Exclusive Books - becoming more exclusive?

Some information to share with my fellow South African book lovers - or maybe I'm the last to find out? I order a large percentage of my books online - mostly because my tastes run to the esoteric and the books are often easier to come by online. I do love browsing through the shelves at EB however, and it's a rare day that I do not come away with a book ( or more, I'm sure all here will identify). I was therefore surprised to notice the significant price difference between Kalahari and EB. Random examples: Kannemeyer: 'n Geskryfde Lewe EB R 330 - Kalahari R 247; Deon Meyer: 7 Days EB R 216 Kalahari R 147,
Chris Beckett: Dark Eden EB R 134 Kalahari R 108.
I find the online shopping experience somewhat cold and impersonal, but at least as far as books are concerned the price difference seems too big to ignore.

thanks for this information. worth while to check the prices before making the decision to buy on line or in the shop. I still think Exc Book sales are excellent which is when I buy from them quite heavily though I know a lot of the books are surplus runs or remainders or specially produced for sales.

Buying online is the cheapest because the suppliers do not have to rent premises, employ staff, and keep large stocks. I only impulse buy from EB and some other book shops then kick myself because had I waited I could have got it a lot cheaper on-line. It's a pity because bookshops are closing all over and I know Exclusive is really battling. I suspect they will go the way of the haberdashers and the milliners soon. Nothing beats browsing in a good book shop.

Hi All Esclusive book sale now on ... I was at Killarney today but settled on only a couple of children's books and John Mach the Art of small things published by the British Museum,..at less than R90 it is a superb find, but others titles disappointing perhaps other branches better.

Here's my haul from the Summer Sale:

Last Orders by Graham Swift - not universally popular, but I've never read Swift, and I want to see what the fuss is about. Also, cheap :)
The Book of Evidence by John Banville - I've enjoyed every Banville I've read (yes, even The Sea), and I like disturbing books. Well, maybe not like, but I find them interesting.
Seven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne - hmm, not the greatest reviews, but I want to read more about Paris...
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee - great South African writer, now unfortunately decamped to Australia
The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy - one of my favourite contemporary American authors
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories edited by Jeff VanderMeer - I love stories of the macabre, the strange, the fantastic... the weird, I guess
Dante in Love by A.N. Wilson - a very cheap hardcover about a very interesting poet whom I intend to get to... soon
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson - another cheap hardback and, despite the controversy about the book, it still looks interesting
Grendel by John Gardner - also controversial, but looks very good. I should maybe read Beowulf first, though
Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens - probably my favourite find, a hardcover of Stevens in excellent condition

Although I bought several books, I thought the selection was a bit disappointing. I'm from Pretoria, so the books were bought from Exclusives at the Menlyn and Brooklyn shopping malls.

Exclusive books are having their warehouse sale at the moment , 21 Mar to 1st Aprl in Randburg Jhb. 8 amto 4pm . R50 a kg. Not been yet and just heard about it today.
Plus I have been told the Zone branch in Rosebank , Jhb is closing down and their stock is less 50 per cent .

checked out the Exclusive warehouse sale yesterday out in Randburg and it is worth a visit .. Hammer Ave, Strydom IndUstrial Park. Strydom Park , Randburg off Mallibongwe drive. the books collected together for sale are the remnants and left overs of past sales but some amazing titles and excellent value . Easy to quickly gather 20 or more kgs of books. Only on until 1st April. some wonderfully superbly produced well art books, history, architecture, travel, cookery. Childrens books . Local titles also available though these seem to have been speedily seized . it is a rare book treat. Zone , Rosebank Exclusive pretty much sold out so I did not buy anything there.