 4th, 2008, 8:17 pm

I don't know if anyone has mentioned these online vendors already, but I've had very good luck with them. http://www.daedalusbook.com deals in remaindered books, with an extensive collection of history and literature, and their service is excellent. Edward R. Hamilton booksellers in Connecticutt is very good as well. Both Daedalus and Hamilton have mail-order catalogs, so you have the chance to make your choices at leisure. The Strand Bookstore in NYC is one of my favourite places to prowl, and they have a storefront at Amazon.com as well.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Fri December 5th, 2008, 12:43 am

I always dread getting my Daedulus catalogue, because I always find something in it, which leads me to go online and browse so I can take advantage of their low shipping. But there are times that I get quite a bargain, so the angst is worth it!