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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Fulks <bfulks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 7:12 AM
Subject: [RT] Re: GEN: Buying books from Amazon.com
> At 3:14 PM +0400 4/1/00, hum wrote:
>
> >I want to get expertise on how to buy books from www.amazon.com. It
> >seems like some books, such as The Electronic Day Trader by Marc
> >Friedfertig, George West, have wide appeal as around 128 people
> >provided reviews. At the other hand, classics such as Day Trading
> >into the Millennium by Michael P. Turner were only reviewed 27 times.
> >Can one take the number of reviews as a yardstick for the
> >"usefulness" of the book. What other criteria do seasoned amazon.com
> >buyers used in selecting Friedfertig's book as oppose to the one by
> >Turner.
>
> In my opinion, Amazon.com is great when you know exactly what book
> you want. The one-click ordering is great. But I rarely use the
> reviews as they seem pretty superficial and could even be "planted"
> by the publisher or the author.
>
> But if you do not know what you want and need a recommendation,
> contact Ed Dobson, the President of Trader's Press. He has always
> given me good recommendations and his prices are competitive.
>
> His toll-free phone number is 800-927-8222. I see you are not in the
> U.S. so the direct phone number is 864-298-0221. The last email
> address I have is Tradersprs@xxxxxxxx
>
> Their web site is <http://www.traderspressbookstore.com/> but it is
> run by another operation so that if you want to contact Ed, you are
> probably better off with the phone or email.
>
> No connection, etc. Just a satisfied customer.
>
> Bob Fulks
>
>
>
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