And there are sites like AbeBooks & Alibris where you can comparison shop to find the best price on a used book. (You can comparison shop on ebay, too, & sometimes get a better price, but the other sites let you easily sort by condition as well.) - ThreadSky

jillybobww.bsky.social • 4 days ago

And there are sites like AbeBooks & Alibris where you can comparison shop to find the best price on a used book. (You can comparison shop on ebay, too, & sometimes get a better price, but the other sites let you easily sort by condition as well.)

Reposted from Bo Bolander

hey did you know you can usually buy basically any book ever printed secondhand from a seller on ebay and never have to deal with amazon ever again

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randlerekos.bsky.social•4 days ago

There's also Biblio.

rileymajor.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://Bookshop.org is a great Amazon alternative for books and it lets you support a local physical book store with a portion of your purchases.

https://bookshop.org/info/about-us

jillybobww.bsky.social•4 days ago

Bookshop is indeed great. I was just trying to focus on places to buy used books.

hillaryswanson.bsky.social•4 days ago

I've found AbeBooks to be a great replacement for Amazon. The selection and deals are fantastic.

leesarenae.bsky.social•4 days ago

Powell's Books!

jillybobww.bsky.social•4 days ago

Boooo I have been informed by many people that AbeBooks is owned by Amazon. (I don't know who owns Alibris.)

emgeekay.bsky.social•4 days ago

Darn it. Guess I won’t be buying from them anymore.

chelseanh.bsky.social•4 days ago

Alibris is currently privately owned:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibris

I've used them a fair bit filling in back catalogs of authors I want to read more from.

orodentia.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, I was very disappointed in that. But I try to contact the seller directly now.

jonathanking.bsky.social•4 days ago

You can often look up a book on AbeBooks, find a store near you or price you like … then go to them / their website, and cut Amazon out of the picture!

emerafireraven.bsky.social•4 days ago

And honestly they’ll most likely be in better condition. Any physical book I bought from Amazon has shown up damaged in some way. :/

jmsantiago.bsky.social•4 days ago

Abe books is owned by Amazon.

robinconqueso.bsky.social•4 days ago

Half Price Books lets you do comparison shopping as well, and they have a great collection. I use ThriftBooks a lot, too. And, of course, the public library.

chelseanh.bsky.social•4 days ago

HPB was fighting unionization of its employees, but it looks like the union won and negotiated a contract, so I can take them off my naughty list.

rigg.lgbt•4 days ago

ABE is owned by Amazon, isn't it?

caterwaul.bsky.social•4 days ago

Abe Books is owned by Amazon, to be clear! it's not obvious, but they've been a subsidiary since 2008.

jenk3.bsky.social•4 days ago

FYI AbeBooks is owned by Amazon now.

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