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Need help finding affordable textbooks? I'll find 'em!
12 years ago
I’m a book dealer by trade so know all the good tricks for finding cheapest textbooks out there. I have to order scads of them every year.
If you need help finding cheap texts, leave a comment with the following info:
1. ISBN of the book
2. IF the book has extra material with it (software, workbook, CD) do you need it? Yes, no, don’t know. DO indicate whether it has extra material or not.
3. Can you use the previous edition? Yes, no, I don’t know For most introductory courses you can. Things with dated material (law, current events) you generally can’t. ask the prof for a clear answer!
I'll reply to your comment with link to where to get it cheapest so you can order direct from source.
don't have your list yet or have tumblr buddies that need help? Tumblr post for my business: http://rainydaypaperback.tumblr.com.....your-textbooks
Feel free to repost if you know folks that need help tracking down books! just link back here.
will you do books outside US?
Yes but, they just take longer because I need to fiddle with the shipping. often the shipping on the book makes the major difference in price. if you need it shipped outside the US, put the country it will ship to at the TOP of the post so I don't miss it. (its also easier for me to do all the ones going to Canada at once than have to flip between multiple countries)
Can you find high school books?
Yes, any grade level is fine.
foreign language books?
Yes and no. If you've got the ISBN, any language is probably fine. if you can't find the ISBN and its a different alphabet (kanji, cyrllic) I probably won't be able to find it because sellers will make a complete mess of trying to transliterate it to roman alphabet.
If you need help finding cheap texts, leave a comment with the following info:
1. ISBN of the book
2. IF the book has extra material with it (software, workbook, CD) do you need it? Yes, no, don’t know. DO indicate whether it has extra material or not.
3. Can you use the previous edition? Yes, no, I don’t know For most introductory courses you can. Things with dated material (law, current events) you generally can’t. ask the prof for a clear answer!
I'll reply to your comment with link to where to get it cheapest so you can order direct from source.
don't have your list yet or have tumblr buddies that need help? Tumblr post for my business: http://rainydaypaperback.tumblr.com.....your-textbooks
Feel free to repost if you know folks that need help tracking down books! just link back here.
will you do books outside US?
Yes but, they just take longer because I need to fiddle with the shipping. often the shipping on the book makes the major difference in price. if you need it shipped outside the US, put the country it will ship to at the TOP of the post so I don't miss it. (its also easier for me to do all the ones going to Canada at once than have to flip between multiple countries)
Can you find high school books?
Yes, any grade level is fine.
foreign language books?
Yes and no. If you've got the ISBN, any language is probably fine. if you can't find the ISBN and its a different alphabet (kanji, cyrllic) I probably won't be able to find it because sellers will make a complete mess of trying to transliterate it to roman alphabet.
Do you much dealing with furry fans as customers? Is it just a small part of your biz? Ever done a con table?
I'm working with a top artist to publish his book as part of my book dealer business, later this year... it's fun to talk about stuff like this :)
I did ConnectiCon last year, but its just at a super inconvenient time of year for me so that's probably going to be an every 2-3 year thing. I've not done FA:U for same reason of incredibly inconvenient timing.
I'm normally sole person here, so cons are kind of dependent on whether I can get somebody to babysit the store while I'm gone. Plus lugging several hundred pound of stock does tend to limit how far I want to go. I might pick up a con another in New York, Massachusetts or Rhode Island, depending on when it occurs. Been kind of keeping eyes open for a winter con in those areas.