I responded directly to Aileen that I found 3 copies on Abebooks for about $25. I also looked at thriftbooks.com and betterworldbooks.com, which often sell books from libraries, but this title was not listed on either site. Emily
Emily Bergman [email protected] On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM Henry Hollander via Hasafran < [email protected]> wrote: > I do periodically mention to librarians that there are other places to > search for books other than AMAZON. Sometime the price on Amazon is the > cheapest price, but often it is not. It isn't hard to search elsewhere. > All you need to do is plug > I do periodically mention to librarians that there are other places to > search for books other than AMAZON. Sometime the price on Amazon is the > cheapest price, but often it is not. It isn't hard to search elsewhere. > All you need to do is plug in the URL of a metasearch engine that searches > many other sites. Try > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.addall.com/used__;!!KGKeukY!x92kxOGK28KadkD9VgLerQJe4Dbya0QL3nE87OexZwnpVK2pwfTBqtmR1Z4Ot76iD0irjOLQK6sWFpIrSO_1AVAcxqWKFw$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.addall.com/used__;!!KGKeukY!w4GAQKtwQcfgjLcWrVwtRoFTcfHU-4o1SzZEmvGec3tQGiWadSdES2ETQVSon91R6-erSwv14ky4mQ8MGznvVQcKsw$> > . > > I found this book for much less than $200 in seconds. It isn't always the > case, but quite often it is. > > The lesson here is, NEVER START A BOOKSEARCH on the AMAZON website. NEVER, > NEVER, NEVER. You may end up there in the end and that is OK. Amazon has a > stranglehold on online retail. I'm not telling you to be loyal to the > booksellers on this listserve. That has been a lost cause for 10-20 years > at least. I'm just asking you to serve your own interests. > > That said, there are a lot of people out there selling books like widgets. > They have no idea of their real value. If they can't find comparables they > just put some insane price on the book and imagine that they deserve that > because of the scarcity that they (often falsely) perceive. Or they let a > computer price the book. It is frustrating. These #$#$%$@#@s are the gifts > of the internet to you. Don't reward them. They don't know or care about > books and couldn't care less about Judaism. > > Sorry for the tone. Just a little frustration seeping out. > > All the best, > Henry Hollander (Believe it or not, a rabbi) > > Aileen Grossberg via Hasafran wrote: > > Resourceful librarians, I have a request from our school for the following > title which appears to be out of print and very expensive on the used > market, up to over $200. Alison Greengard, Lech Lecha, 32 pages, 2004, EKS > Publishing. 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