Buying Books

Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:53:54 -0400

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here's where i get lots of my stuff:

Doubleday Select Inc

Book Club Service Center

PO Box 6040

Riverside NJ 08370-6040

Phone: 317-542-8822 

E-mail Address: service@booksonline.com

Web Site: http://lcis.booksonline.com/lcis
<http://lcis.booksonline.com/lcis> 

it is like the columbia house records where i used to buy my vinyl.  they
send you a thingie each month, and you can purchase the selection of the
month or choose from the catalog.  they don't automatically ship some spam
book to you if you don't send back the selection card.

if anyone wants to join, holler.  i get two free books for recruiting a new
member.  you can have one, and i'll have the other.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Brigman [mailto:jbrigman@nc.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:46 PM
To: ncsa-discussion@ncsysadmin.org
Subject: Buying Books

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

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<o:p>it is like the columbia 
house records where i used to buy my vinyl.&nbsp; they send you a thingie each 
month, and you can purchase the selection of the month or choose from the 
catalog.&nbsp; they don't automatically ship some spam book to you if you don't 
send back the selection card.</o:p>
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<o:p>if anyone wants to 
join, holler.&nbsp; i get two free books for recruiting a new member.&nbsp; you 
can have one, and i'll have the other.</o:p></DIV>
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 <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: James Brigman 
 [mailto:jbrigman@nc.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:46 
 PM To: ncsa-discussion@ncsysadmin.org Subject: Buying 
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 <DIV>Hey guys and 
 gals;</DIV>
 <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
 <DIV>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. </DIV>
 <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
 <DIV>Borders stocks 
 the particular books, but courteously declined to match online prices, whether 
 their own or someone elses.&nbsp;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....</DIV>
 <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
 <DIV>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?</DIV>
 <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
 <DIV>Thanks;</DIV>
 <DIV>JKB</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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