How did this lesser known web site win over book behemoths Amazon and Barnes and Noble? The Cool Site of the Year Awards are the equivalent of the People's Choice Awards on the Internet and people want to find the best prices. Best Book Buys searches the web for which bookstores have the book you want and at what price. The Best Book Buys search engine currently searches among 18 bookstores including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books.com (NYSE:CD), Computer Literacy (Nasdaq:CMPL), Powell's and Shopping.com (OTCBB:IBUY).

Best Book Buys is one of the original shopping agents, providing bookstore price comparison since July 1997. The web site also helps shoppers find used, closeout, and audio books. Online consumers are quickly discovering that prices can vary dramatically from vendor to vendor. For example, John Grisham's new book "The Testament" lists for $27.95 and costs about $19.50 at well-known online bookstores. But, Best Book Buys found two stores selling the same book for $13.97.

Analysts predict that shopping comparison sites like Best Book Buys will play an ever increasing role in the online business market. One study predicted that, by 2003, at least 30% of online purchases would go through such sites.

The winners in the Cool Site of the Year's other categories are on display at http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/csoty/index.html.

For more information about Best Book Buys, please see our web site at http://www.bestbookbuys.com/ or email Steve Loyola at sloyola@bestbookbuys.com.