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Pros & Cons of Buying Books Online

Buying Books Online? Pros & Cons?


In the research of bookmasters.com listed some of the pros and cons of buying books physically as compared to buying books online. They listed four positives about buying books online, the most important of them being you are able to pick up books by looking through it before purchasing. Other than that, it creates a sense of community and independent bookstores are able to cater their offerings to the local audience which is something that an online retailer can’t easily do. The cons of buying books physically include the price factor. As an online retailer doesn’t have to bare any type of cost associated with operating a store, it’s easy for them to provide books at low price than the bookstores. Other than that, people have less access to reviews, as you can access people reviews online but physically it’s almost impossible to get opinion of those many people. Last con of purchasing a book from bookshop is that they gave a limited stock as compare to an online store. (Bookmasters, 2016) 

According to Caitin Kelly people are still buying books at bookstores. She argues that people still really like to go into a bookstore, to touch and enjoy looking through stacks of physical books, to chat with staff about what they like, (or hate), maybe listen to an author do a reading and then take audience questions and sign copies. Many serious readers are still thrilled to meet a real author and to chat with them, even for a few minutes, to see what they really look like and whether they're nice to fans.  (Kelly, 2016) 

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