Where do you buy/get your books from?

[Vinoth]

@mayank: use Mysmartprice.com for price comparison.. not just for books but for many other products... a very good site by the way...

[Ankit]

use thisyathat.com for comparison...
Although homeshop18.com ROCKS. Best deal with Free shipping. No constrain about min purchase.

[Parikhit]

Rags wrote: "@Parikhit hey do post the list . would love to see it"

Hey Rags, sorry didn't see this post earlier. I do hope I remember all of them

Palace Walk
Palace of Desire
Coolie
Untouchable
Private Life Of An Indian Prince
R.K. Narayan and O. Henry collections
Cancer Ward
To the Lighthouse
The Old Man and the Sea

This is what I can recollect now.

[Rags]

hey no prob. quite a nice list :)

[Ahtims]

Debolina wrote: "Smitha: I guess they'll send you the remaining books too. This happened with me too, 02 of the books I ordered were out of stock. They got it shipped from the US and then sent it to me..."

they've apologized for the non availability and given me a 100 rs. discount for each book not got, but I have to spent Rs. 1000 in order to avail the offer :D
I dont think they'd do so as its already 3 months

[Rajuda]

Homeshop18 certainly has an edge over others in terms of both price and delivery. Regardless of the rider, their goodwill gesture of offering a gift certificate of Rs 100 on orders confirmed but not executed deserves to be applauded.

Prior to the purchase, for maximum discount on the cover price of a book, it is better to visit sites like 'this ya that'. You can read further details at: http://www.teega.com/2012/05/your-sea...

[* chocomusic *]

The cøølest place ever . THE LIBRARY

[Umang]

Library, Flipkart..
But I am amazed to hear that homeshop18.com is also good for books..!!will defntly try it next time!
Thanks for the eyeopener, jst compared the prices on flipkart and homeshop18!

[Ahtims]

Homeshop 18 is considerably cheaper.

[❄️ Propertea Of Frostea ❄️ Bitter SnoBerry ❄]

* chocomusic * wrote: "The cøølest place ever . THE LIBRARY"

LOL yeah, but any specific 'BookCastle"? ☺

[* chocomusic *]

Numey♥{Gifted~Cats*Books}☮ wrote: "* chocomusic * wrote: "The cøølest place ever . THE LIBRARY"

LOL yeah, but any specific 'BookCastle"? ☺"

is that another awsme name for the library

[Ahtims]

thanks Zoso.

[Gurdeesh]

For Delhiites,there is a second hand bookstore in Shalimar Bagh AL market by the name of Bobby Book Store.

You can get books like mills n boons,the chiclit books or by authors like Sidney Sheldon,John Grisham,Arthur Hailey,Danielle Steele,Agatha Christie and some bestsellers

He gives you the book at half the price or less and buys back the same books at half the price of what you paid him for the book.

anybody aware of any other bookstores in Delhi?

[Ashish]

thisyathat is useful. I used to check Flipkart, Indiaplaza, Infibeam, etc. for the best price. thisyathat makes it simple.

[Ajay]

anyone checked a site: www.bookchums.com
Any experience?

[Ahtims]

I've downloaded a few of their free books

[Souvik]

I prefer www.flipkart.com and www.infibeam.com

[Gayatri]

I too prefer buying books from flipkart.com!

[Shivani]

I had been to Daryaganj market here in Delhi. It is a mammoth market. You can easily get a book in very good condition for just Rs.50/- and a new brand book for Rs.100/- or Rs.150/-. I was wondering to look at the prices of the new ones. But in that case, if you find a book worth reading at low prices, it is a good bargain. Purchasing books from there requires a lot of time. Since, books are available only on Sundays, I don't mind going there once in 3-4 months and buying a good stock at one time. The market starts in the morning and goes on till the evening. I went with my husband and kids, the kids were so amazed to see such a huge collection but got tired after two hours of toil. It is better to go alone.

[Sudhang]

indiabookstore.net

[Ram]

I often buy books from BuyBooksIndia.com, Indiatimes, HS18, LandmarkOnNet.com, IndiaPlaza, uRead and BookAdda. All the above mentioned websites are reliable. I've no issues with any of them.

[Tanvi]

been buyng frm flipkart only.guess need to start lukin up on odr websites too.

[Tanvi]

oh!! didn't knew that.
this indeed is a very good news.

[Raghunath]

Landmarkonthenet.com and flipkart.com are the cheapest guys. Haven't tried uread.com yet. :) Never buy books directly in stores. These guys ARE the cheapest.

[[deleted user]]

For cash strapped book worms like me, try http://www.friendsofbooks.com and as already posted earlier http://www.secondhandbooksindia.com/. They have an awesome collection of Second hand books. If you are cash strapped but hungry and ready to hoard books, try them out. I had bought around 12 books this month, and they were all delivered in time. Again this is only for cash strapped people, whose economy is in Dire Straits, like me.
Affluent people go and buy first hand books and support the author :P :D

[Anjali]

Manjit wrote: "can someone please suggest a good place to buy books in Bangalore !!!"

Let me try and give you a list of which ones i like

Bookworm - Church street
Blossom Book House - M G Road
Sapna Book Store - Near central( Mayo hall) in place of the old crossword
Oxford - There are many branches

[Khushboo]

try flipkart..evn homeshop 18 has a good collction n at the lowest price online..

[Abhranil]

Raghunath wrote: "Landmarkonthenet.com and flipkart.com are the cheapest guys. Haven't tried uread.com yet. :) Never buy books directly in stores. These guys ARE the cheapest."

Dude Try Home Shop 18 .. Its much cheaper than flipkart ...!! :)

[Raghunath]

Abhranil wrote:
Dude Try Home Shop ..."

Hi Abhranil..A few are cheaper in homeshop18 and a few cheaper in flipkart..can't say..landmark almost always is cheaper than them.. But their delivery is slow :)

[Anbu]

Raghunath wrote: "Abhranil wrote:
Dude Try Home Shop ..."

Hi Abhranil..A few are cheaper in homeshop18 and a few cheaper in flipkart..can't say..landmark almost always is cheaper than them.. But their delivery is ..."

The best way is to use comparision sites like http://thisyathat.com/ or http://www.indiabookstore.net/ to know which online store gives you better offer for the book you want to purchase..

[Alka]

This is the most enlightening discussion thread on GR. Thanks to you all, I have now discovered several alternatives and it is a joy to procure books after diligent comparison of costs.

I would like to now seek guidance for getting Indrajaal comics, if I can. Some of you may remember the Phantoms, Mandrakes, Bahadur series. They used to be published by Benett Coleman. Any known sources?

[[deleted user]]

Alka wrote: "This is the most enlightening discussion thread on GR. Thanks to you all, I have now discovered several alternatives and it is a joy to procure books after diligent comparison of costs.

I would l..."

You can try out the comics section of http://www.secondhandbooksindia.com/, they had added some Indrajal comics a few months back!!

[Raghunath]

indiabookstore.net and thisyathat.com are serious moneysavers guys! Thanks a ton for the info! :)

[Nitin]

I generally purchase online books from http://www.booksforyou.co.in/book/

[Abhranil]

Nitin wrote: "I generally purchase online books from http://www.booksforyou.co.in/book/"

HS 18 is much cheaper than http://www.booksforyou.co.in/book/

[Nitin]

Abhranil wrote: "Nitin wrote: "I generally purchase online books from http://www.booksforyou.co.in/book/"

HS 18 is much cheaper than http://www.booksforyou.co.in/book/"

Pl.give me a link for HS 18 ? what is HS 18 ?Pl.explain more.

[Abhranil]

Nitin wrote: "Abhranil wrote: "Nitin wrote: "I generally purchase online books from http://www.booksforyou.co.in/book/"

HS 18 is much cheaper than http://www.booksforyou.co.in/book/"

Pl.give me a link for HS 1..."

www.hs18.com

home shop 18 ... One can buy books , gadgets , appliances etc. etc.

Try it ... Its best according to me ..

[Nitin]

Ohh..Great..Thank you Abhranil..

[Versha]

Ya i agree i buy all my books through homeshop18 or spanabook. According to me homeshop18 sells book cheaper than the others.

[Nitin]

Vash wrote: "Ya i agree i buy all my books through homeshop18 or spanabook. According to me homeshop18 sells book cheaper than the others."

Ok..Thanks for your input.

[Ahtims]

yes, HS18 has the cheapest rate among all, but many a time I ordered books and they had to cancel citing book out of stock

[M]

Homeshop18 is giving flipkart a run for their money..chk out yourself

[Nitin]

Thanks to all fiend's for valuable input here.HS18 not delivered material's to every location.As I am going to purchase Headphone through HS18 the error shown pl.change location.my location is Palanpur city.Palanpur is a main city of Banaskantha district in gujarat ,however they not include this city pin code in there delivery location list.

[Abhranil]

Nitin wrote: "Thanks to all fiend's for valuable input here.HS18 not delivered material's to every location.As I am going to purchase Headphone through HS18 the error shown pl.change location.my location is Pala..."

try Flipkart !! www.flipkart.com

[[deleted user]]

But FLipkart has become a CHOR, no on a second thought a DACOIT!!! No free delivery, if the order in not above 300????????????????????? I mean what is this??????? And, the discounts, they provide more discounts on perfumes than they do on books nowadays.
And, if I speak of delivery, they deliver very nicely, through their own logistics, within a city. But, once you step out of the city limits, get yourself a cardiologist, coz u gonna suffer from serious case of anxiety related heart aches. They have stopped using high end couriers, resorting to market trailers like Aramex(this is not Saudi Arabia, where Aramenx is the KING!!!!). These people managed to send my MP3 palyer to Serampore in Bradhwan district, instead of Serampore in Hooghly(i guess they are unknown to the usage of PINCODE).

The choice is thin, but nowadays I go with Homeshop18.

[Ram]

Nitin wrote: "Thanks to all fiend's for valuable input here.HS18 not delivered material's to every location.As I am going to purchase Headphone through HS18 the error shown pl.change location.my location is Pala..."

Might be HS18's courier partner, BlueDart doesn't service your area. Chk out that in their website using their location finder tool - http://www.bluedart.com/locationfinde.... If they're not servicing your area, then try Landmarkonthenet.com, they deliver goods thru Aramex Couriers.

[Nitin]

Abhranil wrote: "Nitin wrote: "Thanks to all fiend's for valuable input here.HS18 not delivered material's to every location.As I am going to purchase Headphone through HS18 the error shown pl.change location.my lo..."

Ok..Thanks.Will check it.

[Nitin]

Ram wrote: "Nitin wrote: "Thanks to all fiend's for valuable input here.HS18 not delivered material's to every location.As I am going to purchase Headphone through HS18 the error shown pl.change location.my lo..."

Ok..Thank you RAM.

[Ahtims]

same thing has happened to me at HS18 - they deliver books to my doorstep , but apparel, kitchenware etc. are not delivered (maybe the traders they are dealing with in those items do delivery only to certain well known cities)

[Nitin]

Smitha wrote: "same thing has happened to me at HS18 - they deliver books to my doorstep , but apparel, kitchenware etc. are not delivered (maybe the traders they are dealing with in those items do delivery only ..."

Yes smitha..but they need to extend facility to cover all main cities in india,because now a days internet reach everywhere in country and may be online shopping be a better option for shopping for people of India. we always looking for well-known and trustful online portal for online shopping.