Arthur,

Good point Arthur; I've noticed as well that Amazon is
often not cheapest.

A nice thing about bookfinder.com is that it will find
new books as well as used and out of print books. It
searches twelve new booksellers, including Amazon and
Barnes and Noble.

"Neanderthin", for example, sells (new) for between
$16.25 and $23.95 online in the places bookfinder
found. (I ordered my copy from Amazon for $16.77).
Interestingly enough, bookfinder missed B&N which
carries the book too although they claim to search
B&N. So, I guess it's good to check your favorite
bookseller web-sites directly as well as doing the
bookfinder search. And, of course, shipping charges,
delivery times and sales tax (if the bookseller is in
your state) are variables to consider.

Another cheap new bookstore is alldirect.com. They
seem to be cheapest for lots of books. They carry
"Neanderthin" for $14.37. And (sigh) bookfinder didn't
find the book there either:( I once tried to buy a
book from bookfinder a week or so before Christmas and
they emailed me back telling me it would take two
weeks to process my order, and that wasn't including
shipping. So, I ordered the book from B&N instead and
it arrived in three days. If Amazon can't make money
discounting new books I wonder how alldirect survives.
Maybe their service is really poor. Buyer beware!

All in all Bookfinder.com is a very handy website even
considering that's it's far from perfect.

Sol

--- Arthur McConnachie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Just a piece of advice . . .
>
> Although I usually shop at amazon.com, bn.com has a
> wider selection and
> often better prices. I purchased a $43 book from
> bn.com which shipped in 24
> hours. Amazon wanted $60 for the same book with a
> shipping time of 4-6
> weeks. Check out both before you buy. It's worth the
> extra two minutes to
> compare.
>
> Arthur
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sol Lederman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 10:34 PM
> Subject: [P-F] Carlton Fredericks books (was:
> Nightshades, tomatos)
>
>
> > Michael (and others),
> >
> > > It's called Eat well get well stay well, by Dr.
> > > Carlton Fredericks. A real
> > > eye opener. Some one let me know if and where
> you
> > > find it.
> >
> > I find all my out of print books on the internet
> via
> > http://bookfinder.com
> >
> > In this case bookfinder.com told me that
> usedbooks.com
> > (among a few other places) had a copy. I ordered
> the
> > copy from usedbooks.com. So, if you do the web
> search
> > at bookfinder.com and they list the book as
> existing
> > at usedbooks.com and you go directly to
> usedbooks.com
> > and search there you'll notice the book is gone!
> > (usedbooks updated their db but apparently
> bookfinder
> > doesn't update instantaneously.) So, I recommend
> > searching directly the site(s) that bookfinder.com
> > points you to rather than ordering it through
> > bookfinder.com.
> >
> > One caveat about ordering used books on the
> internet:
> > What the search says a bookstore has might not be
> on
> > their shelf anymore if a customer walked into the
> > store and bought the book before the bookstore
> updated
> > their inventory, or if someone ordered it before
> you
> > did, like I did.
> >
> > Also, another useful web site is
> > http://biddersedge.com which searches a large pile
> of
> > auction sites (including eBay, Amazon, and yahoo)
> for
> > things. If you search for Carlton Fredericks here
> > you'll see several books by him, at (currently)
> pretty
> > low prices (but not the one you're looking for
> right
> > now). You can register to have the web-site search
> for
> > things for you every day and send you email when
> it
> > finds a match. I practice Aikido (non-paleo, I
> > imagine) and I get mail every few days from
> > biddersedge pointing me to Aikido-related auction
> > items.
> >
> > Those are my "secrets" for finding out of print
> > "stuff" and now YOU know!
> >
> > Sol
>

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