Online book shopping
May 17th, 2009 | Comments OffA while ago, I had bumped into the reviews of two books – 2666 (featured in NYT Top 10 books for 2008) and A Whole New Mind and decided to buy them. These books were not available in local bookstores and so the search began to find them online (nothing beats Amazon but it costs a bomb for shipping the books to India 
). After some Googling, I got good deals on 2666 and A Whole New Mind on Landmark and Flipkart respectively.
Here is how they fared:
| Comparison Chart | Flipkart | Landmark | Reason |
| Packaging | Excellent | Good | F: Books plastic wrapped and enclosed in cardboard box
L: Only cardboard box was used which led to the book’s cover being damaged |
| Shipping rates | Free | Paid | - |
| Customer Support | Good | Excellent | L: Immediately replaced the damaged book (scratched book cover), got the old book collected and super follow-up over phone & email
F: The book was out of stock. No initial email regarding this was sent. Although, on further inquiry they were quick to send a follow-up email |
Hope this helps all the Indian bibliophiles out there.
Disclaimer: The above comparison chart is based on my personal experience and your experience may differ.