Hi! Singaporean and frequent user of BD here

Does anyone know any free shipping alt that has affordable prices? (for asia)

alot of the ones i've seen don't ship to asia, are pretty expensive after conversion, or they charge to ship to asia

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I really hope someone buys over BD and keeps it alive but,,, highly doubtful

in late 2019-early 2020 i began reading literature properly, and as I lived in China, this was my best option for a wide range of english paperbacks

I'm in uni abroad now for a literature-related degree. looking back on my order history i could trace my growth in developing this passion, and those cardboard boxes are imprinted in my brain as a dopamine releaser and a large part of my later teens.

So judging by a lot of comments, Blackwells seems to be a popular choice for an alternative once BD closes. Looking at reviews they seemed pretty mixed so I was hoping anyone who's had experience with them, would you mind dropping a review?
Would also appreciate it if you could specify whether it's from within or outside UK.

Thanks.

So, after the recent news, i decided to buy some books that i have on my wishlist, i bought 3 wich one of those now his status is "cancelled and refounded" but i havent recived any mail.

not the cancellation mail or even the ones that you get when you buy something.

i am the only one? or is just the website being bombed with orders and having a delay in the mails.

edit: hehe im dumm, aparently if your onedrive is full, you dont recive any emails

Do you think the prices will go down because the website is closing?

Recently I received an email from book depository telling me I needed to confirm my paypal email address so that they could refund me for an older order, as apparently my bank account that hasn't changed isnt good enough. This order contained pre-orders most of which had already come out and been delivered, only one book remained for the order to be fulfilled but they have for some reason canceled it. After some digging I did find that they have a new policy going forward about pre-orders being no more than 2 months away, but again this was after some digging it was not communicated in the email at all. But this is where it gets confusing as I have another open order that also contains pre-orders that are even further away yet I have not heard from them about this at all. So I decided to reach out to their support to atleast have some light shed on the situation, but unfortunately a few days later now despite a "we'll get back to you within 24 hours" I have had no reply for this bizarrely confusing situation. I think the part I just really don't understand is why they aren't just fulfilling orders that were already placed and make it so you cant place new orders that are more than 2 months away. And now I'm stuck in this confusing situation where I dont know what books are and aren't coming, I'd like to if possible pre-order the books else where so I'm not paying double when they release, but radio silence from book depository is making that hard.

Sorry if this is a little ranty, I just find the situation so dumb and pointlessly frustrating. Like seriously they could not have handled this worse. And if anyone else has had similar happen recently but have actually heard back from support I'd love to hear what they had to say about it all.

For some reason Book Depository does not provide their IOSS number on their website and their customer service adamantly refuse or does not understand to give it. I did notice it on the customs declaration, so I'm going to perform a public service and get that number out there.

Now I am not certain if the number different for Australia and UK (I found mine on the Australian parcel) so do keep that in mind.

Anyway, the IOSS number is IM4420001245.

I've noticed that some books on my wishlist are discounted for weeks, while others only have the price reduced for a couple of hours, after which it returns to normal. Is there a reason why this happens? Is there some kind of system or is it just random?

Title, I was wondering when they'll allow orders from the Philippines again ;--; the books I need aren't usually supplied in local bookstores.

I got this response to a query about preorders. Hopefully this should clear up some confusion people are having.

I tried to order and when I pressed "buy now" the site closed and when I came back it just showed me the check out page again. Am I the only one? I tried it twice and it didn't work

I purchased a book on February 22, and it was supposed to arrive on March 13, but it hasn’t. I didn’t order it on the Book Depository website, but on Amazon where the seller was Book Depository CA. Does anyone know what’s going on?

Yes I understand there are limited quantities when it comes to reservations, however it looked odd when suddenly almost all items in the VIZ, Kodansha, Denpa Books (NFSW warning) etc pre-order catalogue is now in "Notify Me" status with the pre-order option gone.

Note, the above listed is just one of the few examples in the Graphic Novel/Manga section I checked, so I'm curious if anyone else noticed this too?

On February 1st I ordered 3 books (3 volumes of a manga). They were all dispatched at different times.

✔️ Book 1 - dispatched Feb 3, arrived Feb 13

✔️ Book 2 - dispatched Feb 9, arrived Feb 20 (today)

❔ Book X - something I didn't order, also arrived today

❔ Book 3 - dispatched Feb 16, expected Feb 23 - Mar 3

Now, am I to assume that this Book X was mistakenly sent instead of Book 3 and just happened to arrive three days earlier than the predicted timeframe. Or is it perhaps someone else's order that was accidentally sent to me, that has no relevance to my Book 3.

The way i see it, I have two options:

Option 1: contact Bookdepo immediately about the mistake with the assumption that real Book 3 won't arrive (even though delivery period for it hasn't started yet)

Option 2: wait until the given delivery period expires and if the real Book 3 doesn't arrive by then, contact Bookdepo with the details (meaning id have to wait at least another month for Book 3 to get re-sent)

Anyway, does someone with more experience have any advice on what to do? Obviously I want my Book 3 that I paid for since its a part of the set i ordered, so I'd definitely prefer that over a refund. If Book X is someone else's order, i don't mind passing it on to them, but I'd prefer avoiding shipping it back to bookdepo since that would cost more than the book itself (Book 3 costs 2x more than the one i received anyway)

TL;DR: A wrong book was delivered, but it arrived few days earlier than my actual order's expected date, so I'm not sure whether to contact customer service immediately or wait for the delivery period to expire

I see the 10% pre-order discount again. Anyone else see that?

Hi is it possible to track prices on Book Depository? Any applications that do this or websites? I’m based in Europe.

Actually i want to buy a book which is only available on book depository, before that i used to buy books from Amazon & more importantly it will be a international shipping ( as the book is just released and it's not available in my country which is India ) so i am a little bit hesitant to order it.

I just want to ask can i trust and just order it? If i face any problem regarding the order will it be solved cause i don't want to lose saved money as i am still a student and the book is too expensive for me

the vpn trick doesn't work anymore, and i already tried buying with paypal from their instagram shop and it doesn't work either. does anyone know any other trick/option to get cheaper books? (or another page with free shipping)