Book Ase
Book Asehttp://www.bookase.com [Note that this site was not recommended by a WikiUser, i.e., no one here has experience with them]
Who on this Wiki thinks that BookAse is a good or bad pick for listing on WhereToBuyBooks?
Please comment, discuss, and/or describe your experiences working with BookAse on this page.
Is there some good reason why BookAse should NOT be included in the list on WhereToBuyBooks?
(The argument that "It's covered by the search engines listed there." would be a good argument. Deleting all reference to BookAse from this Wiki would not be considered a good argument; it would be considered unsociable.)
[Is there some good reason why BookAse should NOT be included in the list on WhereToBuyBooks?]
Registrant:
Aura International 82, Samrat Apartments B-11, Vasundhara Enclave Delhi, Delhi 110096 India Registered through: GoDaddy?.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: BOOKASE.COM Created on: 17-Mar-09 Expires on: 17-Mar-11 Last Updated on: 09-Mar-10 Administrative Contact: Sehgal, Amit jangoint@gmail.com Aura International 82, Samrat Apartments B-11, Vasundhara Enclave Delhi, Delhi 110096 India (981) 086-7988 Fax -- Technical Contact: Sehgal, Amit jangoint@gmail.com Aura International 82, Samrat Apartments B-11, Vasundhara Enclave Delhi, Delhi 110096 India (981) 086-7988 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: NS21.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS22.DOMAINCONTROL.COMTurns out, the're open and honest about their location:
http://www.bookase.com/books/about_us.php "Company Summary: BookAse.com is an online price comparison search engine for the major online bookstores worldwide. [...] We are Located in India."
"Our Address:
Aura International 82, Samrat Apartments B-11, Vasundhara Enclave Delhi 110096, India Contact No.: +91 9810867988(It's not my company: I had never heard of BookAse until I noticed them getting kicked from the WhereToBuyBooks page, and wanted to know why.)
I don't think we should exclude them just because they're in India. We do have an international membership and audience.
On the other hand, I don't see a good reason to believe that this used book search service is any better than the others listed on WhereToBuyBooks.
On the positive side, a search on "bookase sucks" does not find any results critical of BookAse.
I think that their user interface is a bit nicer than the other WhereToBuyBooks search engines. And they offer a WhereToSellBooks? search feature, with suggested prices, which is nice -- but seems to be incomplete (IE: missing big commonly-used vendors). And they're connected to a WhereToDonateBooks? site, BetterWorldBooks?.com (http://www.betterworldbooks.com/) -- JeffGrigg
So, are we here to advertise any online bookstore, or is it all about recommending places that we have done good business with to other WikiUsers? What about it says that it offers something better for WikiUsers, and who recommended it? Why do we try so hard to keep out spam? It looks to me like they came along and added themselves.
True, but they did add their name in the right place -- which is a heck of a lot better than most spammers. So it looks like we have one legitimate wiki user who likes them. I think I'll try them next time I'm looking for a book, to see how they compare to the other search engines.
April 2010: I used BookAse and the other search engines on WhereToBuyBooks to find a book. I found BookAse competitive: It has a better user interface, and no other search service had a better book price. I bought the book through BookAse. -- JeffGrigg
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