Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Addall.com for Books

If you

1. Want lowest possible prices on (technical) books
2. Don't care if books are used
3. Don't mind waiting a bit for delivery

Then use

Addall.com to find international editions of books.

Even if you are not buying technical books, Addall.com is nice because it summarizes the total cost (book + shipping). The best feature is that you can buy "international versions" of books. Technically, these books are not supposed to be sold in the U.S.

Still interested, huh? :-)

I did a small, non-scientific comparision between Addall and Bookpool. Books are new unless specified otherwise. International editions are often paperback and use lower quality paper.
The first 2 books are very technical. The last 2 have a wider audience. Notice the huge price difference for the niche books, and the modest difference for more typical books.

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Peter Norvig
Bookpool : $105
Addall.com : $18 + $8 shipping (international edition)

Pattern Recognition & Machine Learning, Christopher Bishop
Bookpool $57 + free shipping
Addall.com : $57 + $3 shipping

Thinking in C++
Bookpool $35 (out of stock)
Addall.com : $14 + $3 shipping (used)


MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Exam 70-284
Bookpool $38 + 5 shipping
Addall.com : $20 + $4 shipping (used)