Comments on: Bookselling in an online age http://www.josephzitt.com/wordpress/archives/131 Joseph Zitt on selling, writing, and considering books and music. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:11:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: joseph.zitt http://www.josephzitt.com/wordpress/archives/131/comment-page-1#comment-10191 joseph.zitt Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:16:28 +0000 http://www.josephzitt.com/wordpress/?p=131#comment-10191 That's a tough call. I've used Alibris, which is pretty comparable myself for out of print books. In fact, I recently got a copy of "Surprise Me With Beauty" there, since I discovered all my copies were on one coast or the other. I find myself thinking that looking things up online then going elsewhere is different from engaging a human then going elsewhere -- but then I wonder if that's a valid difference, since, after all, people put in the work of building and populating the Amazon database and its equivalents with the expectation of making money from it, too. Hmmm. That’s a tough call. I’ve used Alibris, which is pretty comparable myself for out of print books. In fact, I recently got a copy of “Surprise Me With Beauty” there, since I discovered all my copies were on one coast or the other.

I find myself thinking that looking things up online then going elsewhere is different from engaging a human then going elsewhere — but then I wonder if that’s a valid difference, since, after all, people put in the work of building and populating the Amazon database and its equivalents with the expectation of making money from it, too. Hmmm.

]]> By: John Cowan http://www.josephzitt.com/wordpress/archives/131/comment-page-1#comment-10188 John Cowan Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:52:28 +0000 http://www.josephzitt.com/wordpress/?p=131#comment-10188 Hmm. What's your take on abebooks? I often look for things at Amazon and then go buy them at ABE (am I a mamzer, or what?) Hmm. What’s your take on abebooks? I often look for things at Amazon and then go buy them at ABE (am I a mamzer, or what?)

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