thepurplebook: The Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping

by Hillary Mendelsohn

WE TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF ONLINE SHOPPING

Attention shoppers! Tens of thousands of Internet retailers are clamoring for your business, but you stand a greater chance of being struck by lightning than of finding the best online shops out there. Now get ready to be struck by lightning over and over again, because you hold in your hands the first edition of the most complete, authoritative guide to online shopping that has ever been available— thepurplebook™ .

Here are more than 1,600 of the best Internet shopping sites— selected, tested, and organized for your information and convenience. Every site in this book has been poked, prodded, scrutinized, and held to a rigorous set of standards. For every store reviewed here, six or seven were left out because they simply were not up to par.

Those sites that are featured have demonstrated superior qualities of product selection, consumer service, and/or price, covering a full range of tastes and interests. thepurplebook , at long last, makes it easy to find the right something for yourself and everyone on your shopping list.

Find vital information and the most exciting sites for these essential categories:

Art & Collectibles
Charity
Entertainment
Epicurean
Gadgets & Electronics
Health & Beauty
Home & Garden
Lifestyles & Megastores
Maternity
Minors
Men’s Apparel
Pets
Seniors
Shoes & Accessories
Sports & Outdoors
Stationery & Gifts
Travel
Weddings
Women’s Apparel

Genres: Reference

672 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[Holly Rich · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even though this was printed in 2004, I still refer back to just about every one of the [what seems like millions of:] categories. This book is a great compilation!