Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
Hi everyone Thanks for raising this question and for the interesting responses. Any good sources for doing the same with e-books? Not merely mass-market e-books (some can be found via addall and the like, see also this thread for more hints http://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/891/are-there-any-ebook-search-engines), but library e-books such as available on ebrary, myIlibrary and the like? Vendors of these platforms all seem to have come to the bizarre conclusion than defining new, platform-specific, ISBNs for these titles was a good idea. The (intended?) result is that title-matching and price comparison is frustratingly difficult. In my experience, ISBN APIs such as the ones discussed here http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8715 often don't recognize eISBNs. Any ideas? Thomas On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.govwrote: On Feb 26, 2014, at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Might be too late, but : http://isbn.nu/ It doesn't include the shipping prices in their results, though. API is just appending the ISBN to the end, either 9 or 13 : http://isbn.nu/0060853980 http://isbn.nu/9780060853983 -Joe
[CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Thanks! Jonathan
Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
Try http://www.addall.com/. I used it all the time in my former incarnation as an Acquisitions Librarian. Cheers, Stephanie On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Thanks! Jonathan -- *Stephanie P. Hess* Electronic Resources Librarian Binghamton University Glenn G. Bartle Library 4400 East Vestal Parkway Vestal, NY 13902 607-777-2474
Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
I’ve liked bookfinder, but haven’t used it for a while. -Erik At Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:19:00 -0500, Stephanie P Hess wrote: Try http://www.addall.com/. I used it all the time in my former incarnation as an Acquisitions Librarian. Cheers, Stephanie On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Thanks! Jonathan -- *Stephanie P. Hess* Electronic Resources Librarian Binghamton University Glenn G. Bartle Library 4400 East Vestal Parkway Vestal, NY 13902 607-777-2474 -- Sent from my free software system http://fsf.org/.
Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
I usually use http://allbookstores.com/ It even includes a local bookstore I visit--The Strand. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephanie P Hess Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites? Try http://www.addall.com/. I used it all the time in my former incarnation as an Acquisitions Librarian. Cheers, Stephanie On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Thanks! Jonathan -- *Stephanie P. Hess* Electronic Resources Librarian Binghamton University Glenn G. Bartle Library 4400 East Vestal Parkway Vestal, NY 13902 607-777-2474
Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
Thanks to everyone who made a suggestion, Raymond's suggestion of allbookstores.com seems best suited for my purposes. Thanks! On 2/26/14 3:24 PM, Schwartz, Raymond wrote: I usually use http://allbookstores.com/ It even includes a local bookstore I visit--The Strand. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephanie P Hess Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites? Try http://www.addall.com/. I used it all the time in my former incarnation as an Acquisitions Librarian. Cheers, Stephanie On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Thanks! Jonathan
Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
I would second Stephanie's recommendation of http://www.addall.com which functions as as a metasearch in that it includes abebooks, alibris, Amazon, Powells, Strand, half, and a number of others, including various non-US instances of these which can be great for UK materials or other European titles depending on what floats your boat. ... As to your criteria, Jonathan, The ISBN search works well in print books and for used ( insofar as that is helpful in the used/antiquarian marketplace) The design is clean IMO. Prices - no extra bonus there- the prices are just that, exclusive of shipping. But you can sort ascending and descending... Jonathan LeBreton Senior Associate University Librarian Editor: Library Archival Security Temple University Libraries Paley M138, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122 voice: 215.204.8231 fax: 215.204.5201 mobile: 215.284.5070 email: lebre...@temple.edu email: jonat...@temple.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephanie P Hess Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites? Try http://www.addall.com/. I used it all the time in my former incarnation as an Acquisitions Librarian. Cheers, Stephanie On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Thanks! Jonathan -- *Stephanie P. Hess* Electronic Resources Librarian Binghamton University Glenn G. Bartle Library 4400 East Vestal Parkway Vestal, NY 13902 607-777-2474
Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
On Feb 26, 2014, at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Might be too late, but : http://isbn.nu/ It doesn't include the shipping prices in their results, though. API is just appending the ISBN to the end, either 9 or 13 : http://isbn.nu/0060853980 http://isbn.nu/9780060853983 -Joe
