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Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

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Re: Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

#11
post #6

I wonder if Goodreads is next under the guillotine.

Hopefully not, maybe someone should scrape everything from there. I didn't know amazon owned book depo, maybe I should have guessed something has changed when they starting sending increased number of marketing emails a year or two ago.

edit: typo

Re: Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

#12

Definitely disappointed, I used them regularly for the last 6/7 years, ordered from them over 70 books and this feels like a punch in the gut. My country is not served by Amazon Prime, so basically for a single book I have to pay a delivery fee of 10 euros... While on the other hand Book Depository offered a free delivery, although you waited a month or two. Shame, it really sucks, never should have allowed Amazon to…

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Re: Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

#15
post #6

I wonder if Goodreads is next under the guillotine.

You can request your data here https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?ref=nav_profile_settings

They will send a confirmation email. After you click the link to confirm, it says "We will provide your information to you as soon as we can. Usually, this should take no more than a month."

EDIT: you can export your book database as CSV (shelves, ratings, reviews, etc) here https://www.goodreads.com/review/import (there's a link towards the top to export...disregard that the URL says "import".

Re: Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

#16

I'm surprised but not surprised. Books get delivered 2-3 months later, if they ever get delivered at all. Need to contact support for replacement. End up preferring to pay the premium at local booksellers than buying from Book Depo. How do they even make money like this.

I've never had that issue. My pre-orders usually arrive within a couple of weeks of release date.

Too bad that I have a pre-order for a June release with them.

Re: Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

#18
There are no words for how much this sucks. If you are outside the US/EU, reasonably priced books in english aren't easy to find. CompSci literature in English? Forget it, buddy. Book Depository had decent prices with free international shipping to most of the world. Sure, I have to wait a month and sometimes they have to reship because it got damaged in transport, but if I need a book immediately Library Genesis is right there. Book Depository built out my home library for both fiction and non-fiction, and I will miss it dearly. Salute o7

Re: Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

#19
post #14

They are often cheaper than Amazon in the marketplace, and have a very good reputation. A bit of shame :-/

They also deliver worldwide for free. Meanwhile ordering a 13.18€ book from Amazon.de will incure 9.85€ in postage because my closest Amazon is an entire Baltic Sea away.

(Well, technically Amazon.de has free deliveries too – you just need to buy order at least 99€ worth of them at once)

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