bibliophagist says
17 years ago
amazon.com is buying abebooks.
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jweise hopes
17 years ago
it means he can stop selling on abebooks, somehow. and that it will be good for those who like abebooks-- sellers and buyers alike.
jweise says
17 years ago
he sells roughly 30 books on Amazon for every 1 he sells on Abebooks.
jweise says
17 years ago
but it has everything to do with what he chooses to sell, which isn't what abebooks customers are generally looking for.
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jweise wonders
17 years ago
if Amazon gets fillz.com as part of the deal.
Vȁǵűȅȑý says
17 years ago
edwardvielmetti reminds me that Amazon owns a chunk of librarything
jweise says
17 years ago
considering amazon now sells a huge range of things way beyond books it is kinda interesting they have this kind of focus on books
edwardvielmetti
17 years ago
suspects that the next iteration is that everything with a UPC is available used via Amazon
jweise asks
17 years ago
aren't they doing that already? maybe not so broadly.
edwardvielmetti
17 years ago
imagines jweise's basement full of carefully cataloged beanie babies sorted by UPC
Vȁǵűȅȑý wonders
17 years ago
if he will not get cheap Kessinger reprint crap in his Gold Treasure Box at Amazon
jweise has
17 years ago
not looked in his gold treasure box but once several years ago
bibliophagist says
17 years ago
anent Kessinger, vialibri.net allows you to filter for Kessinger reprint crap on your searches.
Vȁǵűȅȑý says
17 years ago
he actually preferntially buys Kessinger reprint crap (as originals) on eBay, in hopes of someday scanning & giving away free
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