Finding good deals on books has never been easier, but if you just automatically buy from Amazon, you're not taking advantage of this opportunity.
When buying multiple books, don't assume that it will be cheaper to keep shipping costs down and buy them all from a single bookstore. Lower prices on one book will often more than make up for the higher shipping costs.
So be a good shopper and check at least a couple of the multi-bookstore engines, not to mention the used bookstore sites. If you haven't read a book yet, it's still new to you.
Multi-Bookstore Search Engines
- Advanced Book Exchange
Primarily used books. Search includes dozens of sites.- Alibris
World's largest selection of out-of-print books.- Best Book Buys
Primarily new books. Search now includes over two dozen sites, including textbook sites. Supports ISBN and keyword searches.- BookFinder4U
Fast search of 55 bookstores.- FetchBookInfo
Claims to search 62 sites in real-time.- MX Book Finder
Includes Amazon as well as various sources of used books.
New books. Search includes over 20 sites, including several outside of North America.Individual Bookstores
- Amazon
The biggest, if not the best.- BookCloseOuts.com
Everything in this bookstore is from the bargain shelf. Use one of these coupons (expiration dates not guaranteed):
- $5 off $25 order: coupon code: books password: catalogs (exp 1/16/2007)
- $5 off $35 order: coupon code: ultimatecoupons-5 password: bookcloseouts.com (exp 1/31/2007)
- $10 off $60 order: coupon code: ultimatecoupons-10 password: bookcloseouts.com (exp 1/31/2007)
- Booksmith
San Francisco's leading independent bookstore.- Open Group Books
No shipping charges on orders of $50 or more!- Powell's Books
Over a million used, new, and out-of-print books in stock.Private Individuals
Textbooks
- Bookbyte
New & used college textbooks. If the book isn't pretty, they let you know!- Classbook.com
Newest textbook editions available "used" at a 20% discount.- Direct Textbook
Compare prices on new and used College textbooks.- TextForSale.com
Buy and sell used textbooks, find lowest available price new or used.- TextbookCoupons.com
Coupon codes for various textbook sites.Book Swap Services
- College Textbook Exchange
Buy and sell used textbooks from other students.- McMaster University Bookswap
- TestbookMonkey
Buy and sell used textbooks from other students.- CollegeSmarts
Buy and sell used textbooks from other students.Magazine Subscriptions
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