Any cheap sites for Books?

Neil Jones

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Nov 26, 2008, 5:22:38 AM11/26/08

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Hi,

I am interested in buying some computer related books. Most of these
computer books are out dated in 2 years. So I don't want to spend too
much money on such books. Are there any web sites that sell computer
books at better discounts than Amazon/Borders?

Thank you in advance.

NJ

Ken

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Nov 26, 2008, 11:14:30 AM11/26/08

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Neil Jones <castellan2...@remove-this.yahoo.com> wrote in
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Try Googling Edward R. Hamilton. They sell out-of-print books (and new
ones) of all kinds, uncluding computer. Not much computer stuff in their
catalogs but they don't list everything there.

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remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

Boner J. Skidmark

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Nov 26, 2008, 12:00:41 PM11/26/08

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www.half.com

metspitzer

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Nov 26, 2008, 1:05:27 PM11/26/08

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Here is a source of e-books. I make no warrantees impressed or
implied.

alt.binaries.e-book
alt.binaries.e-book.german
alt.binaries.e-book.rpg
alt.binaries.e-book.technical
alt.binaries.e-books.german
alt.binaries.ebook.french

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Nov 26, 2008, 7:40:54 PM11/26/08

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metspitzer <kilo...@charter.net> wrote:

Or even more risky (but pays off big time):

http://www.avaxhome.ws/

or

http://sharingbaba.com/

There are others.

BTW I just found out how these people a) get away with it and b) make
money.

If you download anything it won't come from the above; these are just
indexes to places like Rapidshare and Easyshare. You will be
transferred to one of those sites where if you want it free you'll
have to wait while you watch ads for whores in Brooklyn NY and similar
in Russia. Then you get your pdf and avaxhome gets a payout from
Rapidshare etc.

What happens about copyright is that the owner complains to the data
holder (e.g., Rapidshare) who then has 24 hours to remove the
offending item. No other penalty. Well, 24 hours is an eternity. If
you check daily and download items as they are posted you can
accumulate quite an extensive library. If you snooze, you lose. The
book or other item will become unavailable.

Apparently this provides big bucks for those index services and the
data holders. The only real risk is if they offend the Russian mafia
or they get caught snoozing themselves. Apparently the German police
shut down Rapidshare for a while but it's up again and someone with
knuckles dragging on the ground closed Avaxhome. They moved to China
for a while but now I think they're back in the homeland.

Isn't globalization wonderful!

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Gary Heston

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Nov 27, 2008, 12:37:08 AM11/27/08

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In article <Yr9Xk.693$no6...@newsfe04.iad>,

Search for whatever you want at http://www.abebooks.com/ and pick
whichever bookstore has the best price.

>Thank you in advance.

You're welcome.

Gary

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tish

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Nov 28, 2008, 9:25:37 PM11/28/08

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Gary Heston wrote:
> In article <Yr9Xk.693$no6...@newsfe04.iad>,
> Neil Jones <castellan2...@remove-this.yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>> I am interested in buying some computer related books. Most of these
>> computer books are out dated in 2 years. So I don't want to spend too
>> much money on such books. Are there any web sites that sell computer
>> books at better discounts than Amazon/Borders?
>
> Search for whatever you want at http://www.abebooks.com/ and pick
> whichever bookstore has the best price.
>
>> Thank you in advance.
>
> You're welcome.
>
>
> Gary
>

you could try http/www.//paperbackswap.com they do have some older
computer books for swap. you would have to join,which is free.
tish