Lazyweb, you are needed!

[caddyman]

Does anyone know of a good on-line bookseller – particularly second hand books – that isn’t Amazon?

This is not because I dislike Amazon, quite the contrary, but they ain’t got what I’m looking for at a price I’m willing to pay. EBay is a bit “hit and miss” for my current purposes, too.

Any advice, Oh, Lazyweb?

Comments

[maleghast.livejournal.com]

Yes :-)

http://www.abebooks.com/

&

http://www.greenmetropolis.co.uk/

nJoi!

[tadeous.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest abebooks

[lapinenoireuk.livejournal.com]

Make that 4

Tis true - a good source & with detail on quality of book on offer (rather than shall we say E(bloody)bay)

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

+1.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

+2

[velvet-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Seconding using Green Metropolis as convenient and cheap. Have both bought and sold through them successfully.

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

www.bookfinder.com

Searches tons of used book sites at once. The downside is, it's U.S.-centric, though there are British booksellers in the mix.

Not to be confused with www.bookfinders.com, which a coworker discovered was a site for pron books (when I told her the URL rather than cutting & pasting & emailing. Whoopsy!)

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

Oh, hang on, the UK iteration of bookfinder is here:http://www.justbooks.co.uk/

Bookfinder searches Abebooks also.

[kathbad]

Another vote for abebooks - and there is abebooks.co.uk, I believe.

If it is SF/F you are looking for then I would highly recommend - http://www.i-m-t.demon.co.uk/

Do let Pete know that I gave you his details, should you go down that route...

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

tried http://www.bookbrain.co.uk/ for site comparisons?

[davidt3001.livejournal.com]

COAS Books (coasbooks.com) is an actual shop, has around half a million items in stock, and ships worldwide.

[mezzogiornouno.livejournal.com]

Have you tried book mooch? not a shop per se, more a book-swapping club, but I use it a great deal and with no problems so far

[motorpickle.livejournal.com]

Another vote for Green Metropolis if you want to buy second hand, although some sellers are a bit generous with their description for 'Acceptable' because it's the lowest category some people go a bit tattier than the guidelines. They have a nifty tell me when someone comes along with one of these books feature which I've used for out of print stuff before. I can't be bothered with selling on there anymore though, as nothing happens for months at a time..

Thanks for the new ideas... abe books and book finder...