First dpreview.com, now this. I wonder who's next...
Alexa? Have they ever made a dime on it?
Probably never, same with that hardware "buy" button they have/had.
Amazon to close Book Depository online shop
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#93There 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…
Probably a bit nitpicky, but there is at least one place outside the US/EU where it is very easy to find books in English.
You might be surprised. Good luck finding reasonably priced books in Australia. Book depository has been excellent.
I had no idea this was coming. I didn't know they were owned by Amazon. This is terrible and it just goes to show that we can't have nice things.
I had been ordering books from there since 2015 :(
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#94At least half of my library came from BookDepository so this makes me really sad. It’s so expensive to get books shipped to Australia.
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#95I'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.
sorry, I'm from Malaysia
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#96There 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…
In Poland there is a whole ecosystem of resellers who sell various books on Allegro (which is basically polish equivalent of Ebay + Amazon). I am not sure exactly how do they get the book info, but it is quite clear that they get the inventory off Amazon, who ships the books to the resellers first, who repack them and send them to direct customers. Of course you can ask, "why not buy at Amazon (or Ebay) directly"? We…
I'm in the Baltics and Allegro is a good option where available, but I'd really like them to expand as not all items can be shipped here. I don't really understand the logic of what can and cannot as I've bought small items and large items (headlights), but quite a lot of things are not available. Last year they added English translations on the site, but searching for items in Polish returns many more results so it's not a great experience.
The market here is really ripe for a big seller as if I buy the typical "I'll just buy it from Amazon" products locally they are very overpriced - I joke that it feels like the distributor in Germany (or whatever other European hub it comes from) adds 30%, then the person who brings it here adds another 30%, and then the person who sells it here adds another 30%. For example last week I bought some insect screens from Amazon DE, they were 3 for €16. If I buy locally the cheapest price is 1 for €20.
Amazon DE ships here, but they have a €10 shipping fee so I save up until I have many items in the cart, and then it still takes a week to arrive. AliExpress is a good option now they've started charging VAT (no customs to deal with) but it takes 1 to 2 months for items to arrive from China.
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#97That’s a bummer. Most of the technical books I bought on Amazon were supplied by Book Depository. Are they going to just disappear now?
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#98Living in France, to buy technical books in English for sensible money and without onerous shipping cost, I always used Amazon and the books were often delivered by Book Depository. Wondering how things will be after it closes.
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#99There 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…
Probably a bit nitpicky, but there is at least one place outside the US/EU where it is very easy to find books in English.
Wasn't there a "reasonably priced" bit also? See peer comment regarding pricing in Australia.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably a bit nitpicky, but there is at least one place outside the US/EU where it is very easy to find books in English.
Britain, Australia, and India would be my guesses. And Canada if we haven’t annexed it yet.
Poor New Zealand, not even on the map in Risk.