Shopping for books is always a fun activity, especially if it is with proper planning. With the advent of online shopping buying books has become a lot easier and enjoyable as you can purchase any book you want from the convenience of your home.
People today not only purchase the hard copy of the books online but also with the increased usage of the mobile device people like to buy the online version of the book so that they can enjoy reading on their kindle or tablet computers.
Along with buying books on the internet, a new concept known as compare book prices online has also gained immense popularity. Comparing the price of the products online is a natural behaviour of the shoppers, but comparing the prices in a structured manner is a recent trend.
Today, most of the book lovers and the ardent readers prefer to visit the price comparison website to find the price of their favourite books, get a good deal and gain a host of other benefits. If you are looking to buy the latest release from your favourite author or the book that has won the latest Booker Prize you would surely want to compare the prices offered by different online book shops and find a retailer that is offering the best deal.
Apart from knowing the best deals on your favourite book, you can also use the comparison websites to read the reviews of the book you want to buy. You can find reviews from the readers who have read the book as well as from the book critics. This would give you a fair idea about how the book is perceived among the audience and also give you an insight on the story of the book and who is the protagonist.
Typically, these sites categorize the books in different ways based on the name of the author, genre, name of the publication company, time of publication and subject. Some of the comparison may also have categories like ‘rare books’, ‘viewer’s choice’, ‘latest releases’ and ‘top selling’.
Thus, unlike in a library or a high-end book store down the street where you have to browse through the different racks of books to find the one that you are looking for, you need not waste your precious time and energy to locate the book. Instead, you just have to click a mouse button on the preferred category and you would easily find the book you want.
When you compare book prices online it would be worthwhile to ask your friends on social networking platforms for reference on the best online book shop where you can get the book for cheap. While comparing the price you would want to ensure that the online book shop delivers the book to you without any shipping charge.
This is because you may find that a certain retailer is offering the book at the cheapest price but charges a few hundred dollars for shipping, whereas other retailer is offering the same book at a slightly higher price but is offering free shipping. It is important to consider the shipping charges and the delivery time to ensure that you get the best deal.
The last thing I need is to make it easier for me to add to my toppling TBR stack LOL
@disqus_gmoXW9BOB2:disqus haha. Consider it this way. We are going to buy books anyway. May as well get it for the best price 🙂