Buying Books

[John Turner]

The BEST site for tech books is http://www.bookpool.com

John

On Thursday, July 11, 2002, at 08:46 PM, James Brigman wrote:

> Hey guys and gals;
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> I need to buy a couple of reference books for solaris. On the books I=20=

> need in this case, I'm finding prices vary wildly as I shop different=20=

> places.
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> Borders stocks the particular books, but courteously declined to match=20=

> online prices, whether their own or someone elses.=A0That's a big =
deal,=20
> because in one case, their price is well above list price for the book=20=

> (and it's reviews aren't all that great).Books-A-Million has great=20
> prices but poor local stock. Right now I'm looking at bamm.com and=20
> amazon, would prefer not to buy from amazon because of all the =
magazine=20
> spam they hit you with when you do buy something....
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> I've not shopped very much locally because I figure the selection will=20=

> be poor and prices high. But I could be wrong about that, so I'm=20
> asking. Do any of you have good recommendations for where to buy =
books,=20
> whether local or online? Does the savings from online purchases always=20=

> evaporate with the cost of shipping?
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> Thanks;
> JKB