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)
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
Kerim,
Thanks for the pointer, I’m working on extending book burro to allow many different sites. The first release is coming Wednesday.