I enjoy seeing people blog about how they use BookFinder.com. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been coming across some great feedback from folks who work in academic support roles:
Chris, Stony Brook University (New York)
“Bookfinder - Saved me probably hundreds of dollars during grad school. Yes, officially we tell you to buy your books at the campus bookstore. Unofficially, I’m telling you to buy them online. Bookfinder searches booksellers around the country to find books you need. Every semester, I’d go to the bookstore, write down the ISBN numbers of the books I needed, and look ‘em up. I’d much rather spend nine bucks to buy a book from an independent bookstore in Kansas than spend forty bucks at Barnes & Noble.” [via]
Roland (personal blog of a university admissions guy) (California)
“I was searching for a book that is out of print. Amazon found one (used) copy in the US at $162.65. I went to BookFinder.com and was directed to Amazon’s UK site, where I was directed to an independent bookseller with a new copy of the book for £5.95 plus £6.95 for shipping. That was nice.” [via]
Meg, University of Evansville Library (Indiana)
“Book Finder is a neat site/tool that allows you to compare prices on more than 125 million books for sale from 4,000 sellers. So there’s no need to go to Amazon, Half.com and all the other book sites when Book Finder can search them for you.” [via]
Keith, Texas Woman’s University (Texas)
Posted by Anirvan“Since I work with faculty to develop online courses, I have a lot of favorite web tools. Here are some that I also think are helpful for students… http://www.bookfinder.com/ allows you to search multiple sites for textbooks and compare prices” [via]
