To order a book from Amazon, you first browse or search for the book. You can then add it to your shopping cart, use one-click ordering, or add it to your wish list. To complete the purchase, you provide payment and shipping details. You can track orders by logging into your Amazon account.
To order a book from Amazon, you first browse or search for the book. You can then add it to your shopping cart, use one-click ordering, or add it to your wish list. To complete the purchase, you provide payment and shipping details. You can track orders by logging into your Amazon account.
To order a book from Amazon, you first browse or search for the book. You can then add it to your shopping cart, use one-click ordering, or add it to your wish list. To complete the purchase, you provide payment and shipping details. You can track orders by logging into your Amazon account.
To order a book from Amazon, you first browse or search for the book. You can then add it to your shopping cart, use one-click ordering, or add it to your wish list. To complete the purchase, you provide payment and shipping details. You can track orders by logging into your Amazon account.
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HOW TO BUY BOOKS USING AMAZON.
COM
1.1 Overview
Amazon is an online store for books, electronics, apparels, computers, DVDs
and more. It was founded by Jeff Bezos and become online in 1995. This document is intended to familiarize you with the procedure for ordering a book through Amazon.
1.2 Search a Book
To order a book through Amazon, you have to browse and search the book first.
1.2.1 Browse a Book
Perform these steps to browse books in Amazon:
1. Type the http://www.amazon.com/ URL in a web browser. The
home page appears. 2. In the left hand side Shop All Departments pane, click and expand the Books link and select any of the following options for more detailed searches:
Books: Browse the best books of the latest year, bestsellers, new and used textbooks, and Kindle e-books. Kindle eBooks: Browse the Kindle e-books. Textbooks: Browse courseware or textbooks. Audiobooks: Browse and download audible audio books or locate books on CD and listen on your Kindle™, iPod™, iPhone™, or MP3 players. Magazines: Start a new subscription, renew, or gift magazines.
1.2.2 Search a Book
The Search option is accessible in the top area of every page of the website. If you know the book name that you wish to purchase, choose Books from the Search drop down and type the book name in the adjacent textbox and click GO. This displays all books related to the title that are available in Amazon. Once you find items that you wish to buy, click on the desired book link to open the main page of the book and get more details on the book.
1.3 Order a Book
Placing an order with www.amazon.com is quick and convenient. It is not
prerequisite to create an account first. To order a book through Amazon, you can add the book to your shopping cart, use 1-Click ordering feature and add the book to your wish list for future purchase.
1.3.1 Add Books to Your Shopping Cart
After searching and finding the desired book, perform these steps to add the book to your shopping cart.
1. In the detail page of the book, click the Add to Shopping Cart button in the right hand side pane. The Shopping Cart page appears. 2. Click Proceed to Checkout. 3. Click the Save for later button if you do not want to purchase it immediately. The book move to the Saved Items --To Buy Later list. 4. If the book is a gift, click the This will be a gift checkbox. 5. When you are ready to place the order, click the Proceed to checkout button. The first page of the order form appears. 6. Click Proceed to Checkout. The Sign In page appears if you are not signed in. 7. If you are a new customer, select the No, I am a new customer option box and type the email address and password. 8. If you are an existing customer, select the Yes, I have a password option box and type the password in the adjacent text box. 9. Click Sign in using our secure server. 10. In the next page, type the shipping address. 11. Click Yes if you want to keep this address as your billing address. Else, click No and click Continue. The How would you like to pay page appears. Select the desired payment options and click Continue. 12. Click Continue. The Choose a Billing Address page appears. 13. Click Use this address if you want to use the existing address as your billing address. Else, type the new billing address information in the Or enter a new billing address area.
The Review Your Order page appears.
14. Check the accuracy of all of the information that you provided and make necessary modifications. When you are ready, click the Place Your Order button.
The Thank you, your order has been placed page appears with the order number and delivery date and informs that a confirmation email has been sent to you.
15. To review or edit the order, click Review or edit your order.
Note: You can click the at the top of every page to access the contents of your Shopping Cart. You can add more books until your cart contains all of the books that you want to order.
1.3.2 Order a Book through 1-Click Ordering
1-Click ordering is automatically enabled on your account when you create an
account and type a payment method and the shipping address etc. If you click the Buy now with 1-Click button in the right hand side pane of the detail page for a book, your order is automatically charged to the default payment method on your account and dispatched to your default address. However, you can click Review or edit your order to edit the order information.
1.3.3 Add a Book to your Wish List
The Wish List is a feature which enables you to select books and includes them to your wish list for future purchases. Perform these steps to add books to your wish list:
1. After searching a book and opening the detail page for the book, click the Add to Wish List button in the right hand side pane. The You've added an item to your Wish List message appears. 2. Click the your Wish List link.
The Wish List page appears. This page also appears, when you click Wish List tab in the home page. 3. In the Wish List page, click Add to cart. 4. Then follow the steps 3 to 8 in the section Add Books to Your Shopping Cart. Note: After following step 1 to 4, you can add more books from your wish list to the shopping cart.
1.3.4 Order Books in Kindle
The Amazon Kindle is a portable e-book reader. If you want to buy a book and read it in Kindle, you have to perform the below steps:
1. In the detail page for the book, click the Read it now on this PC button in the right hand side pane. 2. In the next page, click Buy and download with Kindle for PC to instantly buy and download the book.
1.3.5 Give a Book as a Gift
Perform these steps to give a book as a gift:
1. In the detail page for a book, click Give as a gift in the right hand side pane. 2. The Complete your gift purchase page appears and type the required information. 3. The Thanks, <user name> page appears and informs that the gift has been purchased and a confirmation email has been sent explaining how to get the gift.
1.4 Tracking Your Order
You can track the status of your order anytime by going to the Your Account page and clicking on the Your Orders button.
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