As schools
and colleges start a new academic year, buy second hand textbooks online at
cheaper rates across a wide range and good quality -
As the new
academic year begins, and the rush among students to buy fresh sets of
textbooks increase, chances are that you might miss the bus to find the right
titles, in time for your first lecture. Worse, you might end up buying new
books, and give it away to the scrap dealer at the end of the year. To put an
end to such a cycle, and to promote a healthy exchange of knowledge, many
online second hand book portals are doing their bit. Such portals allow you to
buy second hand books at cheaper rates (almost half of the MRP). Likewise, few
portals give you the option to sell books, as well as earn a few bucks. These
titles range from academic textbooks to fiction and non-fiction books.
The guide picks:
1) Bucketbolt: This online portal allows all the
students to buy and sell new or old used academic textbooks with a buyback
guarantee and an offer of up to 60% money back on return of books at the end of
the year. They deal in academic textbooks and deliver only in Mumbai at the
moment.
LOG ON TO www.bucketbolt.com
2) Madbooks.com: The portal allows sale and
purchase of books online and ships all over India. They stock all kinds of
books and offer free home delivery. They only accept credit mode of payment.
3) Second hand books India: They list
novels, children’s titles and general management books. They do not stock
academic textbooks. The portal delivers throughout India and offers cash on
delivery as well as credit as their mode of payment.
Log on to: www.secondhandbooksindia.com
4) Friends of Books: They follow
a slightly different concept as they work as a lending library. You rent the
book according to a subscription plan that could be for a month or year,
depending on what plan you take. After the book is rented, it can be returned
while another set of books can be ordered depending on the subscription pack.
They deliver throughout India; delivery in Delhi/NCR region is free. They stock
all genres of books.
Log on to:
www.friendsofbooks.com
5) Kitaabi: They allow sale and purchase of all kinds of books. The
delivery is free but it is confined to Mumbai at the moment. They allow only
cash on delivery as their method of payment.
Log on to:
kitaabi.in
How Kitaabi took shape
We wanted to make books more accessible and cheaper for
book lovers. We purchase books from suppliers of secondhand books and put it up
for sale at subsidized price on our Website. Thus, we’re trying to transform it
into an organized sector. There are very few web portals that operate with a
common idea but its catching on. In future, we will shift to a different
business model that won’t involve money. It will become a platform for
exchanging books without involving any monetary transaction. People can give
away books for free or exchange them with the other users depending on needs.
It will be a barter system that we aim at creating in future.
— Vir Bhan Saini, Kitaabi, co-founder
— Vir Bhan Saini, Kitaabi, co-founder
Source
| Mid Day | 15 June 2015
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