How can I obtain out-of-print dinosaur books?
27th August 2002
Question
Are there any reliable channels - especially in the UK - for getting
hold of out-of-print books like:
- Robert Bakker - The Dinosaur Heresies
- John Horner - The Complete T. Rex
- Gregory Paul - Predatory Dinosaurs of the World
Given the enormous popularity of dinosaurs, how can it be that they've
been allowed to go out of print?
Answer
The general consensus answer to this seems to be simply to try used
book stores, used book-finding services, etc.. One
correspondent reports having seen both The Dinosaur Heresies
and Predatory Dinosaurs in second-hand stores, and bought his
copy of The Dinosauria in one.
Fortunately for web-potatoes such as myself, there are several
out-of-print book-search services on the internet, including:
If you live in the US, then your local amazon branch,
www.amazon.com
provides a used-book searching service for many (though not all) out
of print titles; unfortunately,
www.amazon.co.uk
doesn't offer this service. I also don't know of any UK-specific
used-book search services analagous to those mentioned above.
