We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

Alternative to amazon books

Hi,
Did a search but no results came back for the book depository!http://www.bookdepository.co.uk
They are brill & i am about to place a large order :) often they are half the price of amazon books!!. All their books are delivered FREE anywhere in the world!! :T
HTH someone :)
No one said it was gonna be easy!
«1

Comments

  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    I have found using

    http://www.bookbrain.co.uk/ much better as it tells you who is the cheapest for which book.

    I find it better to use than any other price checker site. As it is just for books.


    Yours


    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • jackb_2
    jackb_2 Posts: 20 Forumite
    Another good book specific search engine is https://www.find-book.co.uk and there is a whole series of these websites;

    https://www.find-dvd.co.uk
    https://www.find-cd.co.uk
    https://www.find-games.co.uk
  • shays_mum
    shays_mum Posts: 1,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks for all the above, having done tonnes of research from here, have come across all the above!. My point was they are by far the cheapest around & with free delivery anywhere you can't really go wrong!!.
    No one said it was gonna be easy!
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    shays_mum wrote:
    Thanks for all the above, having done tonnes of research from here, have come across all the above!. My point was they are by far the cheapest around & with free delivery anywhere you can't really go wrong!!.


    Agreed but I was pointing out to others that they might like to do research as the books you ordered may have been cheaper but for some that other people might want they might not be.

    But then when you have free amazon vouchers I don't worry about paying a little bit more as it is still free ;)

    Yours


    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • shays_mum
    shays_mum Posts: 1,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    cool :) i hear ya :)
    No one said it was gonna be easy!
  • firespire
    firespire Posts: 795 Forumite
    I used to use bookbrain but I sometimes find some books are not listed even though I know they are in print. Then I found https://www.123pricecheck.com and would recomend it highly.
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    firespire wrote:
    I used to use bookbrain but I sometimes find some books are not listed even though I know they are in print. Then I found https://www.123pricecheck.com and would recomend it highly.


    Thanks for that never come across them before. But always handy to have to pass on to others.


    Yours


    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • I used find-book.co.uk and finally found the book ive been looking for. The book was on my university reading list for next year but all the major bookshops have told me they didnt stock it and it was out of print. Cheers jackb.
  • fruit-loop
    fruit-loop Posts: 237 Forumite
    Another good place for books, if you don't mind used ones is http://www.greenmetropolis.com . All books are £3.75 and nearly all are free delivery. Even if you have to pay delivery you never pay more than about £1.50. Also after you have read the book you can resell it on there and get £3.00 back. 5P from every book also goes to the 'Tree For All' campaign by the woodland trust.
  • shays_mum
    shays_mum Posts: 1,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    fruit-loop cool find thanks :), but not as many book choices as book depo, i just checked!
    No one said it was gonna be easy!
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 354K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455.2K Spending & Discounts
  • 247K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 603.6K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.3K Life & Family
  • 261.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.