I love how Amazon really does undercut the competition massively. I’ve had a quick comparison with another website for a little set of books I want to pick up for summer reading:
Nicola Barker, Behindlings
Sergei Lukyanenko, The Night Watch
Lionel Shriver, We Need To Talk About Kevin
John Twelve Hawks, Dark River
On Amazon, it’s £20.38 for the lot, delivered. Waterstone’s was £25.96, WH Smith was relatively competitive but whacked on £3 for postage, making £24.76, and the Guardian is £30.96. Only Tesco gets competitive, at £20.52, but you have enter a code for free delivery to get that.
So, thanks to this little unscientific survey, I now know where I can buy my books. I like wasting time at work.