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thepurplebook 2005: The Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping

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I got last year's Purple Book just in time for holiday shopping and it was unbelievably helpful. But the new 2005 edition is so much BETTER! I am a shopaholic but without time to hit the malls so I'm addicted to online shopping. For me, the Purple Book makes it easy and safe. I can research best buys, hard-to-find, one-of-a-kind items, etc. They have very specific categories so you don't waste time looking at sites that don't fit your needs - or your wallet! Descriptions are VERY detailed so you know just what to expect at each site. Plus they rate the sites for you. The whole book is really comprehensive, but laid out in an easy-to-read style so you don't feel overwhelmed. With Christmas just around the corner, The Purple Book is exactly what us hardcore shoppers need!

The Purple Book is an amazing resource and time-saver for Net shopping. It has organized 1,600 of the best internet shopping sites into an easy to use format --- and makes finding what you need quick and painless. I use it everyday! A must have for the upcoming holiday season!

After buying the PURPLEBOOK last year and finding it so helpful, I had to buy the 2005 edition of THEPURPLEBOOK. It is superb! I do not like to shop and am idea challenged, so this is the perfect answer. I love the way the book is so easy to use. Its' wealth of information about online shopping sites is unsurpassed. I am able to go to a category and find a source with great ease. It is also a wonderful tool to get great ideas by looking through the book, reading the detailed information and then going to the designated sources. The information is reliable and up to date. What a wonderful treasure and now I can truly "let my fingers do the walking." A BEST BUY!

The purplebook 2005 is a good internet shopping guide which includes a large selection of items available for online sale. It also includes information related to websites that offer to send you goods from online shops that do not deliver internationally as well as charities for those who want to give.
It is a well presented reference book. I was disappointed when I realized that I purchased the 2005 version less than one month before the publication of the 2006 edition. The 2005 edition did not provide a free subscription to access the guide's website with the updated information. In others books I purchased through Amazon, each edition had access to some kind of an online update.
It may be worth considering a subscription to the site instead of buying the book in case the book is available in a public library.

I'm a very fair person, and try to give things a chance, but this book was just absolutely terrible.

Examples of the websites they have under clothes:
Brooksbrothers.com
AbercrombieandFitch.com
T-Shirts.com
BananaRepublic.com

Adding a ".com" to a popular brand is not very helpful at all. More than half of these website I could have found on my own without using a search engine. There are a few highlights such as Karmaloop.com (although this website is really not that hard to find either), but the brunt of these entries were the figurative surface of the ocean.

If you are looking for some cool t-shirts try a search engine and some good sites such as coolhunting.com

I bought the purple book 2005 looking for information on the best sites for 2005. It's easy
to read and you can find same sites under different catagories. The
really neat thing about this book is there is a list of keywords at the beginning
of each chapter. Best way to find a site is under keywords right?
The book is laid out with a lot most well known sites but I did find a few I had
never heard of under catagories I do alot of research in.
Still there are a few that I couldn't see why they were listed, but to each
their own I guess.
After I looked over the sites online I can see why they are listed.
They also list the real good parts about a site as well as something items they feel
needs correcting, like why a site is wildly
popular but still finding anything on it is a test in patience!
They listed one site that I knew was like hunting for buried
treasure while trying to find anything!
If just looking for a list of sites for shopping in a book form
without having to hunt all over the web this then this
book for you.