For an Australian version: http://www.booko.com
Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository
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Re: Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository
#32there are 100s of such services out there (most query many more retailers to find the lowest price) + some offer API access so you can do revenue sharing. the biggest player in the space is http://bigwords.com
I used to use a couple of competitors, but I was pretty dissatisfied with them all. I thought I could do better, hence the site... bigwords.com also only seems to work for textbooks.
You should check out my startup's site: Texts.com. We compare prices across sites like B&N, Chegg, ValoreBooks, and others. While it's targeted towards textbooks, it works very well for just about any book.
For a timesaving tip, you can type any ISBN or keyword (title, author, etc), directly into the URL to save a few seconds. IE:
http://texts.com/b/Steve Jobs Walter
>>
http://texts.com/b/Steve%20Jobs%20Walter
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Re: Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository
#33Very snazzy - looking forward to HTTPS. :) Book Depository is a weird thing; for a couple of years, I was unable to buy books there, because they had met some kind of weird quota for my country. Wonder what was up with that, but I assume it has to do with some tax-dodging deal in Jersey or wherever they're based.
Book Depository used to have, for some books, much better deals than Amazon. Then it got bought by Amazon, and prices are pretty much equivalent now.
I remember I bought a book probably one or two years ago and it was available on Amazon (but it was sold by BD behind) and directly by BD and BD was cheaper.
Re: Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository
#34like the simplicity.
Maybe factor in used books and kindle versions? I almost never buy new books anymore. Also, half.com often have cheaper prices than amazon.
Re: Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository
#35there are 100s of such services out there (most query many more retailers to find the lowest price) + some offer API access so you can do revenue sharing. the biggest player in the space is http://bigwords.com
I used to use a couple of competitors, but I was pretty dissatisfied with them all. I thought I could do better, hence the site... bigwords.com also only seems to work for textbooks.
bigwords works for any book, simply search by ISBN
Re: Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository
#36pretty cool!
Is there a way to show what type(paperback, mp3, etc) somewhere in the title ?
Re: Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository
#37like the simplicity. Maybe factor in used books and kindle versions? I almost never buy new books anymore. Also, half.com often have cheaper prices than amazon.
For ebooks I prefer http://inkmesh.com/ and http://luzme.com/. In Lulzme you can also add wanting to read list. And when price falls you get mail. Interestingly most of the books are cheaper on amazon.uk than on amazon.com. And sometimes Kobobooks has cheaper books but that rarely happen.