The Book People

This online book shop offers a huge range of books at heavily discounted prices - always at least 50% off and with many titles offered with over 75% off RRP. You can buy as many or as few books as you wish, with no ongoing obligation. You can also get free postage on orders totalling £25 or more.

Red House

Red House sells books for children, from babies to teenagers. Prices are discounted by as much as 75% vs RRP, with other features including regular free gift offers and free delivery on all orders. This popular children's book shop also offers pre-ordering for hot forthcoming releases, often including exclusive extras.

Alibris

Shopping for books should be a breeze at Alibris, which combines a network of professional book sellers to offer a total of over 60 million new, used and out-of-print titles from the UK and around the world. If you can't find it here, we'd give up! Alibris backs every title sold with a 100% money back satisfaction guarantee.

Blackwell

Positioning itself as "The Knowledge Retailer", Blackwell supplements the usual range of bestselling books (fiction, crime fiction, children's books, etc) with in-depth, specialist ranges spanning business, medical, science, humanities, law, arts and other academic reference books. Orders over £20 are delivered free.

Listen2

Listen2 offers a wide range of audio books on CD and tape at discounts of up to 70% off retail prices. Categories include new releases, comedy, classics, drama, crime, children's & teens, sci-fi & fantasy and self development - plus many other other fiction and non-fiction audiobooks. All online orders come with free delivery.

Mills & Boon

Shop online with the leading publisher of women's romantic fiction, where you'll find a choice of special promotions. New customers can claim two free books plus a free gift with absolutely nothing to pay. Or you can browse and buy titles from their extensive romance library.

Pick A Book

Pick A Book has over 5 million new books in stock at discounts of up to 80% off RRP. Orders are usually despatched on the same working day they're received, with free delivery on spend over £15. They also sell audio books in cassette format. You can search their book shop by title, ISBN, author and other fields.

Country Bookshop

This independent book seller offers over 3.2 million titles from UK and US publishers, including bargain books discounted by up to 80%. You can also order magazine subscriptions either for yourself or as a gift. Orders for books with a total value above £19 are delivered free.

Foyles

One of the most famous booksellers in the world, Foyles flagship bookshop is located in London. You can also shop online with Foyles, who have over 250,000 books in stock - plus access to another million titles. In all, their books cover an astonishing 56 specialist subjects. Delivery is free on all online orders.

Tesco Books

Increasingly a master of all trades, Tesco offers an online book shop with over 1.2 million titles. Navigation is nice and easy, including hardback, children's and paperback book charts. You can keep bang up to date by pre-ordering new titles and there are frequent free delivery offers. You even earn Clubcard points, too.

Audible

Download audio books in digital format, ready to listen to on your PC, a portable music player (eg iPod) or to burn onto CDs. Audible's range includes audiobooks, comedy, radio dramas and self-development materials. You can get started by choosing from 20,000 downloads for free to give their service a try.

Lonely Planet

Choose from over 600 guidebooks when you buy direct from one of the world's leading travel guide publishers. Books include regional, country and city guides, phrase books for numerous languages world-wide and coffee table books.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Shop online direct with the publisher for one of the UK's foremost encyclopaedias. Top sellers include the traditional print edition, which includes 32 volumes, plus a free book of the year. Or you can buy a DVD-based edition for under £40 - an ideal research resource for students and writers of all ages.

Calendar Club

Browse from over 2,000 wall, desk and slimline calendars at Calendar Club, Europe's largest online calendar specialist. Perfect as presents or for yourself, their calendars cover topics from cats and dogs to office-related humour - and pretty much every other hobby or special interest area.