As a result, in a number of cases, at least one major bookstore chain has ordered books for resale.
If they ordered books at a store, for instance, they would be able to go to the Web and check the status of that order.
Even as a political prisoner, he could order books from the public library in Pretoria.
The Web site - www.00h00.com - gives shoppers an easy way to test the purchasing system with invitations to order free books.
I have ordered books from them and always had a prompt and efficient service.
But people in the publishing industry contend that it is impossible to order new books for less than half price.
Ms. Hall said most customers previously ordered books through the mail or went to a bookstore out of state.
Officials there declined to say who ordered books in bulk from the company, the news agency reported.
Scarcely half the people who ordered books from us ever came back.
The writer customarily ordered books for her father on his birthday.