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This is absolutely devastating news in my circle of friends. It was the only remotely affordable place to order physical books from. Amazon proper charges $60+

This is absolutely devastating news in my circle of friends. It was the only remotely affordable place to order physical books from. Amazon proper charges $60+ for delivery regardless of the item's price. It is going to be signifantly harded for me to expand my library in the future.

haser_au 4y ago
You know they're owned by Amazon, right? This move will drive more traffic to Amazon, unfortunately. I feel for you and your friends. It truly was disruptive when BD launched, and made such an impact on the book scene. Sad day.
- input_sh 4y ago
  > This move will drive more traffic to Amazon, unfortunately. No it won't, at least not from my entire country. BD: You pay $20-$40 for a book. It gets delivered to your door (mostly, after a period so long you forget which book you even ordered). You pay a tiny fixed local import tax (around $1). Amazon.com: You pay $20-$40 for a book + $49.95 fixed delivery fee + ~$15 for "taxes and import duties". I have never purchased a physical item from Amazon.com because of those fees. I have ordered dozens of books from BD, aware that it's owned by Amazon, because it was at a price I'm willing to pay for a book. I will continue not buying from Amazon.com because it's way above my price range (or really anyone's) for a physical book.
EliRivers 4y ago
I note that Wordery still does free international shipping, although I found that BD often came out cheaper and Wordery's range is lesser. Whenever I buy a book (which happens on the order of about once a week, so a fairly regular check of suppliers) I check a half dozen places, including BD, Wordery, Amazon, abebooks, alibris, booksplease, thriftbooks and booksetc.co.uk and of course ebay; at various times, each of those has been the cheapest option, including shipping (where BD and Wordery, with their free shipping, had a big advantage because of that). BD founded by someone who used to work for amazon; Wordery founded by someone who used to work for BD. Maybe this is Wordery's big chance.

haser_au 4y ago

You know they're owned by Amazon, right? This move will drive more traffic to Amazon, unfortunately. I feel for you and your friends. It truly was disruptive when BD launched, and made such an impact on the book scene. Sad day.

input_sh 4y ago
> This move will drive more traffic to Amazon, unfortunately. No it won't, at least not from my entire country. BD: You pay $20-$40 for a book. It gets delivered to your door (mostly, after a period so long you forget which book you even ordered). You pay a tiny fixed local import tax (around $1). Amazon.com: You pay $20-$40 for a book + $49.95 fixed delivery fee + ~$15 for "taxes and import duties". I have never purchased a physical item from Amazon.com because of those fees. I have ordered dozens of books from BD, aware that it's owned by Amazon, because it was at a price I'm willing to pay for a book. I will continue not buying from Amazon.com because it's way above my price range (or really anyone's) for a physical book.

EliRivers 4y ago

I note that Wordery still does free international shipping, although I found that BD often came out cheaper and Wordery's range is lesser. Whenever I buy a book (which happens on the order of about once a week, so a fairly regular check of suppliers) I check a half dozen places, including BD, Wordery, Amazon, abebooks, alibris, booksplease, thriftbooks and booksetc.co.uk and of course ebay; at various times, each of those has been the cheapest option, including shipping (where BD and Wordery, with their free shipping, had a big advantage because of that). BD founded by someone who used to work for amazon; Wordery founded by someone who used to work for BD. Maybe this is Wordery's big chance.