4.5. Books

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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 665 Barnes & Noble superstores throughout 49 states and the District of Columbia. It also owns about 155 mostly mall-based B. Dalton bookstores. In 2004 the company purchased all of the shares of its online arm, barnesandnoble.com that it didn't already own.

This is a good site with great selection and educational connections as well. Delivery options are better than others. The discount card is very useful and helps to keep customers loyal. Prices on-line are even better than in store prices. There are also bargain books where you can save a lot of money. Delivery was quick.

 

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From humble storefront beginnings in 1971 on a derelict corner of northwest Portland, Powell's Books has grown into one of the world's great bookstores, with seven locations in the Portland metropolitan area, and one of the book world's most successful dot-coms (www.powells.com), serving customers worldwide.

If you have ever visited their main store in Portland, OR--then you know how immense their collection is.  If not, trust us.  Their store is huge and so is their selection.  Additionally, if you want new or don't mind a used book, you are going to SAVE!  And right now, Powell's is offering free shipping with every purchase over $50!!

 

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A1Books is a bargain outlet for books in all categories at steep discounts; it carries more than a million titles which includes New Books and Used Books.

A1books is one of the largest Amazon marketplace partners and one of the deepest discount booksellers online today. A1Books delivers over 1 million titles ranging from bestsellers to textbooks to technical books like medical and law books at the lowest prices - You'll get as much as 50% off prices you'll find elsewhere.

Finding a rare or reduced published book is often difficult - clearly the internet allows us to find things we wouldn't find at the local book store. A1books.com definitely has helped me to find things I was unsuccessful at finding elsewhere.

 

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Books-A-Million captures the attention of bargain-seeking bookworms. The #3 US book chain (after Barnes & Noble and Borders Group) has about 170 stores (Books-A-Million and Books and Co.) in 18 southeastern states and the District of Columbia. Books-A-Million also runs about 35 smaller-sized Bookland and Books-A-Million stores, four freestanding Joe Muggs Newsstands (with coffee bars), and book wholesaler American Wholesale Book Co.

You may have seen their real stores around your area and received great savings there.  Well, there is no change online.  Everyday customers can enjoy 20-40% savings on most items and if you join the "Millionaire Club" for 5 bucks you can save an additional 10% off of every purchase!  Shipping is a $3 charge plus $0.95 extra for each item shipped (5-10 business days)

 

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Borders is the #2 bookstore operator in the US (after Barnes & Noble), Borders Group has stores in 50 states and in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. Its about 1,250 retail stores include more than 500 Borders superstores, about 700 mall-based Waldenbooks stores, and more than 35 UK-based Books etc. shops. They also sell music, videos, and DVDs.

Borders teamed with Amazon.com, the company also offers online shopping through www.borders.com and www.waldenbooks.com as well as similar sites in the U.K.

Borders is an excellent site to shop for books, music, and videos.  Not too fancy and not in the least bit dull, this site easily guides you to what you want and gets it to you in 3-7 business days at a price of $3 plus $0.95 per item.  To order, you must register yourself (free) and your profile is forever remembered.  

 

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Best Web Buys provides a fundamentally better way for consumers to shop. Most people shopping on the web go from store to store to find the products they want at the right price. With thousands of online stores to choose from, this process is tedious and time consuming. Best Web Buys' service allows consumers to search for products they want across several stores at the same time.

One of the first comparison shopping services on the Internet, Best Book Buys was launched in August 1997 by Steve Loyola.

 

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BookCloseOuts.com is an online bookstore that purchases book closeouts. These books are not used, they may have been handled by several different people but they are new. What happens is this, Book store owners want to make room for new books, so they send older books back to the publishers. When several book store owners do this simultaneously, it creates a problem for the publisher. Thus the need for the Book Close out.com Store. Because they offer close outs exclusively, you may not find the latest best sellers but you will find books written by your favorite author or favorite subject.

BookCloseouts.com offers an average discount over 60%.