books on W. Benjamin

[R.Gancie/C.Parcelli]

I'm a bookseller, and want to point out that so far the largest & cheapest place to find used
books on the net is ABE (Advanced Book Exchange) at
http://www.abebooks.com

Bookfinder limits the number of titles that appear on a search & will often drop a good
number of the ABE listings because ABE will have so many--so often you'll miss the best
prices.     Many of the Abe dealers also sell on Alibris, but Alibris marks the books up 20%
over the price you'll pay on ABE.   (Though there are a few dealers who only sell on
Alibris).

And to further complicate things, ABE struck a deal with half.com where most of the Abe books
are listed on half.com for a higher price than you'll find if you go right to Abe.  Though
again, there are some people who only list on half.com.

ABE lists the books of 8800 independent used book sellers, and though the net changes
constantly, it's still a good place to search for used & out of print titles.

--Rosalie Gancie

Ralph Dumain wrote:

> I do most of my book meta-searching via <http://www.bookfinder.com>.  It's
> an excellent tool.
>
> I've also found alibris useful for much rare material.  Most frequently I
> find half.com the source of rare book needs real cheap.  (bookfinder covers
> these along with other services.)  After years of searching for Adorno's
> AGAINST EPISTEMOLOGY, and only finding once or twice at high prices at
> best, I obtained a copy through half.com for about US $5!
>
> At 09:25 PM 10/20/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> >Michael Young schrieb:
> >
> > >
> > > By using the 2nd search engine (addall.com) I was able to find 1 copy of
> > > the book, 1sy edition, listed at $72us. check it out, its probably still
> > > there.
> > >
> >Thank you very much, Michael; I will check this out immediately.
> >
> >Best wishes
> >Joachim.
>
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