Buying Books

[Roger Sankey]

I've had good luck with www.fatbrain.com and www.bookpool.com.

roger

At 08:46 PM 7/11/2002 -0400, you 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