Re: Amazon Boycott, continued

[Nicolai Rosen <nick@netaxs.com>]

Hmm, charging the dealers money for a listing. That's a good
idea. Somebody should patent it :)

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 mjd-perl-pm@plover.com wrote:
> 
> > E.g., they don't carry Conway's OO Perl book that was recommended
> > here.
> > 
> > Any other recommendations?
> 
> I personally recommend ABEbooks.  I think ABE is the best thing I've
> seen appear on the internet in the last twelve months.  
> 
> ABE has 5700 independent used book dealers around the world send in
> their inventory lists, and then they merge the inventory lists and put
> a search engine on the web.  You search for what you want, and they
> tell you who has it and how much it will cost.  When you decide which
> copy you want to buy, they send email to you and to the dealer and
> then they get out of the way.  
> 
> I was really impressed with this.  So many people, in developing a
> service like this, would have tried to take a commission on the sale!
> They would have developed a system that refused to divulge the dealer
> contact information until you paid them a fee.  ABE doesn't do this.
> They tell you everything they know up front, and they make their
> profit by charging the dealer a monthly fee for the listings.  It
> quick, it's convenient, and it's really, really useful.  I've been
> able to get copies of books for which I'd formerly spent years
> haunting used book stores.  This is how E-commerce is supposed to
> work.
> 
> They are presently listing two dealers with copies of OO Perl:
> 
> 1. Conway, Damian OBJECT ORIENTED PERL INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS+GROUP
>    TRADE PAPER ISBN: 1884777791. 3 copies. SPECIAL NEW Book #
>    02188477779101 US$ 37.50 Click here for more information or to
>    purchase this book directly from Powells Books, OR, U.S.A.
> 
> 2. CONWAY OBJECT ORIENTED PERL PAPERBACK 1999 COPYRIGHT MANNING PUBNS
>    CO Book # 1884777791 US$ 25.00 Click here for more information or
>    to purchase this book directly from COLLEGE BOOK SERVICE, OH,
>    U.S.A.
> 
> 
> My guess is that Powell's copies are new, and CBS's copy is used.
> 
> 
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Nicolai Rosen
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