Buying Books
All these year’s I’ve been depending upon AddAll.com to shop for books online. More recently I’ve become dependent upon the Book Burro script for Greasemonkey on Firefox. But now Jon Emerson has greatly expanded my online book shopping world with a very extensive list of book shopping websites. What is especially useful about the list for anthropologists is the large number of sites for non-English language books.
(via Language Hat)
P. Kerim Friedman is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures at National Dong Hwa University, in Taiwan, where he teaches linguistic and visual anthropology. He is co-director of the film Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!, winner of the 2011 Jean Rouch Award from the Society of Visual Anthropology. Follow Kerim on Twitter.
Regular purchasers of scholarly books might consider http://www.frontlist.com, which offers a high level of service and a standard 10% discount. It’s the closest online equivalent I’ve found to an independent academic bookstore, with a “front table” and thoughtful categories.
For out-of-print books I’ve done very well with http://www.bookfinder.com
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Kerim,
Thanks for the pointer, I’m working on extending book burro to allow many different sites. The first release is coming Wednesday.
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