iHCPL Books, Readers and Beyond: #53 Finding Books Online Exercise 2

Search for one of the books you selected in the previous post. Is it available from a bookstore? Which one, and at what price? (In dollars or in other books.) Can you find an eBook or Audio version online? On which site did your find it? (If you can’t find it online, please list in your blog the sites you searched.)

From Post 52 exercise 1 I picked Behind the scenes at the museum by Kate Atkinson. I started my searching at Brazos Bookstore and found a copy, at least a mail-order copy, right away.

Encouraged, I scrolled down to see if there was an audio or eBook edition. Not seeing, one I went up to the top of the screen and clicked on eBook Help. There was lots of helpful information about eBooks in general there, but no convenient link for a search.

I tried Bartleby next, but no luck there. There was considerable information on getting rid of stomach fat, but that was off the topic. Since the title is still under copyright I skipped 20+ Places for Public Domain E-Books. I thriftily tried the Public Library next, but there was no electronic version at the eBranch. I tried ManyBooks.net from the list Best Places to Get Free Books - The Ultimate Guide. Browsing titles I did find Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House, a memoir by Elizabeth Keckley, published in 1868. An appropriate choice for Black History Month, but once again off the topic of my current search. I next searched the long tail of Amazon, beyond the home page ad for the new Kindle 2, I entered the title, and got the same trade paper edition displayed by Brazos (although at a discounted price) and a link to the Audio Download from their “trusted partner,” Audible.com, once again, at a discounted price.

I believe that this completely answers the question.