Alternative Online Bookseller

Dr. Dread · July 28, 2009, 09:11:04 AM

http://www.bookdepository.com

Free shipping, therefore cheaper. So I gather.

MishaK · July 28, 2009, 09:12:13 AM

There is also abebooks.com and bamm.com

Dr. Dread · July 28, 2009, 09:13:13 AM

Abebooks is used stuff. Is bamm?

DavidW · July 28, 2009, 09:20:23 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2009, 09:11:04 AM
http://www.bookdepository.com

Free shipping, therefore cheaper. So I gather.

They have cheap prices too! Awesome, I'm going to use them, should be cool.

Dr. Dread · July 28, 2009, 09:23:05 AM

Quote from: DavidW on July 28, 2009, 09:20:23 AM
They have cheap prices too! Awesome, I'm going to use them, should be cool.

They just set up their dot-com. Before that it was strictly a ".uk".

MishaK · July 28, 2009, 09:27:08 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2009, 09:13:13 AM
Abebooks is used stuff. Is bamm?

No. bamm is aka booksamillion.com

Dr. Dread · July 28, 2009, 09:27:31 AM

Quote from: O Mensch on July 28, 2009, 09:27:08 AM
No. bamm is aka booksamillion.com

Oh yeah. I've heard of that.

Dr. Dread · July 28, 2009, 10:01:43 AM

It's odd they don't ask for state when you set up an account. I guess zip code is enough, but it's still weird...

Opus106 · July 28, 2009, 10:06:26 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2009, 09:11:04 AM
http://www.bookdepository.com

Free shipping [snip]

Worldwide!

Thanks for the link, Dave.

Dr. Dread · July 28, 2009, 10:07:24 AM

You are welcome, Navneeth.

Brian · July 28, 2009, 10:09:24 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2009, 10:07:24 AM
You are welcome, Navneeth.

I love that creepy "Watch People Shop" feature.

"Someone in Ireland just bought a Disney Princess Height Chart"

Opus106 · July 28, 2009, 10:12:12 AM

I just noticed that they also have a "Buy from Amazon.com" link. Hm...

Dr. Dread · July 28, 2009, 10:13:43 AM

Quote from: opus106 on July 28, 2009, 10:12:12 AM
I just noticed that they also have a "Buy from Amazon.com" link. Hm...

It looks like they do a comparison against Amazon for every book. Kind of cool.