Where to buy books?

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I use CBD.COM and Amazon. I've gotten some amazing deals using the used book section of Amazon, at least 66% most of the time and I've never had a problem.

Lots of good advice here.

Never buy retail!!!
 
Don't buy books. Get them from interlibrary loan from your public library. It is free and you can get any book you want that has been out more than a year. And books don't start consuming all your storage space and then some (a big problem for bibliophiles like myself). I find I rarely go back to most books. The ones worth going back to often are worth buying.

The process is incredibly easy. Many libraries, even the small one near me, accept ILL requests over the internet, fax, phone, etc.

If you have to buy a book, ALWAYS check www.half.com.

[Edited on 1-18-2006 by Scott]
 
I've most recently used the old reliable, CVBBS. I think Mt. Olive Tape Library's book sale is also still ongoing. I haven't checked lately, but there are likely still several good buys there.
 
i'd be curious about following up on book price search engines.
i see best book buys above and i use http://www.bookhq.com/in/myhq
i suspect that someone might have written a search engine where you can add your own favorite bookstores. for instance, go through this thread and pull out all the bookstores and add to this custom book search engine.

does anyone know if such an engine is out there? i'd suspect something in perl would be doable. most stores search by isbn.
 
Where to Get Free Review Books

I know the good places to buy books... But if any of you are fairly good writers, you might consider writing book reviews. Amazon.com is a venue. I've been doing it on and off since 2000, and I am a Amazon.com book reviewer.

More to the point, I request books from publishers and get complimentary review copies from time to time. If you visit many publisher web sites, and look at contacts, you might notice a publicist list in e-mail contacts or a fax number. Some only have fax numbers, because they figure serious requests would take time to fax. But, there is an online fax machine to send your letters in such cases that works fine for me... TPC Fax Remote Printing WWW Interface. They are the ones to request review copies from. You might want to be careful how you phrase your succinct request, and show them that they get some tangible benefit for giving you a free book.

Though, I never guarantee 5-star reviews. One author told me he got a radio interview as a result of a review, so I wouldn't exactly think they are wasting their money with promotions. I can provide a list of publishers you might consider and a sample letter of request.

I imagine my success rate on requests is buoyed because I am up in the Amazon rankings and I can boast of what I've done thus far online or in a magazine, but it cannot hurt to try. When I first tried I so much presumed that my first round of requests would only have a 20-25% success rate, and I was overwhelmed by the responses that came in-- closer to 90%, so I learned to lessen the request volume. You have to get a start somewhere. Many publishers are quite generous, and frankly set aside a number of review books.

Sometimes, I post the reviews on Amazon.com and occassion this past year I've gotten into magazine publication and online venues. Two book reviews have gone up recently on the popular Internet e-zine LewRockwell.com and I have an up coming magazine review in summer 2006. I plan on doing more magazine freelancing as well.

If I go back to law school, I hope to make law review. So my freelancing for magazines doesn't hurt.


[Edited on 2-1-2006 by Puritanhead]

[Edited on 2-1-2006 by Puritanhead]
 
Originally posted by Matthew Glover
Could you guys please let me know where you buy your books from (online)?

I have recently purchased some books from christianbooks.com however they don't have some of the items I'm after. I found another site today however they would not ship to Australia which is important to me!

I'm wondering whether you guys use one or more different sources online.

Cheers,

Matthew

Matthew,

In case no one has mentioned it yet, Bookfinder.com is a great resource.
http://www.bookfinder.com/

Michael
 
Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
I would also add the following:

Peter Reynolds (Used Christian Books) -- http://www.peterreynoldsbooks.co.uk

Crown & Covenant Publications -- http://www.psalms4u.com

Covenanter Press -- http://www.covenanterpress.com.au/

David Lachman (Christian antiquarian books) --
http://www.davidclachman.com/theobookshome.html

Old Paths Publications -- http://www.oldpathspublications.org/

Free Presbyterian Book Room -- http://www.fpbookroom.org/

Reformation Ink -- http://homepage.mac.com/shanerosenthal/reformationink/

P & R Publishing -- http://www.prpbooks.com/

Curt Daniel's Good Books -- http://members.aol.com/goodbooks7/

Here is a better link for Peter Reynolds: http://www.peterreynoldsbooks.com/
 
Sola Scriptura publishing has this:

# A Disputation on Holy Scripture by William Whitaker on CD. This CD contains scanned images of the work entitled "œA Disputation on Holy Scripture, Against the Papists, Especially Bellarmine and Stapleton." This is edition is taken from the 1849 Parker Society.
Price: $9.99

Does anyone know how this compares with the recently republished version?
 
Lots of good sites for books have been mentioned, but as the owner of a Christian Bookshop in the UK, can I make a suggestion?

After checking all the info and reviews on the internet, go to your LOCAL Christian Bookstore, and ask them to order what you want, if they don't have it in stock.

This is what the Banner of Truth Trust ask customers to do, as there are many shops in the UK that don't stock their books, simply because they don't think their customers want them.

The more good books you order from your local store, the more likely they will be to stock them - and you have helped to increase the availability of good books to your local area.

Try it and see - you may be pleasantly surprised at the results.
 
allow me to suggest http://www.pilgrimdiscount.com ... it's a local store here in portland (they ship books too) that has an excellent selection of used books... the only christian bookstore in portland that i'm aware of that has a THEOLOGY section (with tons of reformed resources) and an OLD PATHS section featuring the puritans, augustine, calvin, luther, machen, spurgeon, ryle, etc... i seriously spend so much money there and i still can't afford to get everything i want... alas, they do indeed peddle religious knick-knacks and christian trinkets (yuck), but i guess they have to make some money somehow...

[Edited on 6-16-2006 by dust_and_ashes]
 
Originally posted by love2read
By the way. for people living in the UK and maybe even in the US, gowanbooks is definately worth checking out. Do not check the internetsite (not completely updated) but call mr. Gowan. He has a lot and at (very) good prices too. The quality of his books is almost excellent and he has quite some books you might be looking for.

:ditto::up:

Gowan Books

[Edited on 8-26-2006 by VirginiaHuguenot]
 
I have chosen some more books out of my library and will be posting some of them in the "Let's Do Business" section in a little while. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up! There will be some really good deals!
 
Evangelical Bible Bookstore San Diego CA.

Here is the website of a little bible bookstore in San Diego CA that I've done business with for years. They are not the typical "fluffy" bookstore that you find nowadays. I know the owner John Cully. He is a member of Bayview OPC in Chula Vista CA or at least was when I knew him. Their selection is unrivaled as far as I'm concerned. And their prices are fair.

If you are looking for somthing in particular that they don't have listed online you only need email them and if they don't have it, they can usually get it.
Check em out.
http://www.ebiblebookstore.com/
 
allow me to suggest http://www.pilgrimdiscount.com ... it's a local store here in portland (they ship books too) that has an excellent selection of used books... the only christian bookstore in portland that i'm aware of that has a THEOLOGY section (with tons of reformed resources) and an OLD PATHS section featuring the puritans, augustine, calvin, luther, machen, spurgeon, ryle, etc... i seriously spend so much money there and i still can't afford to get everything i want... alas, they do indeed peddle religious knick-knacks and christian trinkets (yuck), but i guess they have to make some money somehow...

[Edited on 6-16-2006 by dust_and_ashes]

I remember that place. You should have seen it when it was back on 82nd Avenue. It started out with all good stuff. Bad stuff started trickling in. After they moved over near the Phil Am Center they began looking more like Christian Supply.
 
Addall is a really good used book search engine. It will find most of what is out there from many sources.

And of course if you want to read Gordon Clark, then The Trinity Foundation will have what you are looking for. Most Clark books are also available through Amazon.
 
From shortly after my conversion, when I was somewhat snared in Pentecostal teaching:

The Dake Bible
The Collected Works of Smith Wigglesworth
And a couple Rick Joyner books, can't even remember their titles.

Also, due to an undergrad research project I did for my bachelor's:

Most Moved Mover
The Grace of God, The Will of Man
The Openness of God

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JDWiseman I STILL use a Dake Bible as my MAIN study bible. I have had it since mid 90's so I'm just so used to it & it has so many markings on it. It's the one that I know where everything what side of the page, etc. Kind of funny now that I'm Reformed & I really don't agree with almost anything from Dakes "thelogy". I do like the concordance & some of the Greek/Hebrew notes etc. Also excellent on cross references. My pastor is cool with that though.
 
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