I am fairly new and I have a question on ordering books. I am sure everyone has a certain way of doing things. I have ordered a few books by doing a search on the author. I didn't know which is the best way to order books. To do a search on books and it comes from a random person?  Or.  Get books from checking out active forum people's bookshelf?

Thanks.  And I hope my question makes since.

both ways work...if there are certain books you want, you can just request them through FIFO or if you are active in a certain genre, sometimes there are threads asking if people have certain books on their bookshelf (I know the mystery/thriller genre has this).

or you can search people's shelves if you want to see what they have because you never know when something will pique your interest!

You can also check the Book Bazaar and see if anyone is offering a deal, or ask for a deal of your own (i.e. "seeking a deal on books by XYZ Author")

Cheers,

Catt

The only time I look at someones bookshelf is if I am already ordering something from them, or they have something in their signature that draws me to it. I rarely find books I want this way. However, I did recently get a great deal because of someones signature drew me to look at their shelf. I guess it depends on if you are looking for specific books or just browsing.

I've started checking out the "Order More from this Member" tab when I request a book.  I was ordering one of a series and found that she also had the next book in the series, so I nabbed it.

But my tastes in reading are fairly specific, so it would be too random to just search people's bookshelves.  I always use the search function to find specific books or authors and have also found the display of available books on the home page to be a source of books that I haven't thought of.