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 Transformers Best of UK Time Wars 5 IDW Comic Book 12 2008 399 Cover Price $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 23h 56m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 GI Combat Comic Book DC Comics May 117 12 cents cover price $1.99 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 29m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 40TH EDITION HERO INITIATIVE LIMITED 2010 HC $19.95 Time Remaining: 23d 20h 7m Buy It Now for only: $19.95 |
 Brigade 0 Image Comic Book 9 1993 195 Cover Price Extreme Studios 1st Print $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 DETECTIVE COMICS BATMAN LOT OVER 40 BOOKS ONE PRICE $25.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 18h 44m |
 The Punisher 22 Marvel Comic Book 8 1989 100 Cover Price Ninja Training $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 WOLVERINE 300 ANNIVERSARY ISSUE MARVEL COMIC BOOK JAN 2011 499 COVER PRICE NEW $2.99 Time Remaining: 26d 15h 9m Buy It Now for only: $2.99 |
 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 31 EDITION TPB $4.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 18h 49m |
 The Punisher 41 Marvel Comic Book 10 1990 100 Cover Price Special NY Issue $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 41 EXCLUSIVE $35.00 Time Remaining: 23d 20h 46m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 NEW OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 42 PB MINT Cover Choice $21.95 Time Remaining: 5d 21h 11m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 The Punisher 24 Marvel Comic Book 10 1989 100 Cover Price Shadowmasters $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Archer Armstrong 4 Valiant Comic Book 11 1992 250 Cover Price and $0.99 Time Remaining: 17d 17h 27m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Amazing Spider man 1963 series 195 good Diamond price comic book $3.50 Time Remaining: 1d 13h 35m |
 The Punisher 26 Marvel Comic Book 11 1989 100 Cover Price Whistle Blower $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Deathblow 5 Image Comic Book 5 1994 195 Cover Price Variant Alternate $4.98 Time Remaining: 14d 18h 9m Buy It Now for only: $4.98 |
 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 11 Hardcover $9.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 23h 42m |
 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide No 11 1980s $15.98 Time Remaining: 5d 17h 15m Buy It Now for only: $15.98 |
 Brigade 25 Image Comic Book 5 1994 195 Cover Price Images of Tomorrow $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 The Beano Book 1967 Annual price unclipped some damage to spine $12.63 Time Remaining: 14h 34m |
 The Shroud 2 Marvel Comic Book 3 1994 vs The Scorpion 175 Cover Price $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 21 HC Fine Alex Schomburg Cap c 1991 $10.00 Time Remaining: 10d 21h 45m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 13 14 1983 House Of Collectibles Guide $6.99 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 36m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 Cable Deadpool 1 Marvel Comic Book 7 2011 100 Cover Price Greatest $2.98 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 25m Buy It Now for only: $2.98 |
 The Punisher 52 Marvel Comic Book 9 1991 100 Cover Price Maternity War $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Brigade 2 Image Comic Book 10 1992 195 Cover Price Genocide of 4 Limited $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 DC Universe Online Comic Books 1 to 16 Nr Mint Condition Great Price $14.99 Time Remaining: 22h 26m |
 The Punisher 60 Marvel Comic Book 2 1992 125 Cover Price Cage Appearance $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Nightmask 8 Marvel Comic Book 6 1987 New Universe 75 Cents Cover Price $0.99 Time Remaining: 19d 17h 24m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 VAMPI 1 2 Preview 1 25 SIGNED Complete Set 27 BOOKS COVER PRICE Vampire NUDE $73.25 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 11m Buy It Now for only: $81.13 |
 Daredevil 258 Marvel Comic Book 9 1988 75 Cent Cover Price Hunted By Bengal $0.99 Time Remaining: 8d 23h 35m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Superman 19 DC Comic Book 7 1988 75 Cent Cover Price Power Failure Copper $0.99 Time Remaining: 22h 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Fantastic Four 1961 series annual 14 Diamond price very fine comic book $3.99 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 21m |
 Doctor Strange 50 Marvel Comic Book 12 1981 Cent Cover Price Dr Master Mystic $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 World War Hulk 3 Marvel Comic Book 10 2007 399 Cover Price Limited Series $0.99 Time Remaining: 15d 2h 7m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 MARVEL WIZARD SPECIALS 2 BOOKS 1 PRICE PARADISE X AND MARVEL KNIGHTS SKETCH BOOK $5.00 Time Remaining: 20h 21m |
 Thunderbolts 113 Marvel Comic Book 6 2007 299 Cover Price The Initiative $0.99 Time Remaining: 12d 20h 9m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 WITCHING HOUR 28 F NO SCAN HALF PRICE COMICS BOOK $3.73 Time Remaining: 18d 22h Buy It Now for only: $3.73 |
 25th anniversary Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide X Men on cover $9.95 Time Remaining: 2d 22h 29m |
 Deathmate Blue Valiant Image Comic Book 10 1993 495 Cover Price Foil Edition $0.99 Time Remaining: 12d 13h 25m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 SUB MARINER 16 VG NO SCAN HALF PRICE COMICS BOOK $3.55 Time Remaining: 18d 21h 30m Buy It Now for only: $3.55 |
 SUPERMAN FROM KRYPTON TO METROPOLIS RARE DC FISHER PRICE BOOK $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 52m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 SUB MARINER 19 VG+ NO SCAN HALF PRICE COMICS BOOK $4.26 Time Remaining: 18d 21h 30m Buy It Now for only: $4.26 |
 NUKLA 2 VG NO SCAN HALF PRICE COMICS BOOK $5.33 Time Remaining: 18d 20h 50m Buy It Now for only: $5.33 |
 What If 1977 series 16 Diamond price very fine comic book $4.25 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 27m |
 The Wolverine Saga Book One Beginnings Cover Price $1.00 Time Remaining: 15d 7h 37m Buy It Now for only: $1.00 |
 Ascension 14 Top Cow Image Comic Book 6 1999 First Print 250 Cover Price $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 LOT OF 15 OLD COMICS BOOKS FROM ESTATE AUCTION SELL DEAL LOW START PRICE $5.99 Time Remaining: 2d 9h 57m Buy It Now for only: $35.99 |
 2010 Vintage Comic Book Price Guide Golden Age Now $17.99 Time Remaining: 2d 10h 42m Buy It Now for only: $17.99 |
 DAREDEVIL BLOW OUT 31 SIVER AGE BOOKS INCLUDES KEYS 2 7 VG VF GREAT PRICE $475.00 Time Remaining: 9d 14h Buy It Now for only: $475.00 |
 The Legion 3 DC Comic Book 2 2002 250 Cover Price $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 OFFICIAL OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE COMPANION $0.99 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 38m |
 Brigade 12 Image Comic Book 9 1994 250 Cover Price WildCats Appearance $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Brigade 11 Image Comic Book 8 1994 250 Cover Price Enter WildCats $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Comic books a nice collection for a low price $5.95 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 15m |
 Ghost Rider 18 Marvel Comic Book 10 1991 175 Cover Price Volume 2 $0.99 Time Remaining: 5d 11h 17m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Spitfire 1 Marvel Comic Book 10 2010 399 Cover Price Women of One Shot $1.98 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 29m Buy It Now for only: $1.98 |
 Wizard Comic Book Price Guide Annual 1995 1st Edition $2.94 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 53m |
 Brigade 14 Image Comic Book 11 1994 195 Cover Price First Printing Issue $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 19 SOFTCOVER 1989 $4.99 Time Remaining: 16d 16h 44m Buy It Now for only: $4.99 |
 NEW OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 42 HC MINT Cover Choice $26.95 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 18m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 25 VG SC Romita $3.00 Time Remaining: 14d 23h 53m Buy It Now for only: $3.00 |
 Turok Dinosaur Hunter 5 Valiant Comic Book 11 1993 250 Cover Price Dino $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 NEW OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 42 HC MINT Cover Choice $26.95 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 29m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 Turok Dinosaur Hunter 8 Valiant Comic Book 2 1994 250 Cover Price Dino $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Daredevil 17 Comic Books Black Widow Kingpin Wolverine Typhoid Mary LOW PRICE $9.99 Time Remaining: 10h 41m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 NEW OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 42 PB MINT Cover Choice $21.95 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 16m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 Tales From The Crypt 11 Papercutz Comic Book 3 2009 395 Cover Price Keeper $4.98 Time Remaining: 14d 18h 12m Buy It Now for only: $4.98 |
 The American 3 Dark Horse Comic Book 12 1987 175 Cover Price $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Big Little Books Price Guide Lot 4 Lowerys Jacobs Overstreet Comic Books Pulps $19.95 Time Remaining: 4d 19h 18m |
 Brigade 15 Image Comic Book 12 1994 250 Cover Price First Printing $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 NOT BRAND ECHH 5 GOOD NO SCAN HALF PRICE COMICS BOOK $3.55 Time Remaining: 18d 20h 50m Buy It Now for only: $3.55 |
 The Beano Book 1981 Annual price unclipped in good condition $6.31 Time Remaining: 14h 36m |
 Archie 565 65th Anniversary Comic Book 6 2006 225 Cover Price Home Econ $0.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 24m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Classic X Men 14 Marvel Comic Book 10 1987 100 Cover Price Storm Wolverine $0.99 Time Remaining: 10d 23h 15m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Brigade 1 Image Comic Book 8 1992 195 Cover Price 1st Issue Win This $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 The Beano Book 1986 Annual price unclipped in very good condition $6.31 Time Remaining: 14h 40m |
 The Titans 8 DC Comic Book 10 1999 250 Cover Price Argent Betray The Team $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 The Titans 45 DC Comic Book 11 2002 275 Cover Price Ghosts Of The Desert $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 The Beano Book 1990 Annual price unclipped in very good condition $6.31 Time Remaining: 14h 43m |
 ROCKY LANE WESTERN 42 VG FAWCETT 1952 NICE BOOK PRICED TO SELL $10.00 Time Remaining: 10d 17h 59m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 Loveless 6 Vertigo Comic Book 5 2006 299 Cover Price Love Less DC Direct $0.99 Time Remaining: 29d 16m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 OVERSTREET Comic Book Price Guide 8 Bondage Cover WONDER WOMAN TORCHY 1978 $6.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 13h 54m |
 Daredevil 239 Marvel Comic Book 2 1987 75 Cent Cover Price Rotgut Was Here $0.99 Time Remaining: 8d 19h 38m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 16 1986 VG $5.00 Time Remaining: 5d 18h 25m Buy It Now for only: $5.00 |
 2009 Comic Book Checklist Price Guide 15th Edition 1961 Present NO RESERVE $0.99 Time Remaining: 2d 9h 37m |
 Nova Marvel Vol 1 Complete SET 1 25 25 Books GREAT PRICE $60.00 Time Remaining: 7d 21h 16m Buy It Now for only: $60.00 |
 Oriental Heroes 3 Jademan Comic Book 10 1988 150 Cover Price 64 Pages $3.98 Time Remaining: 1d 54m Buy It Now for only: $3.98 |
 LOT OF 2 WIZARD COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE MAGAZINES 1994 1998 ROGUE LK $3.99 Time Remaining: 1d 13h 9m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 TOMB OF DRACULA 36 GOOD NO SCAN HALF PRICE COMICS BOOK $1.70 Time Remaining: 18d 21h 43m Buy It Now for only: $1.70 |
 Conan The Barbarian 201 Marvel Comic Book 12 1987 100 Cover Price Copper $1.68 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 11m Buy It Now for only: $1.68 |
 NEW OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 42 HC MINT Cover Choice $26.95 Time Remaining: 4d 10h 56m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 34 VF Bookstore SC $9.00 Time Remaining: 3d 1h 28m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 Daredevil 254 Marvel Comic Book 5 1988 75 Cent Cover Price Heart Attack $1.98 Time Remaining: 8d 19h 40m Buy It Now for only: $1.98 |
 Lot of Early 1990s Comic Books 16 Whole + 5 Missing Covers etc All One Price $0.99 Time Remaining: 5d 22h 24m |
 THOR 146 GOOD KIRBY NO SCAN HALF PRICE COMICS BOOK $4.87 Time Remaining: 18d 21h 39m Buy It Now for only: $4.87 |
 Oriental Heroes 4 Jademan Comic Book 11 1988 195 Cover Price 64 Pages $9.98 Time Remaining: 1d 45m Buy It Now for only: $9.98 |
 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 37 $9.80 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 52m |
 Dooms IV 4 Image Comic Book 10 1994 250 Cover Price First Printing $1.98 Time Remaining: 6d 23h 49m Buy It Now for only: $1.98 |
 Ninjak 9 Valiant Comic Book 11 1994 225 Cover Price Hunted by Death Dogs $0.99 Time Remaining: 20d 13h 28m Buy It Now for only: $0.99 |
Book Price
Searching for a Better Book Search: Reviewing the Top Websites and Tools for Finding the Lowest-Priced Used and New Books Online
As a lifelong book lover and recovering literature major on a limited budget, I need to be careful to keep my costs down while feeding my reading habit. Fortunately, it's never been easier to buy books cheaply online, though surprisingly, I had to search for a while to find the great book price comparer I was looking for.
What makes this surprising is that there seem to be plenty of good comparison shopping sites out there for plane tickets, designer shoes, and electronics. The best of these are easy on the eye, simple to navigate, and efficiently direct you to what you're looking for at a price that suits your budget. For book price comparing, though, such got-it-all price-search options are in short supply. After putting the leading book-buying websites through their paces (see chart below), I did, however, find a website and add-on that does a great job, makes the world a little better by donating to nonprofits or guarantees that if they don't find you the lowest priced online they will pay for your book!
I first started searching for cheap books online through general comparison shopping sites – like Google Shopping (www.google.com/prdhp)or MySimon.com – which the bargain shopper can use to buy anything from waffle irons to waffle-weave shirts. However, that becomes a problem when searching for books – it's nearly impossible to find exactly what you're looking for. Sorting through pages of discounted woks is not worth the trouble if what you're really looking for is one copy of 365 Ways to Wok.
Narrowing my focus to comparative shopping websites that focus exclusively on books, I was surprised that I didn't find an abundance of great choices. There is no shortage of sites that get kinda, sorta, get the job done, a few that are very reliable, but as noted, only one that stood out for giving me exactly what I was looking for.
Many book comparison websites are slow, inaccurate, or both, and sometimes even manipulative. Campusbooks.com, for instance, which is otherwise a fine site, has a "featured sellers" section at top that push the consumer to buy books at a higher rate than available at other sites – and sometimes, the price displayed in the "featured seller" section isn't even the cheapest price available on that website. Bestbookdeal.com, featuring graphics straight out of 1998, didn't seem to think that Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger, existed at all – I had to conduct a search using the book's ISBN number, and even then the site directed me to a page at the "cheapest" bookstore's website that no longer existed.
AddAll, the top Google search result for book comparison sites, is simply outdated. The site's graphics have that Dark-Ages-of-the-Internet look that gives me the willies and the search engine itself creeps along like it's horse-driven. Not only that, but the search function has big holes – I searched for an academic title with three co-authors, and AddAll listed the book as though it was written by one single person. The price comparison itself was questionable in its accuracy – for at least one of the test searches I conducted, I was able to find a cheaper price by just searching directly on Amazon.
Many of these sites were definitely mechanically challenged. BigWords.com, aside from looking frenetic (one assumes it's an attempt to be hip for the college crowd), also required me to return to the homepage every time I wanted to conduct a new search or tweak my initial search. BookFinder.com required me to pore over search results to find the correct edition of the novel I was looking for—and worse is v-v-v-e-r-y s-l-o-w. AllBookstores.com required several extra clicks to get me to the actual price comparison, and the comparison page itself is a sort of baroque spreadsheet that is difficult to make sense of at a glance. BooksPrice.com struggled to find me the academic work I was searching for – it was buried somewhere in the search results, despite being the only book with its title.
So what was my favorite? The Bargain Book Mole gets my best-of-the-best vote for several reasons. First, their search results are clear, accurate, and delivered fast. You can see everything you need in one place: price, shipping, total cost, and the details of the book's condition. Second, the site is pleasant to look at (though admittedly ever since reading Wind in the Willows as a kid, I've always been partial to moles). Third, and best of all, I like their browser add-ons which allow you to search for the lowest prices on the fly; that is, no matter what website you're on, when you're looking at details about a book, a small tab descends. Click it, and-- without leaving the website you were on--you get a quick search for the lowest prices online, including all the details you want such as condition details, shipping costs etc. Last, they have an extra kicker no other price-comparison site does: if you search using www.BargainBookMole.org, they donate 5% of the affiliate fees they receive (this comes from the bookselling websites, it never costs us/the-user anything) to nonprofits such as the Authors Guild, scholarship funds, and organizations promoting literacy. Or if you buy through www.BargainBookMole.com, they promise that they'll find you the lowest price online or the book is on them.
About the Author
Liz Turner is a freelance writer and assistant editor at www.EchoPointBooks.com, a publisher focused on republishing lost gems.
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