This was my first time ordering from book depository but as it is an international and well known site I felt like I could trust it. The prices are generally cheaper than other book sites and the book I ordered "Streams of Living Water" by Richard Foster was only $15.39, and shipping was free. The item arrived after 5 business days.
I placed an order for a book that I had been reading about (haha) as Book Depository had the best price that I could find for it.
As I have come to expect from Book Depository, the book arrived really promptly and was very well packaged, arriving in great condition.
I was keen to purchase a second copy of the book and have it sent directly to a friend who lives some distance from me, however I was sad to see that there wasn't an option on the Book Depository website to have a book sent as a gift, which is a real shame as I didn't want the invoice for the book being sent to my friend if the book was a gift. I ended up ordering the book for her from another online store.
I will undoubtedly be ordering from Book Depository again in future.
Does anyone else miss the good old fashioned book shop? Granted, buying books online does have a few advantages. I first stumbled upon UK-based Book Depository by chance, when searching for a specific non-fiction book. The book prices can be displayed in AUD, and I find them very competitive, often better-priced, and easier to search and compare, than purchasing books from the handful of remaining brick-and-mortar shops locally.
Book Depository offers free shipping worldwide, but just be aware that when you order multiple books from them, they may be delivered to you separately, rather than packed together -- so if you order the bigger books, you'll want to make sure to provide an address where someone can take the deliveries (like your work, if you work in an office) to save you multiple Post Office pick-up trips.
On their website they say that delivery to Australia takes about 7-10 working days, and so far that's been about right. I always purchase multiple books in one order from Book Depository, and indeed the deliveries are spread out: sometimes I'll receive parcels a few days apart, sometimes packages arrive on consecutive days.
thelittleowlie would shop at Book Depository again.
Favourite online bookstore!
The day I discovered Book Depository I was jumping with joy because I really love reading books (although I own an iPad I prefer reading actual physical books) but they're so expensive to buy.
So, Book Depository offers books are very competitive prices and also provides free shipping!
I've bought a number of books from here at low prices (especially a lot of my language textbooks which cost a fortune to buy at bookstores). On this particular order I bought a French textbook which arrived in about a week or so.
Only time I had an issue with them was when they sent me the wrong book. But I decided to keep it anyways without asking for an exchange because I had wanted to buy that book anyways. Nonetheless I hope that they can take better care in their postage and handling so that the right items get delivered.
The book depository is always my first stop to find books. The shipping can take a long time when you order from the UK or US, but it is a tiny price to pay when you are given access to so many hard to find and out of print books.
I've been reunited with long lost favourites and have bought gems for friends many times.
I ordered some books recently - one for my sister's birthday and some just for me.
The book depository is an equal favourite book store with another online store. It's always best to price check across stores as sometimes there is a huge difference, but Book depository often comes out on top!
I bought a book we had as children, 'Wizards and Witches' by time life, and it arrived in amazing quality for the price!
I also bought some classics I've wanted for a bit: Lady Chatterly's Lover and some Austens. These were dirt cheap - I paid about $3 for one and $10 for the others, so they were good quality for the cost.
The books arrived separately, and each took about 2 weeks to arrive, which is what you would expect from the UK.
I will always use Book Depository, it is even cheaper than buying the books second hand in Australia. LOVE!
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