I promised one of the programmers here a plug for his hobby site he does at home for fun.

It helps you find the cheapest place to find your books:

http://www.bargainbooksearch.com

Check it out and maybe give him some feedback. There is a link on his site I think that emails him.

I tried it out and it found a book for me that I paid $27 for at Barnes & Noble store at our local mall a few weeks ago for only $16.50 from Walmart.com. I was shocked to find out that Amazon which I thought was pretty darn cheap woulda cost about $20. I believe he includes eBay prices for the book in his results too when he can find it on eBay.

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It brings up nothing, Sara.

I believe there was a misspelling in the original link. I believe this is what was intended for us to see.

Thanks Chatter! Pretty nice site Sara!

I spelled it wrong, and corrected it now.

It's not the prettiest site, but the book comparison part does a good job of finding you the cheapest price.

I looked for a book by a particular author, it found 8. I chose the first one on the list and it came up with an error "Details are not available for book ISBN" and directed me to a random book by someone else.

R2

I looked up several and had no problem at all. Each had many choices. Of course, there are several sites that do that.

that bit works but the problem occurred when I selected a particular one...

But I did buy a book last night although not from that route!

And I found out that a £25 book I now have costs £150 everywhere else!

R2

Good for you, Region! You made a good investment!

I tried it and found a great book at the cheapest price was at the Amazon Market Place. 6.50 vice
29.95 retail.

Can't beat that, Shop!

I must admit that Amazon are hard to beat for new books.
I did try the site Sara recommended for three books, but found none; one split the forename and surname of the author to search unless I put quotes round them - yes, I know that is standard practice, but a line or two of code would make it better.
Most of the older books I get are from car boot sales or library clearances - the latter usually ten for £1.

Mike, what is a car boot sale?

Definitions of car boot sale on the Web:

• an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car
  
  
• Car boot sales are a mainly British form of market in which private individuals come together to sell their unwanted items. In U.S. terms, a car boot sale would be considered somewhere between a garage sale and a swap-meet. Though garage sales are not unknown in the UK, car boot sales are much more popular.
  

Use define: car boot sale on google!

R2

Kool idea...no tables needed!...Well, take that back. They do use tables! Hmmm, don't think all that stuff would fit in my car!

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Originally posted by Mrs.M.:
Mike, what is a car boot sale?

R2 has already explained; I believe the nearest in USA parlance is a yard sale.
They are nearly always on a Sunday and start at the crack of dawn.
Some are indoors, in old factory buildings.

The spectrum is from pure amateurs selling unwanted items to professional market traders selling everything from clothes to plants to junk tools from the Far East.

The base sales tend to be a mixture of all these; bigger ones are termed 'Sunday markets' and can be so big that there are hundreds of stalls.

In France, they close the roads in the village!

R2 and others at this side of the pond - my favourites are:
Thoresby Park (Notts)
Skirlington (East Yorks)
Penrith (Cumbria)
Wetherby Racecourse (North Yorks)

All these are very large!

Don’t understand the boot/bonnet relationship. A boot is for a foot, which is used for movement, which is similar to an engine. A bonnet is for a head, which is used for storing (remembering) things, which is similar to a trunk. Seems like boot and bonnet are backwards.

There are car trunk sales in the U.S., only they are called “selling stolen merchandise”.

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Originally posted by Rick:
Don’t understand the boot/bonnet relationship. A boot is for a foot, which is used for movement, which is similar to an engine. A bonnet is for a head, which is used for storing (remembering) things, which is similar to a trunk.

Unless you happen to be an elephant, Rick!

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Seems like boot and bonnet are backwards.

There are car trunk sales in the U.S., only they are called “selling stolen merchandise”.

These are more like "Let's make some money instead of chucking this rubbish in the bin"

It gets worse, Rick! While the USA have hoods for bonnets in the context of cars - we here, in longcase clocks, term the part surrounding the dial and movement, a "hood". Guess what the Americans call it? Yes - a bonnet!
This is the sort I mean; this is mine from ca 1720

Well, lets see. A bonnet is the end where you put the oil. The boot is where you always have all the junk except for a good tire and jack when you need one. The above is for all of us that do not drive the old VW Beatle.
Cheers.

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Originally posted by I'd rather be shopping:
Well, lets see. A bonnet is the end where you put the oil. The boot is where you always have all the junk except for a good tire and jack when you need one.

My wife's Dyane, then, as usual, breaks convention as the spare wheel and jack are under the bonnet! (the front bit with the engine in it, likewise the Ami and Visa)

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The above is for all of us that do not drive the old VW Beatle.
Cheers.

I am not sure whether Paul and Ringo would be impressed with the typographic error or not!