Where to buy books online?

**CrowZer0** · May 17th, 2012, 05:57 PM

I buy most or all my books from Amazon and Play.com and just usually go with whoever is cheaper. Are there some obvious places I'm missing? They don't have to be brand new, but a very good condition.

Where do you get your books from online? (I'm in the UK btw)

**Loerwyn** · May 17th, 2012, 05:58 PM

The Book Depository.

**CrowZer0** · May 17th, 2012, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Loerwyn

The Book Depository.

Thanks, taking a quick look at it, it seems to be quite expensive comparing Magician by Raymond E Feist

**Seak** · May 17th, 2012, 06:03 PM

abebooks.com is a pretty cheap source at times.

**CrowZer0** · May 17th, 2012, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Seak

abebooks.com is a pretty cheap source at times.

I think if they ship to the UK it will be quite expensive.

Edit: But there is a co.uk version!

**Seak** · May 17th, 2012, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by CrowZer0

I think if they ship to the UK it will be quite expensive.

Edit: But there is a co.uk version!

If you go to "Booksellers" and click on the advanced search, you can choose which country you want. I haven't used them outside the US, but I'm guessing this should make it cheaper.

**Loerwyn** · May 17th, 2012, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by CrowZer0

Thanks, taking a quick look at it, it seems to be quite expensive comparing Magician by Raymond E Feist

The Book Depository is owned by Amazon, but its pricing is different and has much more reliable stock of reasonably priced US editions (particularly good if, like me, you tend towards Pyr, Tor US and Baen). Some books are more expensive on TBD than Amazon, but there's just as many that are cheaper on TBD than Amazon.

**CrowZer0** · May 17th, 2012, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Seak

If you go to "Booksellers" and click on the advanced search, you can choose which country you want. I haven't used them outside the US, but I'm guessing this should make it cheaper.

Yeah it's pretty sweet, how are the used quality usually? It comes down to 63p for the book (which is very cheap) but with the shipping it comes to a little over 3 pounds. It's that or 5 pounds from Amazon for brand new.

**Seak** · May 17th, 2012, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by CrowZer0

Yeah it's pretty sweet, how are the used quality usually? It comes down to 63p for the book (which is very cheap) but with the shipping it comes to a little over 3 pounds. It's that or 5 pounds from Amazon for brand new.

It just depends on the bookseller. There are so many. Mine have all been fine, I've gotten much worse quality from Amazon, but it just depends like Amazon.

**ClaraJ** · June 4th, 2012, 01:46 AM

I usually find pretty good deals on eBay.

**Online Books** · June 5th, 2012, 06:42 AM

I buy Books online from Dobazaar.com where I can get all books with good price. I love to read novels and there is great collection of there. you can visit that site

**kennychaffin** · June 5th, 2012, 09:27 AM

Just ran across this announcement:

Tor/Forge Books Announces DRM-Free E-book Store

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/06/tor...e-e-book-store

**EllenS** · June 6th, 2012, 09:35 PM

I've frequently bought from Abebooks. The books have always arrived promptly and in the condition advertised. The one exception was a shipment which never arrived, and I requested a refund and recieved the money back the next day.

I've also bought from biblio.com and the nice thing with them is that I'm still buying from an independant bookseller.

**oceanworld** · July 30th, 2012, 12:11 PM

I usually get my books either from Barnes N' Noble or Amazon.

**Triceratops** · July 30th, 2012, 12:42 PM

e-Reader.com
BookStrands
Fictionwise.

I'm on all of these and doing well as far as bestseller status. Pretty good selection and fields for picking price and genre.

chris