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Alibris has a rating of 4.7 stars from 93,668 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Alibris most frequently mention great prices, good price, and shopping experience. Alibris ranks 1st among Used Books sites.
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My order a single book came just as described and in the amount of time that was stated. I waited patiently and had no issues
Only place that had the book I needed in print not a E version
Date of experience: April 16, 2024
It was a bit harder to change my shipping address than necessary. I had to go back in and delete the old address, just updating the address wasn't enough.
Looking for a rare book
Date of experience: February 6, 2021
Alibris does not send unsolicited emails. I only receive notification of. Availablity of books I am actually interested in. The purchases process is simple. I appreciate going through Alibris
It's a comprehensive, universal source
Date of experience: July 15, 2021
Always a good price, or good alternative price to other sellers' prices. And sometimes, books which others do not have. Easy operability of search, and checkout of cart; Thanks!
Others don't have this rather odd historical work by Henry Ford.
Date of experience: June 4, 2023
Lower cost than new book elsewhere, even with $4.49 shipping charge; not in a great hurry to receive book, so Amazon Prime rapid delivery was not required in this case.
Date of experience: March 5, 2023
Date of experience: February 1, 2023
Excellent. Long-time customer, here.
Lowest price on Nobelist Paabo's NEANDERTHAL MAN paperback.
Date of experience: October 16, 2022
Good variety of sellers, books, and prices, and easy workability at site, very welcoming, Thanks!
Price-shopping to try to save on an expensive Springer Publishing academic paperback text.
Date of experience: June 22, 2022
A good source among others for good bargains. Shipping is steep, though!
Comparison shopping for John Brunner award winning SF novels from 1969-70.
Date of experience: January 19, 2022
Great variety in selection of books, and many scarce publications available at good prices.
Looking for a good affordable price.
Date of experience: December 5, 2021
Alibris is the best on price. Also the greatest variety and choice.
Other used booksellers have less stock and higher prices.
Date of experience: November 7, 2021
Longtime happy customer, here.
Date of experience: May 7, 2021
Nice books, great prices, easy to maneuver through your website.
Very simple and easy, incredibly simple and laid out very clearly.
The shipping is expensive. That needs some attention.
Date of experience: October 20, 2022
Why buy new for $20+ dollars when you can buy hardcover used for $13? Saving trees and growing brains without taking from mother earth yet again and again! Huzzah!
God told me to.
Date of experience: March 9, 2022
It was a fine experience. I was able to get all the books I wanted to purchase and they were in the condition I had expected it.
The books were affordable
Date of experience: May 28, 2024
I ordered two books from Alibris and both of them arrived quickly and in excellent condition! Thank you!
Alibris on many occasions had a book in their inventory when other eBay sellers did not!
Date of experience: April 26, 2024
Your online bookstore has many competitive pricing choices for the same book which is a good and free competitive market!
You have the book that I wanted at a competitive price!
Date of experience: May 10, 2022
I found this particular book that could not be found on other websites! Also, as I prefer to obtain the hardcover version of books, this was the best hardcover edition of the book that your site had that was available
Date of experience: May 2, 2022
Always am able to find the books I am looking for at a very reasonable price.
Needed books
Date of experience: June 27, 2024
I've found two extremely rare books in the past two weeks for a reasonable price and I couldn't be more thrilled! Thank you so much for making it affordable to be a collecter!
I found a rare book I’ve been missing!
Date of experience: October 20, 2021
Great place to buy books! Arrive has always been excellent and I've always received the books in a short time.
Date of experience: May 22, 2024
Shipping fees should be shown with the price of the books (see how abebooks does it!)
Date of experience: June 27, 2024
Very clean and concise descriptions of books, prices are good, and site is easy to use.
Date of experience: June 27, 2024
Good prices, good variety of books.
Date of experience: October 31, 2023
Good prices
Date of experience: October 11, 2023
Site is very easy to use and has a very fast response time.
Book prices are very good.
Date of experience: June 7, 2023
Already a customer
Date of experience: April 8, 2023
Good prices and selection of o/p books
Date of experience: April 6, 2023
Variety of books, books i can't find on other sites, and prices are great compared to other sites
Date of experience: December 21, 2022
You quoted $7.50 for shipping at check out it was $27.50 that is fraude the only reason I payed is I really need this book for my health you are a Ripp Off
Because I thought you would be cheaper than amazon I was wrong
* Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: May 13, 2023
Prices are unbeatable compared to amazon and thriftbooks. Shipping is what it is. Still cheaper than others that offer free shipping. Keep it up alibris!
I did a worm composting class and have a huge book list i'm slowly working through. Some of the titles couldn't be found with 'the other guys'.
Date of experience: November 3, 2021
So far so good as this is my first purchase on this site. That they even had this product is amazing and that alone makes me VERY HAPPY with my experien ce, and so, if the product is what it is advertised to be, then I will be a regular on alibris!
The sole vendor that carried what I was seeking.
Date of experience: September 1, 2021
Shipping charges not mentioned till checkout
Couldn't change order placed in cart! Initially only wanted one book. Couldn't look at cart without proceeding to checkout
Misrepresenting price for books when looking at everyone to order from!
* Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: October 7, 2021
Shipping address automatically switched to last address entered. I didn't change that to the default.
* Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: May 28, 2024
It is unclear that I received consolidated shipping: $7.98 for 2 items from the same seller
Good choice
Date of experience: August 15, 2022
I appreciated that even though it took a long time (10 days) to receive my order, I was kept informed about the process all along the way.
1. Availability of my requested book, 2. Price, 3. Transit time. In this case, I didn't have a time limit that necessitated receiving my order by a specific deadline.
Date of experience: April 20, 2024
Date of experience: November 4, 2023
Had to put my credit card in twice.
Pls make sure my billing and shipping addrs po box 2554
Ranchos de taos nm *******
Pls remove 535 paseo del pueblo norte addrs thx
Google showed u had book for less
Date of experience: March 6, 2023
Book was received in great condition as advertised. Delivery time was reasonable considering cross border postal service.
I received a prompt response that answered my question.
Availability of book at reasonable price.
Date of experience: May 3, 2024
I wish that your system wasn't so quick to finalize a purchase. I use a lot of different addresses and so #@!$ often I push a button thinking i'll get a chance to set the address, but no.
* Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 26, 2022
I love Alibris but sometimes the delivery is v slowwww.I wish you had a rating for average time to delivery or something.
Cheap and the search algorithms can be serendipitous
Date of experience: September 24, 2022
Ordering was easy and efficient. You said I'd get $10.00 off on the email you sent. When do I see that credit?
Better prices, quality options and expedient delivery.
Date of experience: April 15, 2024
I love alibris! I just order the books I want to read and in a week or so they are delivered. You have a great selection of old and new I am glad I found you! Claudia Salins
It is easy quick and I always find the books I want.
Date of experience: March 27, 2021
We love browsing books, drinking coffee, and talking with people who love good stories.
Born from Interloc, a database for proffesional booksellers, Alibris has spent over two decades connecting book lovers to book sellers. It's the premier marketplace for textbooks, used books and rare, out-of-print books and supports countless small booksellers across the country. With over 270 million books, Alibris has something for you.
