Im a real book worm and am a member of several book clubs, here I am writing about one such book club - World Books. The offer I recieved from world books came via a telephone call from one of their representatives, I was offered a free book plus £40 of book vouchers to spend in the club magazine, I was happy to take up this offer, it sounded brilliant, I should have known it was too good to be true though shouldnt I !! A few months after my subscription started I recieved some books that i had not ordered, I called and requested that the books be collected because i had not ordered them, I was told they were the managers selection and that I would ...  Read the complete review

Much as I hate to admit it I am typical book club fodder. I'm a total book worm, I'm (now) a self confessed shopaholic, I love getting things in the post and I like convincing myself that somehow I've saved money instead of buying a load of books I wouldn't have bought in the first place. This summer I've managed to join two bookclubs, World Books (which this review is on) and The Softback Preview. Now lets face it one book club is essentially the same as the next, whether its the Sci-Fi and Fantasy book club or the History Guild or World Books... all replies go to the same place: Guild House, Farnsby Street, Swindon. ...  Read the complete review

I have read a number of opinions that have criticised World Books and I would like to share my positive experiences and a top tip. I have been a World Book Club member several times (I will explain a little later) for about 6 years now. The book club offers fantastic introductory offers which have saved me around £100. In return for this offer you must agree to buy a given number of books (usually 4-6) within the first 12 months of membership. Every month you are sent a catalogue with a pay advice slip. There is also a detachable section on this slip which must be sent back if you wish to reject the Editor's Choice. This is a book which has ...  Read the complete review

I decided to join up nearly 3 years ago they had offer me 6 books at 50p each then all I had to do over the first year was buy 5 more books. That sounded great to me so I ordered my 6 cheap books and got a free mug, which was good to. But then the books I had ordered would take weeks to turn up and they kept sending me the editor’s choice books that I didn’t want. I tried phoning the help line but all I got was a pre-recorded message so I never got to speak to anybody but I did get to order the return labels which cost £ 2.00p per label. So after sending back these books I wrote to them asking them not to keep sending me ...  Read the complete review

I thought I should add my halfpenny's worth about this company. Although I've never been a member, and never intend to be, I've had a lot of dealings with them and was less than impressed. The saga started 3 years ago when we moved house. The previous owner was an elderly lady who apparently was a member of this club. However, she neglected to tell them of her move, despite having recently taken delivery of a number of rather expensive books. About 6 months after she left I noticed that we'd started receiving her post (obviously her post re-direct had expired). There were a lot of letters from World Books but I marked them "No ...  Read the complete review