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Alibris has a rating of 4.7 stars from 93,829 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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Did not recognize my email, so I re-registered and it said there was already an account by that name.
Date of experience: June 8, 2024
Could not find item with search function even with exact title as search string. Finally had to locate on the item using Bing and follow it's link to Alibris.
Looking for a specific text book. Found it available at Alibris with, first a Google search, and then a Bing search.
Date of experience: February 21, 2021
Could not find item with search function even with exact title as search string. Finally had to locate on the item using Bing and follow it's link to Alibris.
Looking for a specific text book. Found it available at Alibris with, first a Google search, and then a Bing search.
Date of experience: February 7, 2021
I can always find practically brand new books for half the Publishers or even less the Publishers price! And they're always in tip top shape or exactly as described
I I was using one online bookstore when I Googled some others because one of the books I wanted wasn't available and this is the one I picked and I'm glad I did
Date of experience: August 8, 2022
The checkout was difficult since I had a different shipping and billing address. The "update address" box kept disappearing as I tried to type and altogether it was frustrating.
Date of experience: January 5, 2023
Found everything I wanted, at great prices. Shipping hurts. Frustrating to have to go to different sellers and pay multiple shipping fees for each book.
Have always found good selection and prices. I love the multi-seller search.
Date of experience: November 28, 2023
Alibris takes the sting out of our mourning the disappearance of neighborhood used book shops--while whether in fact they might in part be responsible for this disappearance is inconsequential!
Date of experience: February 1, 2023
In this case--mail-order retail: trust the message, worry about the messenger (usps)
Date of experience: June 2, 2022
Straightforward, ad-free and simple. Like browisng the aisles.
For every reason :) Actually--price and selection. The incremental changes made to this site over the past 10 years or more have been really great. Keeps getting better and better.
Date of experience: November 19, 2021
I'd prefer not to be automatically toggled to wish list after moving an item there from shopping basket. My 2 cents' worth. Otherwise I'm a satisfied customer fo sho.
Date of experience: June 19, 2021
It could be a little easier if the used book was set up by state alphabetically, so you could go straight to the closest state to retrieve your curriculum.
Used Alibris previously.
Date of experience: January 9, 2022
I love Alibris! I am thumbing my nose at Amazon...I will always check here first and will continue to sing your praises to other educators, parents and book lovers.
I was certain I would find the children's book that I wanted to give to my resident teacher as a parting gift.
Date of experience: May 25, 2023
I don't like the idea of using Amazon for used books. I think Alibris lets me be more supportive of independent booksellers.
Date of experience: May 22, 2021
I could not find this book anywhere! I am so thankful for you all. I received my confirmation email within the minute that I placed my order.
Thanks again!
Date of experience: February 3, 2022
The coupons offered are misleading. When you apply them at point of purchase, you are notified a $50 purchase is required. This is not stated on your email notification.
Previous customer
Date of experience: January 19, 2022
Very positive, except that once I started checkout it kept showing shipping costs when I qualified for free shipping. It did, at the end, show that to be so.
Looking for specific books in print for a while, at the least expensive price.
Date of experience: October 6, 2021
It is nice to see that your company had the workbook that I needed.
I was pleased with previous sales.
Date of experience: July 9, 2024
First order. Seemed easy. Will be interested to see how long it takes to arrive & what condition it arrives in
Best price for the book
Date of experience: May 30, 2024
The first seller I tried to buy this book from couldn't locate that copy to ship it to me. Very disappointing. I hope this purchase ships soon. It's a gift for my daughter.
I’m getting tired of shopping Amazon for used books.
Date of experience: November 16, 2021
The last book I ordered fell apart. It was by Flannery O'Connor. I called about and said they would credit me on next order. I didn't see this refeltied on my order today.
I thought it would be cheaper but the book I ordered was cheaper on Amazon
Date of experience: June 4, 2021
The best price for this book out of all the online stores.
I'm getting a "Very Good" HC copy for less than a softcover in not as good of condition.
So Happy!
Thanks!
Price + I like this company very much from many positive experiences over the years!
Date of experience: March 19, 2022
It would be helpful to know the appearance of the book I ordered many books come in different styles); maybe add a feature where the seller may upload an image of the cover?
Cheapest prices, fastest delivery
Date of experience: January 19, 2022
I thought I was buying this from Alibi's. If I start getting email or spam from Solr BooksI am going to be very angry.
You were cheap
Date of experience: July 1, 2024
Forgot password never sent the email to create a new password. I tried multiple times. That was frustrating. I like that you now have a service to reduce the cost.
Looking for the best price for paperback graphic novels. I used Alibris in college. Happy to see you going strong.
Date of experience: February 29, 2024
Again, your webpage is very difficult to use. Please check out Amazon's layouts for books by the same author, such as Lindsey Martin-Bowen, who is buying these books to give for Christmas. (I would have preferred to buy two of the first book (CASHING CHECKS with Jim Morrison) in lieu of its first of the series (CROSSING KANSAS with Jim Morrison) because I have many copies of it at home. But your website would not let me buy a second copy of CASHING CHECKS. Why?
Initially to order another copy of AMERICAN CRIMINAL COURTS, which I teach at Blue Mountain College. Then, I discover you're selling my books, too.
Date of experience: December 8, 2023
Your site is difficult to use because when I had to change my password (because I'd forgotten it, I had to go through many pages to return to the checkout page. Further, on that page, I applied for a $5 coupon, (which I didn't receive), then I had to click on two or three pages to return to the check out page.
I used it because I teach AMERICAN COURT SYSTEMS & PRACTICES and use this text. (Even if old, it remains current.) I purchased four books earlier in the fall for my students. (The term begins January 8.) Blue Mountain College has closed its Criminal Justice Dept. Thus, this will be the last time this class is offered. It seemed ridiculous to use a new text.
Date of experience: December 8, 2023
Originally the first copy of AMERICAN CRIMINAL COURTS was only $1.49--but that was before I signed in--and it became lost. I wouldn't care so much, but you see I am buying these books for the final American Court Systems & Practices Class I will teach for Blue Mountain College next January. So I'd hoped to keep the cheaper one.
Alibris is selling my books that Pierian Springs Press added to it. So I appreciate that, and I had a difficult time finding AMERICAN COURT SYSTEMS. So I'm buying enough copies for a five-person class.
Date of experience: June 12, 2023
My first time let's see how this goes. If this goes well, I will use your site more in the future.
A young lady from our church can use this book.
Date of experience: July 7, 2024
Alibris has always (thus far) had good prices and excellent shipping. I rarely have any problems with quality. I definitely recommend Alibris whenever I can!
Because Alibris had a better price on a book that I wanted than eBay.
Date of experience: February 14, 2022
The prices were better than thriftbooks
Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Understandable problem, but frustrating to have to enter payment details again after being offered to "select alternative" to unavailable item, especially through your own link.
Date of experience: March 9, 2023
Wide access to varied sources.
Date of experience: March 9, 2023
Faith Full Circle is a nonfictional autobiography of a man in search of his identity, beliefs and values. It describes his early childhood experiences, his family relationships, parental expectations and his educational experiences. It includes the religious training and experiences in a fundamentalist protestant denomination and the values he was introduced to as he participated in various activities.
Ifakorede Awoyefa, the author of this saga describes his search for meaning, direction and purpose of his life. He explored African religions and cultures in an attempt to discover himself. He discusses his triumphs and defeats and the lessons he learned in interpersonal marital relations as well as in career and professional endeavors. Trying to incorporate the values and beliefs to acquire wisdom and knowledge and mesh them with his beliefs was a challenging experience that brought him "full circle" in his faith.
Review written by Carol F. Luper
Date of experience: July 24, 2018
Shopping was great. Only hooker in the deal was that there seems to be a delay in notification of shipping and tracking inducing a bit of angst for a relatively new user.
Searching for an book which is difficult to find either in a library or onliine service, and was too expensive for an Amazon purchase
Date of experience: December 7, 2023
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.
