In my previous two posts, I have been talking
about this online secondhand bookshop where I searched and finally found and
received 6 books by John D. MacDonald …
Ok, let me end the suspense and reveal
the name of this online secondhand books site … not that I wanted to keep it
secret or something … it is just that I wanted to have a direct buying experience
before telling about it to all of you … most of you might have already visited
this site … anyway, the name of the site is direct, as one of those hard-boiled
gumshoes would have liked …
I have been visiting this site for the last one
month or so in search of books by Simon Brett, Paul Theroux, and others … the
hit rate was not great, but was not disappointing and I kept my search on … I
like buying 3 to 4 books at a time and wanted to put together a decent number
before I bought them …
When Vinod told me about Ross Macdonald, the
first thing I did was to check this website … as narrated earlier, instead of
‘Ross,’ I found ‘John D.’ … but I went with ‘John D.’ anyway and after checking
online, decided to buy the 5 books featuring the detective Travis McGee and 1
book on John D.’s early mystery stories …
My buying experience was good, the packing was
well done, and the books arrived in good condition … I am a satisfied customer
… I did a general search for some well-known writers and there are at least a
couple of books on each of them … and more books under thrillers and popular
fiction … the prices are not very high … but don’t expect Abids street prices …
you can get a good book for Rs.75/- … of course, some used books cost more … but
again, if you are the type who’d rather sit at home and click books, you have
to pay the second-hand bookseller for putting the books together in searchable
format for you … and in case you have specific requests, you can always mail
and let them know … sort of keeps them on their toes …
The buying process is slightly loopy here … you
have to first register, and then ‘deposit’ some money, and then buy books and
keep checking as the balance decreases … something like ‘prepaid’ … helps you
to maintain your balance!!
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