Softback Preview Reviews

I have been with this company for a long time. What I do is to sign up for the free books for 3 pounds then return all their editors choice recommendation as no, cancel my membership after 6 issues and start all over again. So I have gotten quite a large selection of books from using this method. Now the problem started when they ...  Read the complete review

The Softback Preview is a book club with a cheap introductory offer. Unlike most other book clubs, there is no obligation to purchase additional books. Other reviews have covered many aspects of TSP well, so I won't examine the website, pricing policy etc in detail. I will just give an update on the service quality I experienced. ...  Read the complete review

Back in October 2001, whilst trawling through another days useless emails. I stumbled across one that caught my eye "3 books for £3!" it said (Postage & Packaging EXTRA in very small, small print!) Now, I have never been much of a reader and mostly buy books to prop up wonky furniture. But this seemed like a bargain not to be missed. For ...  Read the complete review

I joined TSP (The Softback Preview) back in the beginning of this year. I was quite shocked when I saw the deal. It was three books for £3! That is something that is rare and very unusual these days. I then looked at the commitment side of the club and there was no commitment, I was truly shocked, because book clubs always offer these excellent ...  Read the complete review

The service so far has been an absolute joke. I ordered 2 books in September - neither turned up. Since then I've written 4 times, twice to cancel the books, and twice to cancel membership. I've had no response to any of my letters/emails. It's impossible to get through to the Customer Service helpline. I've also ...  Read the complete review

I got referred to this site from My Points and thought that it was brilliant. That was before I read the small print and actually ordered something. I thought that it would be easy and I would get 3 books for £3 plus 500 My Points. The only thing I was really happy with was the points. My first order arrived and the books were not what I ...  Read the complete review

This op is only based on my personal dealings with The Softback Preview (TSP) book club, but if it is any indication of how they treat all their customers then I have to say avoid it like the plague. Introduction to TSP Browsing online one day, I saw an offer I couldn’t refuse. Buy 3 books for £1 each, plus p&p, making the ...  Read the complete review

Well actually there is but I'll get to that in a minute. If you've read my review on World Books, you'll know I'm a bookworm. I have shelves of books, a huge majority of those being history books as I'm one of those boring history type people. Anyhoo I'm also a self confessed shopaholic and when I saw ...  Read the complete review

Web site www.etsp.co.uk I have been a member and am a memeber of numerous music and book clubs and had become very fed up with the hole thing. All of them offer introductory specials at very reduced prices from even there own usual prices. However they all have a catch! -You must sign up for so long a period of time. ...  Read the complete review

I received a message from Mypoints in my mailbox the other day telling me that I would receive 10 points if I visited the TSP site and a further 500 points if I took advantage of their introductory offer and purchased 3 books. TSP stands for The Softback Preview and I have made purchases from this company in the past so I know that they ...  Read the complete review

I have surely found the only club with no strings attached and can breathe a sigh of relief that i never have to buy another book from Softback preview ever again. Well thats if i never want to. Do i want to buy another book? Well here is my honest opinion of the matter Softback preview club lives up to its expectations of no ...  Read the complete review

Well obviously we all keep our eyes open for the best offers available to us, no matter what we are seeking. I know I am sometimes drawn to banners on websites advertising wonderful offers - sometimes I can't resist and I go have a look. More often than not there is always a catch to the offer...you have to become a member and have to buy a ...  Read the complete review

The Softback Preview, claim that you can choose 3 books for only £3.00, plus P & P. What’s more is that there is NO COMMITMENT to purchase any more from them ever again! So what is the catch - after all there must be one - mustn’t there? You always end up paying for it somewhere along the line, excuse me for being a cynic. ...  Read the complete review

I’ve been a member of the “The Softback Preview” Book Club, (TSP) since Oct 2000, and this is my second membership with them… and I have no complaints. The usual Introductory offer is Three Books for £1 each Plus £3.99 postage/packing My Introductory offer purchase, this time was: 1.” Internet ...  Read the complete review

Unless you are over 40 and have nothing better to do with your time than read about 'Ancient Egypt' or 'How the War was won', then this book club is not for you. At first like any other victim that fell for the £1 price for each book offer, I was not impressed by the choices they had to offer. When most of the books are ...  Read the complete review

I have joined the Softback Preview twice under my name and my husband name 6 months apart from each other. We last joined about 9 Months ago. We had a free a carry case. All we had to do was order 3 books for a £1 each plus a couple of pounds for postage and package. And then you never have to order another book ever. How ...  Read the complete review

I was always a bit wary of joining a book club because you hear so many stories of people having problems with duplicate orders,receiving goods they didn't order and being unable to cancel subscriptions. But my sister had been a member of the Softback preview for around six months without any problems, so when I saw an advertisement ...  Read the complete review

The Softback Preview is exactly what I want from a book club. The range of titles is extensive and by no means guilty of the sort of 'dumbing down' found in certain other clubs. The majority of the books on offer are non-fiction, and include a good combination of history, science and reference books. I have bought more history books from ...  Read the complete review

I have been using the Softback Preview club for w hile now. I t was an excellent offer to begin with.....and there is no commitment to buy anything else. The magazine that you receive peiodically could do with being more descriptive and possibly more attractive..about the books they are offering...but the prices are reasonable, with a huge ...  Read the complete review

As far as I am aware, there are still periodically adverts for the Softback preview in every Sunday quality newspaper and all sorts of dailies and magazines - I was a member last year. The opening offers are usually of a high standard, and tend to be a selection of good reference titles - Oxford, Collins, that sort of thing. You pay them ...  Read the complete review