Your next favourite title now delivered at your door!
To a bookworm, the home is a fortress where every book is treated like blocks building up an armoury of reading materials! But to maintain this 'armoury', the book worm will inevitably have to leave the 'fortress', which at times can become quite a troublesome task.
One blessing of online shopping, in this case, is that now it extends into quality book shopping as well.The entire process of arriving at the book store, browsing through the shelves, selecting a title (or titles) and paying is now condensed within some keystrokes and a couple of clicks!
The urbanites of Bangladesh are no strangers to online shopping anymore. So it comes as no surprise that within the arc of the recent years, avid readers in Bangladesh found their silver lining with Rokomari.com.
Founded in 2012, this online book selling site is changing the scene of book shopping. An enviable assortment of local and foreign books is offered for sale, paired with monthly eye-catching discounts and offers alongside easy payment and return options - this site is out to ensure quality reading for all customers. Not only that, members can request for books which are not offered and the customer care will go the extra length in case something goes wrong.
Then of course we cannot forget the social network frontier, namely Facebook. Special exchange groups and a handful of sellers exist to cater to the reading needs of the masses. PaperTree, an almost one-year-old online Facebook-based book seller, is making quite a splash in the virtual book-buying scenario. Offering the latest foreign titles and now including stationery, this site is out to a make difference for the bookworms.
Fictions and best sellers aside, students and academics can look to rubibook.com for their text-book and reference needs. This site takes it one step further into including requests from sites like amazon.com. The delivery fees are steeper than the other sites mentioned but it promises the best possible service.
Online book buying and selling has yet go a long way in Bangladesh. Sellers still lack in variety and efficiency of service, to cope with this they try their utmost, with sincerity. Still it is an uphill battle. Who knows, Amazon.com --the holy grail of all things-- may not be that far away from appearing on the horizon! Bookworm, one of the most famous bookstores in Dhaka, also provides home delivery through their Facebook page. Their delivery is smooth and their collection of original books is one of the very best.
The 'Ekushe Boi Mela' has already begun and book lovers across Bangladesh are prepping for their annual trek.
Still, the clock only has 24 hours in a day and weekends pass so quickly. Worried you might miss your next new book from the Boi Mela, or troubled by the crowds of people? Or just simply not prepared to face the clogged roads? Your much coveted treasures bound in paper are waiting just on the other side of your screen. You are simply a few keystrokes away (or swipes) from your book related needs!
By Iris Farina
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