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BMJ 1999; 318 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7194.1359-a (Published 15 May 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;318:1359- Jeff Aronson, clinical reader in clinical pharmacology
- Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
The book market in Britain is worth over £3bn, so it is not surprising that outlets have now invaded the web—a sort of internet book agreement, you might say. It started, I suppose, when second hand book dealers began putting their catalogues on the web, since when I have been tracking down items that I had been desultorily seeking for years. Particularly fruitful is the union catalogue run by Bibliofind (http://www.bibliofind.com/).
So why not new books too? Of all transactions currently carried out via the internet, about 23% are book purchases. The outlets include well known booksellers such as Dillons (http://www.dillons.co.uk/), Waterstones (http://www.waterstones.co.uk/), and Barnes and Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/). Some are just famous for being on the internet, such …
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