Where to buy used books online?

[Rain Dance]

Aside from ebay, where can I buy used books (works of photographers) online? I am looking for the works of other photographers to add to my small collection of books (Reza, Daido Moriyama,Life, Nat Geo). I want used books because sometimes the price difference from used is quite a lot, and who doesn't want to save money. :p

(To Moderators, if this is not the right forum to post this please move it to the right section. Thank You.)

[Darin Boville]

abebooks.com si a good, general used book source.

--Darin

[Jon Shiu]

amazon.com

[Frank_E]

my two favourite used book sites are Alibris and Abe books

[Brian Ellis]

I own probably 150-200 photography books (not "how to" books, books about photography and photographers). Almost all that were bought in the last few years were bought used through Amazon. You can find some great deals there. Just yesterday I took delivery of "EW100," a book of essays about Edward Weston published on the 100th anniversary of his birth (that I learned about here, thanks whoever mentioned it). It cost about $3 plus $3.99 postage.

[Robert Brummitt]

www.goodwillbooks.com
www.shopgoodwill.com
Powellsbook.com
Here and APUG and other sites

[Jim C.]

http://www.strandbooks.com/

[windpointphoto]

I have seen and bought lots of books on Amazon. Dagor77 will sell a book for upwards of 60 some dollars on ebay and I've gotten the same book on Amazon for 3.00 plus 3.99 s/h.

[BarryS]

I know you asked about online, but local used bookstores can be great sources for photo books. A lot of libraries sell donated books and books taken out of circulation either at the library or at small bookshops.

[Rain Dance]

Thanks! I will check all of these, and also I will look locally. The only bookstore I know of here is Barnes and Noble. I'm getting quite, shall we say, addicted to these photo books and also art books. :)

[numnutz]

I use addall books here: http://used.addall.com/

they search lots of booksellers and give you a list of whatever they found with details and prices.

nn :)

[Mike Anderson]

Another vote for Amazon - sometimes you can find amazing deals on used books there. powells.com is another source. No fantastic deals at powells.com, but sometimes they have hard to find stuff.

...Mike

[h2oman]

And Amazon again. I've assembled a pretty nice library by having in mind what I want, then just checking in on Amazon every week or two to see what the current prices of used books are.

A case in point is a book "Open Country" by Jay Dusard. The library where I work has a copy that I can check out whenever I want, but I thought I'd like to have a copy of my own. I wnet online and about gagged when I saw that used copies started at $125 or so. A year or two later I picked it up for something on the order of $30-40, in mint condition. I find that overall the used books I've received through Amazon have been in better condition than claimed.

I really think that the rating system for vendors on Amazon contributes to pretty upstanding practices by most of their sellers in terms of rating consdition of their books and prompt delivery.

[mike rosenlof]

Powell's in Portland Oregon.

http://www.powells.com/

[Louie Powell]

Tim Whelan, Rockport, ME

He specializes in books dealing with photography

[John Powers]

Tim Whelan, Rockport, ME

He specializes in books dealing with photography

Unfortunately Tim closed after 18 years Sept-Oct, 2010.
http://blog.photoeye.com/2010/10/tim-whelans-rockport-maine-photo.html

John

[John Powers]

Powell's in Portland Oregon.

http://www.powells.com/

Powell’s has a large inventory on eBay. I just found three old William Faulkner books there.

John

[Tony Karnezis]

I also use Bookfinder.

http://www.bookfinder.com/

[aduncanson]

I often buy used through the amazon.com network of sellers. When I see that a book is available through "Better World Books (http://www.betterworldbooks.com/photography-books-H3859.aspx)" I am happy pay a little more (although it is usually not necessary) just because they ship from nearby and because they do good work with their profits.

[John Powers]

“The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America was founded in 1949 to promote interest in rare books and foster collegial relations. We maintain the highest standards in the trade; members must meet certain requirements in order to join, showing a minimum or four years in the business of selling books, a knowledge of cataloguing, and a sound financial footing. All members agree to abide by the ABAA's Code of Ethics.

Our website, abaa.org, has been serving bibliophiles for more than ten years. Users can browse and purchase books, maps, autograph letters, and printed matter with the confidence that they are buying from knowledgeable booksellers at a venue that is easy and safe to navigate.”
http://www.abaa.org/

They have a search engine on that page.
Try something like "Weston Photography" in the keyword section and you will see how powerful it is.

John

[CP Goerz]

I have seen and bought lots of books on Amazon. Dagor77 will sell a book for upwards of 60 some dollars on ebay and I've gotten the same book on Amazon for 3.00 plus 3.99 s/h.


Which book was this? So many times people seem to remember the things that I sell for a lot of cash but quickly forget the 70-80% of things I sell that go for less than everyone else..oh well.

:-)

[Steve Hamley]

And here I thought you couldn't sell something for higher than someone was willing to pay.

Shame on you Andrew! ;^)

Cheers, Steve

[CP Goerz]

'And here I thought you couldn't sell something for higher than someone was willing to pay.'

I'm regularly hoisted on my own petard it seems :-)

[Rain Dance]

Well so far ebay is the bes resouce for me, can't really beat the value of a book where the shipping cost is higher. :p I'm having quite a lot of nat geo photo books now.