OT - Online Book stores NOT named Amazon

Submitted by MGoBender on

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…

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MGoBender

July 3rd, 2010 at 2:58 PM ^

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.

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V-Link

July 3rd, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^

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.

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jrt336

July 3rd, 2010 at 3:46 PM ^

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.

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TESOE

July 3rd, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^

completely above board - and honestly the biggest used source IMO.  I think they are just a service that individual sellers use to market.

My other faves are Powells (home town fave - technical bookstore is fun fun fun) and Brilliant (not a used store.)

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Magnus

July 3rd, 2010 at 5:04 PM ^

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.

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