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Alibris has a rating of 4.7 stars from 93,783 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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Everything from the layout to the processing very easy to comprehend. Seemed like I found everything in half the time, even with multiple options to compare books.
Search from BookFinders gave direct link to the book.
Date of experience: March 30, 2021
Very good. Needed to update my account, and apparently, lost the copy I selected. I updated my account, selected another similarly priced copy. Check out was simple.
Positive experience finding titles in the past.
Date of experience: April 4, 2023
Check out is easy. Usually the book I'm looking for is available, even newer ones. I appreciate the ability to get a used one even though I typically get a new book.
I already have an account with y’all.
Date of experience: August 8, 2022
I prefer Alibris because of excellent prices and depth of available choices. I have ordered from Alibris before and the transactions, from start to finish, is flawless.
Date of experience: December 17, 2022
Always a pleasure to shop with Alibris. It's easy to find what I'm looking for, easy to compare prices and sellers, and checkout is simple and straightforward.
It's always my first choice when I'm looking for a book. If I can get it on Alibris, I will. I only look elsewhere if Alibris doesn't have what I'm looking for.
Date of experience: February 26, 2021
I love shopping on Alibris! It's always so easy to find books, see the range of options available, and make my purchase.
It's always my first choice when I'm looking for a book.
Date of experience: February 11, 2021
I wish there was a better way for cheaper shipping. I am spending more on shipping than I am for all of my books. However, you have more titles available than elsewhere.
Date of experience: March 11, 2023
Thank you for an easy transaction. The book was in stock and in very good condition.
Best price.
Date of experience: June 30, 2024
Date of experience: February 13, 2024
It was the edition I needed.
Date of experience: November 17, 2023
I wish I could consolidate orders form one bookstore, if possible. But that seems too complicated.
Price and saving used books!
Date of experience: June 30, 2024
I love alibris. I buy all my books here.
Date of experience: May 7, 2023
Date of experience: November 19, 2022
Date of experience: November 2, 2022
Date of experience: December 23, 2021
I love alibris. And the cart optimizer.
Date of experience: October 26, 2021
Date of experience: July 8, 2021
I would have liked to see the shipping costs before going to the checkout. I like to see the year the books are published to keep them in some order when reading, which is not shown.
Looking for audiobooks on CDs. Not easy to find the "audiobooks" section for historical mysteries.
Date of experience: May 9, 2021
Love the book find tool. Was waiting and searching for a couple years for a rare book at a decent price. I was notified and I bought it immediately. Very thankful. Cheers!
Because of the book search tool.
Date of experience: June 17, 2021
Love this site! Prices are the best. Lots of choices. I find even the 'fair' books are in good shape!
I come here for all my books as I use FreeShipping.com
Date of experience: May 27, 2024
It was quick and easy to find the books I wanted and to arrange for delivery. Alibris has many books that I want. It's great to shop for good used books too.
The books I ordered are used, and I did not need new books. Good used books are fine.
Date of experience: June 18, 2021
I have been glad to find books for which I have been looking. The only dilemma is that the shipping/handling fee is expensive compared with other sellers.
I have used them before with great satisfaction.
Date of experience: June 9, 2022
It was good, but I had trouble finding the J. D. Robb books. I kept getting collections, which is not what I wanted, but I eventually found the 2 books I was looking for.
I almost always buy my books from Alibris.
Date of experience: May 10, 2021
Shipping costs way too high. Original order was 23 books, shipping was more than cost of books. Found most of my order at other online book vendors, all at a lower cost including shipping
Longtime customer, but shipping per book cost getting too high
Date of experience: July 12, 2021
I had my order ready and it would not let use the easy checkout method. I had to get a new password thus loosing my order. Had to go through a new order of all I had already typed in.
* Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: May 10, 2022
When it asked me to mark the boxes were it was a bus, it did not give me the option to press enter or continue. I sign as a guest and it works. ( I am not a robot)
A friend send me the link and the price us excellent
Date of experience: February 11, 2021
I appreciate not being required to create an account. Please indicate that the create account option also allows guest purchase without creating an account.
Good price on a book I wanted
Date of experience: July 16, 2021
I found the book I was looking to purchase, as it is not available in an electronic reader-format. I put the book in my e-cart, made my purchase, and I'm pleased with the process.
Because the item I purchased is not available on the kindle e-reader and even though I love physical copies of books, I buy e-reader compatible books when possible now to save space in my home.
Date of experience: July 16, 2021
I love this website. Only one book I ordered didn't't say where it ships from but, other than that I love this website. I've ordered from here twice and only once did I get a terribly damaged book.
This website is reliable and has a lot of options.
Date of experience: January 24, 2023
Love you folks. I've been doing business with you for more than a quarter of a century.
Satisfactory past experience
Date of experience: July 8, 2024
I buy almost all my books from alibris. Always easy. Almost always have the book i want. I'm a writer. I read and buy what i consider to be a fair amount of books.
Date of experience: January 15, 2022
Date of experience: August 31, 2021
I wanted to use the PayPal option, but because my credit card on file had expired, I had to enter the info for the new credit card -- all the other times, the system crashed when I tried to use PayPal.
Reliability & cost: Alibris is one of the three sites I've been using since the late '90s for books.
Date of experience: April 2, 2023
Really? If I had spent 8 more cents I could have had free shipping? I would have given you 5 stars if you'd have just tossed in free shipping as a new customer bonus.
Best book condition.
Date of experience: November 22, 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.
