Buying Books

[Shaw Family]

> James Brigman wrote:
> 
> Hey guys and gals;
> 
> I need to buy a couple of reference books for solaris. On the books I
> need in this case, I'm finding prices vary wildly as I shop different
> places.
> 
> Borders stocks the particular books, but courteously declined to match
> online prices, whether their own or someone elses. That's a big deal,
> because in one case, their price is well above list price for the book
> (and it's reviews aren't all that great). Books-A-Million has great
> prices but poor local stock. Right now I'm looking at bamm.com and
> amazon, would prefer not to buy from amazon because of all the
> magazine spam they hit you with when you do buy something....
> 
> I've not shopped very much locally because I figure the selection will
> be poor and prices high. But I could be wrong about that, so I'm
> asking. Do any of you have good recommendations for where to buy
> books, whether local or online? Does the savings from online purchases
> always evaporate with the cost of shipping?
> 
> Thanks;
> JKB

Hi JKB,

I recently priced some Solaris books and bought a RedHat book online.  I
found quite a difference in prices between online and local places, more
than $20 or more.  I went to Mysimon.com and compared prices and
shipping costs.  When I bought the RedHat book I got free shipping and
saved $17 over the list price for the book.  There were other online
places that were cheaper but they charged for shipping.  My advice would
be to get prices locally and then compare to prices including shipping
from online places as well.  Good Luck in you search for a good deal!

Regards,

Mike

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