Bargain Hunting in Central Ohio
by Debbie Keri-Brown

Publisher:  Lotus Press
ISBN:  0962959073

Looking for ways to save money? Bargain Hunting in Central Ohio can help you save up to ninety percent on purchases for your home, office, or car. This directory features over 1,100 listings of outlet stores, liquidators, and bargain shops throughout the Greater Columbus area, including all Franklin County communities plus Carroll, Circleville, Delaware, Granville, Heath, Hebron, Jeffersonville, Lancaster, Lithopolis, London, Marion, Marysville, Mount Gilead, Newark, Pataskala, Pickerington, Plain City, Powell, Springfield, Sunbury, Urbana, Washington Court House, West Jefferson, and Zanesville. Entries are organized into forty categories (food, clothing, entertainment, special sales, etc.) and include business name, address, telephone number, and a brief description of products and/or services that can be found at a discount.

Author Debbie Keri-Brown has lived in the Columbus area since 1980 and says she has "always loved to shop for bargains." She works as an antique dealer and freelance writer and teaches a course in Columbus also called Bargain Hunting in Central Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch has honored her with two awards for her work in advancement of cultural arts in the Columbus area.

Bargain Hunting in Central Ohio is a unique book that would benefit both the new Columbus area resident and the seasoned Central Ohio shopper. Keri-Brown accepts no advertising or solicitations for her book; she visits each shopping outlet as an average customer, evaluates the prices and service, and provides her own independent critique. Later, she reveals herself and asks the storeowner or manager for permission to print her listing. Entries range from a few brief sentences to half a page, depending upon the depth of products offered by each business.

Since Bargain Hunting in Central Ohio was last updated in 1996, it is getting a bit out of date, but a look through the book reveals that the vast majority of entries are still current. So order a copy today, seek outthe bargain outlets Keri-Brown recommends, and you will quickly save more than the book's purchase price.

John Kazalia, your Guide for Columbus, OH