The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Shopping

Unless you try to ram a shopping cart through your computer screen, you're not an idiot. In fact, you probably pride yourself on finding good buys. You always check the date on milk. You arm yourself with plenty of research before shaking the hand of any car salesman. And, you rarely find yourself at the bottom of a pyramid scheme. With the ease of travel on the Internet, you're now anxious to try some shopping in your slippers. This guide gets you there.

Preston Gralla is Executive Editor for ZDNet and the author of nine books, including the bestselling "How the Internet Works.” He was the founding managing editor of PC Week and a founding editor of PC/Computing. Preston has been a columnist, contributing editor writer for Magazine, Computer Shopper, Windows Sources, Boston Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, PC Week, the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, PC/Computing, FamilyPC, Family Life, and many others. He’s won numerous computer publishing awards including Best Feature in a Computer Magazine from the Computer Press Association.