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AbeBooks
(Advanced Book Exchange) Abebooks
is by far the largest source available for out of print and used books (50 million
titles).
It networks together 12,000 bookstores, almost all of them
small "Mom & Pop" operations. 
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Alibris Alibris
are a San Francisco company with a database of over 40 million used books, manuscripts,
maps, photos, prints, and autographs. FREE SHIPPING
of in-stock books to USA addresses on orders over $49 |
Powells These
guys boast a huge collection of out-of-print, rare, autographed and used books.
Voted the top
online bookstore by Yahoo in 2000, Forbes magazine 2001. They supply Amazon!
- Spend
more than $50 and get free shipping within North America
- Read
their collection of the latest
book reviews from Salon.com, Esquire, The New Republic and The Atlantic
Online
- NEW!
- recommend titles, and read what others have suggested - it's called Daily
Dose
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Powell's
Books
eBay eBay
typically has 300,000 used books and magazines for sale at any one
time. A smaller book-only auction site is at BooksbyBid
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Some Tricks and Ideas - If
it isn't rare - Powells will have the cheapest copies
- Let
SearchBiblio
automatically meta-search for a particular book every day, to save you from having
to do it.
- Finished with a book? Set it free via BookCrossing
- Use
the Library
of Congress database to find the ISBN and other details about out-of-print
books. Or the new ISBNDB site
- Look for
a copy in archives
or libraries
- Not a complete set? - buy/sell/trade odd volumes from
encyclopedias, dictionaries, author works etc at SetMaker
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AbeBooks
(UK) AbeBooks UK is now believed to be
one of the largest second-hand specialist book platforms in Europe, enabling site
visitors to buy and sell second-hand and antiquarian books. In total there are
currently over 5 million books on its German, French and English websites.
AbeBooks UK homepage.
You can also search
AbeBook UK for books over at Previously Published.  |
Biblioz Search
millions of out-of-print books using the BibliOZ
Book Search wizard
I have no
idea where they get their results from, but they have more used books than Alibris
or AbeBooks, and that is saying something |
GEMM Gemm
have over 4,000 sellers - enter a title or
author |
More Resources COLLECTING
SearchEngineZ
Guide: How to Collect Books - tips on pricing and care
International
Book Collectors Assoc - in depth collecting info
Trussel.com
- wide variety of information
IOBA
- glossary of terms
BuyUsed UK
NEWSPAPERS,
MAGAZINES and COMICS
The
Book Palace - Thousands of illustrated books on popular culture,
fantasy art, film & TV, newspaper strips, comics & annuals, pin-up & glamour books,
and graphic novels. They also have many pieces of original art and sculptures,
original comics, and first editions
Back
Issue Finder - locates and sells old newspapers, magazines and comic books,
as well as a wide variety of ephemera (paper collectible) items such as programs,
postcards, posters, trading cards and much, much more. Over 250,000 items listed.
Comic Book Resources -
Lots of info, plus links to online and offline stores
Comics
Price Guide
Tilley's
Vintage Magazines - over 1 million items in stock |
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