# What are the good online used bookstores? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726 "2002-08-27T03:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/1 "2002-08-27T03:02:54Z")
I’m looking for some books, and have exhausted all the real live stores in the area. I’ve checked [amazon.com](http://amazon.com), [powells.com](http://powells.com), [alibris.com](http://alibris.com), and [ebay.com](http://ebay.com). Any others I should check out? ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/2 "2002-08-27T04:14:37Z")
Try [www.bookfinder.com](http://www.bookfinder.com) – it’s a search engine for used books and searches the ones you have listed plus a bunch of others. And try [half.com](http://half.com) – it’s mostly person-to-person selling and the prices are usually reasonable, and none of the uncertainty of bidding, like on ebay. ---
**Author:** ![Mandarax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Mandarax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mandarax)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/3 "2002-08-27T04:50:31Z")
There’s also [ABE Books](http://www.abebooks.com/). I used to like [Bibliofind](http://www.bibliofind.com) better, but they’re part of Amazon now. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/4 "2002-08-27T14:18:22Z")
Mandarax: > [@](#): > > I used to like Bibliofind better, but they’re part of Amazon now. And may I ask what’s wrong with that? I’ve found some great stuff on Bibliofind, even after it was taken over by Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/5 "2002-08-27T15:10:10Z")
I second bookfinder—best selection, they have things no one else seems to. I have spent huge gobs of cash on that damn site . . . ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/6 "2002-08-27T15:23:55Z")
ha ha… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/7 "2002-08-27T15:29:24Z")
Yes, **London** , “great whacking gobs of cash.” (Sorry, inside joke between he and I . . .) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-good-online-used-bookstores/125726/8 "2002-08-27T18:34:14Z")
I knew I could count on Dopers. Bookfinder found me a new copy of the book I was looking for for cheaper than any used copy I’d seen. Cool.