OT - Online Book stores NOT named Amazon
Four years ago I flipped through an amazing book. It was photography of soccer throughout the world. Most of it was simply stunning. Unfortunately this was my freshman year at UM and the thought of dropping $40 on a book was a bit overwhelming. It was a poor decision because over the years I've looked for it, but to no avail.
Now, I've found it again. It's called "One Love: Soccer for Life." On Amazon you cannot purchase it new, but used copies are $70 at the cheapest (this really is an awesome coffee table book for soccer fans).
http://www.amazon.com/One-Love-Soccer-Levon-Biss/dp/0789315106/ref=pd_s…
I've found it for much cheaper on another book site, but I've never heard of the site: Alibris. It looks fairly legit, but was wondering if anyone in the MGoCommunity had and encounters with the site. Here's a link to their listing of "One Love"
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/9507305/used/One%20Love%3A%20…
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=One+Love:+Soccer+for+Lif…
about 30 dollars from borders cheaper if somewhere else.
Ah, beautiful. Google continues to amaze me - I was not even aware "Google products" existed. I think I'm going to head to borders downtown during halftime of the Spain game and if it's not there, Google comes through again.
Gratzi.
Switching subjects, kinda, like I said, this book really is amazing. It's also a great gift idea for any soccer or even sports fan. Check it out.
Albris is completely legit. Sort of the big player for books (not named amazon)
Abebooks.com is also a good source.
My favorite for collectible books is bookfinder.com
Bookfinder will list books by actual physical book stores, new/used. Most book stores are runned by very trustworthy people. I've never had a problem once I found, called, and paid for a book using bookfinder.
... i believe is owned by Amazon.
Amazon bought them out in 2008. I guess it's been awhile since I bought online.
Places like B&N will usually order books for you if they don't have it in stock. It might not be much cheaper though.
I buy almost all my books and CDs on Half.com, which is a subsidiary of eBay. Some books are new and some are used, but almost all are at a discounted price. And there's no bidding, so you don't have to keep going back to check on it.
Alibris is a particularly good resource for finding out of print books.
You can also find a lot of good stuff if you go to the Powell's Books site (powells.com).