The bookshops I know (in Germany) have an excellent ordering service, especially the academic bookshops in my university town. I used to order everything via A

The bookshops I know (in Germany) have an excellent ordering service, especially the academic bookshops in my university town. I used to order everything via Amazon, but eventually I figured I wanted to support one of our lovely little local bookshops, so I buy all my books there now. They rarely have the books I want, so I still have to order (via them), but it's almost as fast as Amazon, if not always quite as cheap. But I love the old ladies that run it, and simply dropping in for a chat with them is worth the extra cost and effort :-)