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fwiw I saw some DVD's listed, the search was for a book that was made into a film. I guess they can be removed if looking closer at the EAN/UPC. Also, nice work.
``` nslookup pagesonpages.com 8.8.8.8 DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. Server: UnKnown Address: 8.8.8.8 ```
ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED ``` nslookup pagesonpages.com 8.8.8.8 DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. Server: UnKnown Address: 8.8.8.8 ```
"... in the US".
It seemed to fail my first test. I used pagesonpages.com search for "rust", clicked on a search hit (Blandy, et al., Programming Rust , 2e) showing price of $50.84, which loaded the product page on bookdepository.com, showing paperback for $50.84. Then I separately searched on the Amazon site, and they showed paperback for $32.49 (shipped&sold by Amazon).
Is "cheapest" the right objective? Because if that's the case, book piracy seems like the clear winner. But maybe we should consider "cheapest with some boundaries". For instance, we probably agree that bookstores are nice for a myriad of reasons, even if we don't frequent them. They employ people in the area, they offer curation and recommendations, they invite speakers and host events, and they help local authors g…
You can read lots of books for free legally in the Internet Archive, specially books that are out of print.
> Curation costs money (indirectly). This is mostly done by (big) publishers who want to push their shallow literature series and a couple of good books here and there. Which, again, makes places like the IA so much better for readers like me.