Index of Canadian Trade Titles
 

 
Read this guide and you'll be a cyber-savvy online consumer. It tells you how and where to shop on the Internet, and how to get the best bargains and not get taken. It teaches you how to research a site and what you're thinking of buying, and how to get advice from news groups, discussion groups, and other online forums. It alerts you to taxes, return policies, and hidden costs. You learn how to use credit cards and digital cash, and how to tell if you're buying through a secure site. You get the goods on how to get goods cheaply by taking advantage of coupons, contests, and freebies. You find out about auctions, swap meets, and online classifieds.

From soup to sinks to scuba gear—its available online. Using The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Shopping in Canada, you can shop for a car, find an apartment, get what you need to redo your house or your wardrobe or your garden, get the best deals on computers and electronics, arrange terrific travel deals, obtain financial services, make your entertainment and recreation plans, and buy that toy that your kids have been clamouring for. You can come up with a great new recipe and the foods to make it with. You can shop till your fingers fall off and your mouse rolls over and dies. Then you can shop for a new one.

About the Authors:
Preston Gralla is executive editor for ZDNet, a major Web site, and the author of nine books, including the best-selling How the Internet Works. He was the founding managing editor of PC Week and a founding editor of PC/Computing. Mr. Gralla has written about technology for many magazines and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and PC Magazine.