Book info please.
TKNeal
there any medical book clubs? (God knows, there is a book club for
everything else.) Is there any mail order or discount company that you are
aware of. I will be starting a new job soon and seems like I will need to
be purchasing a quantity of books, including AAMT style guide. I'm spoiled
to using reference books in office. I'm now at home.
Thanks in advance.
Tonya
Melinda Meahan
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> Can anyone advise me on the cheapest way to obtain reference books.
I don't think anybody would be offended if you asked if anybody had an
old <whatever specialty you need> book that they need to divest themself
of (as long as you don't ask for it to be given to you, although it
might well be). then you can slowly accumulate current versions.
And for all I know, people may be selling used reference books at MT
Daily (although I don't ever remember seeing anybody selling them, and
although I hate to recommend that someone go there) -- there is also a
buy and sell board on the message area at MT Desk.
This guy is also supposed to have good deals on used books, but I have
never checked him out personally. Send for info:
Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller
Falls Village, CT 06031-500
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TKNeal
Tonya
Melinda Meahan wrote in message <362846...@value.net>...
O2BSewing
>Can anyone advise me on the cheapest way to obtain reference books
If you live in Portland, Oregon, the OHSU bookstore sells Stedman books at 3 or
5% off, plus you don't pay postage.
I have gotten used ones at Powell's Bookstore also. Picked up a Dorland's
Medical Speller there for $22.
Connie
L. Hug
You can e-mail him what specialties you're looking for and he'll e-mail
you back a list of what he has available. The quality of the books I've
received is is really quite good! The address I have is:
nort...@lightlink.com
Liz
nos...@mindspring.com
>Can anyone advise me on the cheapest way to obtain reference books.
>be purchasing a quantity of books, including AAMT style guide. I'm spoiled
>to using reference books in office. I'm now at home.
Get the AAMT Book of Style from HPI ... www.hpisum.com ... along with
their other publications.
To avoid shipping charges, which are getting outrageous, you might
check with your local Borders or Barnes and Noble to see what they
carry or will order for you. A word of warning, though -- the clerks
there often are clueless about what edition you need and will happily
insist that whatever you're looking for is out of print. (The AAMT
style guide is now the Book of Style, etc., and the old one is out of
print.) Or, if the book isn't carried by *their* distributor, they'll
tell you it's not available to anyone anywhere anytime.
You might also post a plea on SMT and on other MT-related lists, such
as KAMT, for donations to your worthy cause. I think anybody who now
has to work at home is a worthy cause. The expense of having to do
that is hefty, especially if your employer sent you there unwillingly.
Recycling is a good thing. Every year about this time, lots of folks
send me their outdated editions, which I then send on to worthy
individuals, after extracting their promise to send them on to other
needy folks some day.
If you mail the books by "book rate," it's not expensive at all. No
need to send first class or insure. I've never lost a book-rate book,
and they often get there faster than a first-class package.
I definitely don't recommend buying outdated editions at reduced
prices. They're not worth it. They're outdated, after all. On the
other hand, you might offer to reimburse the postage.
Peggy
digitalcmt (at) mindspring (dot) com
DMGettings
Plus the other ways that folks have already mentioned :)
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Donna
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" -Mr. Carlson-WKRP
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Fran Rayhorn
TKNeal wrote:
> Can anyone advise me on the cheapest way to obtain reference books. Are
> there any medical book clubs? (God knows, there is a book club for
> everything else.) Is there any mail order or discount company that you are
> aware of. I will be starting a new job soon and seems like I will need to
> be purchasing a quantity of books, including AAMT style guide. I'm spoiled
> to using reference books in office. I'm now at home.
> Thanks in advance.
> Tonya