Web sites for buying books

www.amazon.com (the most famous)
www.abebooks.com (shipping is often cheaper than Amazon)
www.isbn.nu
www.alldirect.com (this was my favorite, but they went out of business)
www.bestbookdeal.com
www.booksprice.com is now bookscouter.com
www.campusbooks.com
www.bookkoob.com (UK?)
www.A1Books.com
www.aaabooksearch.com
www.bestwebbuys.com
www.bookfinder4u.com
www.bookfinder.com
www.addall.com
www.AnyBook4Less.com
www.firstandsecond.com (Indian; see Rupee-to-dollar currency calculator)
www.Bookpool.com
www.half.com (now redirects to eBay)
www.froogle.com ("google.com/shopping")
www.DealOz.com (was www.campusi.com)
www.bigwords.com
www.bamm.com (Boooks-A-Million)
www.barnesandnoble.com
www.alibris.com
www.textbooks.com (Textbooks.com is closing April 30, 2026)
www.valorebooks.com
www.bookburro.com
www.virginmega.com
www.elephantbooks.com
www.1bookstreet.com
www.bookwire.com (bookwire has apparently pivoted to digital publishing)
www.totallycheap.com
www.bookfetch.info
www.bookburro.org (Firefox plugin)
www.directtextbook.com
www.fetchbook.info
www.bublos.com
New: www.worldofbooks.com

Other lists like this one:
Yahoo list of book price comparison sites
http://www.starburst100.com/top100books.htm
http://rootshell.be/~yong321/computer/buycomputerbook.html
http://www.softpanorama.org/Links/links2bookstores.shtml

The Public Library:
Wake Co., NC public library online catalog (was here, then here)