I'm still staying away from Amazon so when I need a book, I look elsewhere. Recently, I found betterworldbooks.com. I've bought new and used from them. Sometimes the new books are a little more expensive than amazon but the used books look like they've never been opened. They also donate a book for every one you buy. I'm surely able to suggest them to my friends.

one of my favorites
https://www.powells.com/

one of the marvelous landmarks of Old Portland before the fall.

I've used both Abebooks and Thrift Books in the recent past. I try to avoid Amazon, their prices on used can be absurd.

https://www.abebooks.com/?cm_m...1fcdae181cb6e0a5493e

https://www.thriftbooks.com/?m...15881f035b482cbad8db

Amazon owns Abebooks. Alibris may be an alternative.

http://www.hpb.com/home?&size=25&#product-panel-home

Half Price Books. Not quite the selection that ABE Books has (much less Amazon), more so than Thrift, pricing is so-so. Worth a look if you're shopping.

Local book stores.

I go to bookfinder.com and see what pops up.

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Originally posted by 46and2:
Local book stores.

You got one over there in Walnut Grove? What year is it there?

They are rare but when I come across one I pretty much automatically stop in.

Try Bookshelf

You order online, but the sale goes thru a "local" bookstore that you select when ordering. Bookshop then does the shipping. The idea is to support independent (non-Amazon) bookstores while giving you the convenience of ordering online.

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The idea is to support independent bookstores while giving you the convenience of ordering online.

That's how amazon started.

Local library. I can borrow a book via my Kindle Reader.

Thrift Books. I haven't seen an honest to gosh local bookstore since '93, which was Jenny's Book Nook in Fremont, CA.

Local library ... check out, read, return. Very few books these days I want to keep, and the ones I do are usually on the library book sale rack for fifty-cents.

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Originally posted by old dino:
Local library ... check out, read, return. Very few books these days I want to keep, and the ones I do are usually on the library book sale rack for fifty-cents.

They generally don’t have modern textbooks though and that’s 95% of what I buy.