A friend introduced this online book store The Book Depository at www.bookdepository.com. The price of their books at The Book Depository are very competitive and on top of it, the provide free shipping worldwide. This free shipping offer is hard to resist since I live on the other side of the globe. So I took this opportunity to buy a few Enid Blyton’s books for my girl. They are cheaper than buying from MPH or Popular.
From time to time, they have additional 10% discount on their books. And yesterday, when I was about to buy another Famous Five book, I noticed that the price has increased compared to when they did not offer any discount. Last month I bought a Famous Five book at $6.68 with no 10% discount during that period. Yesterday, the price has increased to $7.23 and after 10% discount, I paid $6.50 for one book. See how they trick us with their additional 10% discount. Anyway, it is still cheaper than buying from MPH online.
And I also read that Amazon has bought The Book Depository. The first question that most of us asked is, will Amazon continue with the free shipping? If not, it is not worth buying from them anymore.




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I heard about this too but never got to buy from them yet
Great blog
Have you heard that the book depository has been bought by Amazon? I think it will have some effect on prices, as in amazon and bookdepository will no longer be competing against each other for customers, so what do they have to gain by keeping prices low? I believe the part about still offering free shipping but I expect an increase in prices over time. I suppose we just have to wait longer and see what happens
also the prices can vary by 20-30% for the same book the the UK and US website, so worth comparing price each time you order, sometimes the UK is cheaper, other times the US is cheaper
UK
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/referafriend?a_aid=code
US
http://www.bookdepository.com/referafriend?a_aid=code