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Looking for a used bookstore like Abebooks, but not Amazon owned. Preferably with a large children's selection

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[โ€“] ijon_the_human@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Sometimes you can find second hand books from ebay and then check whether the seller has a separate webstore as well.

[โ€“] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

World of Books?

[โ€“] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You might have luck with some local second hand stores

Unfortunately, there's literally one used store in my city that's decent and the book stores here are like airport bookstores ๐Ÿซฃ

[โ€“] HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

I've used betterworldbooks in the past. New & used.

[โ€“] threatcat@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago

Iโ€™ve found good stuff on medimops.de

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Under funded here and pretty bad here

[โ€“] pinhead77@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Booklooker.de