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Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository

42 pointsby k33l0rabout 11 years ago

22 comments

herohabout 11 years ago
there are 100s of such services out there (most query many more retailers to find the lowest price) + some offer API access so you can do revenue sharing.<p>the biggest player in the space is <a href="http://bigwords.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bigwords.com</a>
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amaterasuabout 11 years ago
Another great alternative for this is booko.com.au.
gjm11about 11 years ago
Very nice!<p>Amazon offers multiple different kinds of shipping with different prices. (I expect the other vendors do too, but haven&#x27;t checked.) It looks as if Piranhas picks the default, but I&#x27;m a cheapskate and rarely have an <i>emergency</i> need for a book, and therefore tend to choose &quot;super saver&quot; delivery for any items it&#x27;s available for. If we&#x27;re comparing against shipping from overseas, this is clearly pretty reasonable.<p>It would be very cool if you could, e.g., indicate how quickly you want a book, and have Piranhas choose an appropriate shipping option for each vendor.
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k33l0rabout 11 years ago
I submitted this sometime ago when I first launched it, but it&#x27;s recently undergone a fairly major redesign (basically a full rewrite of both the front- and backends).
kmfrkabout 11 years ago
Very snazzy - looking forward to HTTPS. :)<p>Book Depository is a weird thing; for a couple of years, I was unable to buy books there, because they had met some kind of weird quota for my country. Wonder what was up with that, but I assume it has to do with some tax-dodging deal in Jersey or wherever they&#x27;re based.
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dublinbenabout 11 years ago
What is the benefit of searching five different national versions of Amazon?
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tomorokoshiabout 11 years ago
This is nice. Some years ago, I used a site called &quot;bestbookdeal&quot; that did pretty much the same thing.<p>One improvement that I would very much like to see is the ability to search for a set of books at once.
neilsharmaabout 11 years ago
like the simplicity. Maybe factor in used books and kindle versions? I almost never buy new books anymore. Also, half.com often have cheaper prices than amazon.
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sitkackabout 11 years ago
Why doesn&#x27;t this do used books? Why no alibris? Most books I do end up purchasing are not new. This site wouldn&#x27;t be of immediate use to me.
deweyabout 11 years ago
I never heard of Book Depository before but it&#x27;s cheaper than Amazon for most of the books on my wantlist. Neat! Thanks for posting.
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bvanceaabout 11 years ago
Really nice site, the interface looks really good and I&#x27;m very pleased to see the shipping price is also included in the listing.
chestnut-treeabout 11 years ago
This is super. Simple, easy interface. Search results are presented very nicely: clear and easy to scan. Excellent work. Bookmarked!
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ghostDancerabout 11 years ago
Brilliant , i always do this manually. It would be better, at least for me , if you could add also amazon.es :-). Thank you.
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elusivemowgliabout 11 years ago
Another website called dealoz.com provides the same service for books and a whole bunch of things like electronics.
Zolomonabout 11 years ago
There is a swedish version of this at <a href="http://bokfynd.nu" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bokfynd.nu</a>
whatusernameabout 11 years ago
For an Australian version: <a href="http://www.booko.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.booko.com</a>
dajohnson89about 11 years ago
Is there a reason why Barnes and Noble prices aren&#x27;t included in the comparison?
alixaxelabout 11 years ago
Sweet, I&#x27;ll use your website next time. :-)<p>Thanks, and as Borat says, &quot;big success&quot;!
incogmindabout 11 years ago
Great work.Would be cool if it shows ebook prices too when I do the search.
almogabout 11 years ago
Well done! I too often make these comparisons manually.
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hackuserabout 11 years ago
Why these three? Are you based in the UK?<p>Also, what is Wordery; I hadn&#x27;t heard of them. Why would I buy a book there rather than someplace else, other than price?
jayaramabout 11 years ago
pretty cool!<p>Is there a way to show what type(paperback, mp3, etc) somewhere in the title ?