buying books online...what's your strategy!

I buy most of my books at half.com, and the rest at amazon. Half.com has cheaper shipping, so if the price is about the same at both sites, I'll go with half.com. But I also consider quality, and the seller's rating, so I don't always buy the cheapest book I can find. I also swap books at paperbackswap.com, which is nice if I have books I want to get rid of but that aren't worth enough to bother selling them.

Have you ever tried www.half.com? Sometimes you can get the book brand new, but cheaper than regular online retailers. I used to use them a lot when I was buying books. I even got some college textbooks from them. Also, www.bn.com gives you free shipping when you buy 25 dollars worth or more.

Amazon.ca, indigo.ca and ebay.ca are within an online mall which gives Air Miles when purchases are made, so I try and stick to those three websites. I don't much like ebay anymore because the shipping rates are astronomical and not worth it when you buy a book for $1. At least with Amazon, the prices are lower than the cover prices and if you spend $39 shipping is free, same with indigo. But with Amazon the purchases have to be made from Amazon and not an outside seller, so I have to watch out for that when I am making my purchases.

When I buy new books, Amazon is usually the cheapest though Overstock.com also has some good prices. I have found that Barnes & Noble doesn't have quite as low prices as Amazon. If I am buying used books, I check Bookfinder.com and it pulls up nearly every book dealer on the entire Internet [except in ebay]. If I can't find the book cheap enough or the shipping seems too high, I check ebay's prices too. I do try to buy the cheapest book but I also factor in the shipping fee too and sometimes the cheapest book is the one with the lowest shipping but a higher price on the book. So, I do my homework when ordering books just to read.

I usually just stick with ebay or amazon. You can usually find decent quality second hand books at both of those sites. For me though, nothing beats going to the actual book store. I can sit in there for hours on end perusing all the new titles.

Now it seems I will buy books online from the same website. As to buying books online, at first I will see how much discount that they can offer me. Sometimes they can even give me 60% off so it's fantastic to buy it online. Secondly I will see how much the delivery cost is. Now I am satisfied to buy books online because they can send it to me free of charge if my payment can reach RMB100(USD13). Third I will see whether they have a lot of books to sell. If they can recommend good books which I'm interested in, I will also buy it.

actually i never bought a book online. but im having plans for that since i love books. well then when i get the thought of doing that, i'll make sure i know the author very well that would assure me of how worthy am i buying for. then of course, i won't buy it unless i really need it that badly. the amount matters as well since i noticed some of the products online a bit expensive than purchasing it here in my town.

I honestly prefer amazon,they are much cheaper and you can qualify for free shipping on some books. No wait time and the books are always in great condition.

I would only usggest that you should go to the market and explore it because some time we get some good advance version of that. But yes if you are looking for a particular book then you can take it from online.

I have never bought books online before until just recently and it was just one, for CJ. He loves, Murder She Wrote and wanted to have a book by her. I researched it online and found several sites that were selling the books. I basically went with the less expensive and crossed my fingers for the outcome. I was very impressed with, DeepDiscount.com. They sent the book within a few days and it was in excellent shape; CJ just loved it. My daughter sent me an gift certificate from Amazon and I used it to get a book I wanted quite awhile ago and was very impressed with the results as well. That's about as far as my experience goes when it comes to online book purchases.

I like to see books in libraries or book shops so I can check them out. If I really like one of them and want to buy a copy of it I look for it on Amazon. Sometimes it there are some sellers that offer a cheaper second hand copy of the book. Often sellers charge less than Amazon would itself. I do buy things on E Bay sometimes, but is sad to miss out on a special book that I really wanted to have. Once I found a first edition of the favorite book I read when I was a child.

Hi,simplyshawn! I have never bought books online but I'm a member of a book club.I often visit the website of this club,choose the books I like and then go to the neariest outlet of this club to buy my targets.