01 Where can I find book X by author Y?
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This article is from the Books FAQ, by Evelyn C. Leeper eleeper@jaguar.stc.lucent.com with numerous contributions by others.
01 Where can I find book X by author Y?
The United States's most complete bookstore is the combination of BOOKS IN
PRINT and the U. S. Post Office. BIP will tell you the price and the
publisher's address. Send them a check for the price and they will be happy
to send you the book. We do it all the time. Some publishers grudgingly
send a note with the book saying "Next time please include N% for postage
and handling," or even a bill for the additional amount. You can always
call and ask first. At least once they sent a check with the book because
if ordered direct, they gave a discount. We rarely order through a
bookstore because it is so much easier to order the book and have it sent to
us directly. (This is probably not true for mass-market paperbacks where
the handling charges would be more than the book!)
In addition, Cindy Tittle Moore (tittle@netcom.com) maintains a list of
book catalogues and book clubs which is posted to rec.arts.books and
news.answers every thirty-five days. Copies of this list may be obtained by
anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu under
/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/catalogues. Or, send email to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/books/catalogues" in
the body of the message.
If, on the other hand, you just want to borrow the book, ask your library
about inter-library loans--chances are good they can find it for you in
a library they have reciprocal agreements with even if they don't have
it themselves.
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