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Alibris

Overview

Alibris has a rating of 4.7 stars from 97,319 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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773
value
8,640
shipping
8,630
returns
28
quality
8,629
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Washington
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Surprisingly good!
March 5, 2025

I was not familiar with Alibris when I placed my order so I didn't know if the site was a scam. But I placed my order and hoped for the best anyway. And everything worked out. I got a title I was looking for at a price I was okay to pay. I say go for it!

Date of experience: February 23, 2025
New York
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I love albiris and I'll be going to them for all my book buying needs from now on. I started ordering from them to get all the necessary texts for my classes and not only did I find all of them, but they all arrived in decent timing even though I ordered them after the start of the semester. There are no surprises with Alibris, you know exactly where your books are coming from, you're able to choose places that are closer to you, and the shipping charges are laid out clearly. I used to go to Thriftbooks, and even though I never paid shipping over there, there's absolutely no way I could've gotten 13 books (including a book that I've seen go for a ridiculous $100+ price in other formats) for about $110 including shipping like I did here. If you're not super picky about editions or having the absolutely newest copies, then Alibris is honestly perfect.

Date of experience: February 19, 2025
Missouri
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Good experience
March 16, 2025

I was confused why the seller took so long to actually ship it. But it came within a couple of weeks and the price was phenomenal. It was my first experience with Alibiris but I will be shopping there more in the future.

Date of experience: March 5, 2025
Canada
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Never trusting this site.
March 2, 2025

Thank you received my order after more than a month that too after my exams got over. 🙂👍🏼

Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: March 16, 2025
Pennsylvania
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Any (other than a new) book I look for on Alibris, I find. The search process takes seconds. Paying for it, including the information input required, takes a minute. The estimated time of delivery is provided in the form of a time range. And, almost all of my purchases have arrived within that range.

Simply put, all the agreements between Alibris and the sources of the books I order are kept. Yes, that's the way it's supposed to be and with Alibris, that's the way it is.

Date of experience: January 29, 2025
Wisconsin
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Although no photo, great description of this elderly book. Ordering is so easy and other books offered were consistent with previous orders from this book merchant. Highly recommended as never disappointed. Thank you.

Date of experience: March 19, 2025
Nevada
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Yeah Books
April 24, 2025

Very easy to order my books, although 3 Mallory books were in Fair Condition. But the rest of my order the books were in Excellent shape. I will continue to order and will try to chose the Best/Excellent condition books.
Thanks

Date of experience: April 14, 2025
California
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It was really easy to find the book I and go through the payment process. I was just a little disappointed that the shipping was so high. I found lower shipping prices on other websites, but the books were more expensive, so this turned out to be the best deal.

Date of experience: January 24, 2025
Florida
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Great experience
March 19, 2025

It was easy to find the book I was looking for on the website. It was described accurately. The price was appropriate. The book was shipped quickly and arrived on time. It was well-packaged and no damage from shipping. The book itself was in the condition advertised.

Date of experience: March 9, 2025
Wisconsin
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Disappointment
April 3, 2025

I believed I was ordering an actual textbook, but instead I received an ebook. I already had access to an ebook through the university, and I want to have an actual test book to be able to highlight and have in the future. Completely disappointed in this. I will be returning this ebook.

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Date of experience: March 24, 2025
Georgia
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Book arrived quickly
March 30, 2025

I needed a specific book for book club and couldn't get it at the library and didn't want to pay full price for it. I received a hard back copy of my book in great condition for less than $10. It arrived much quicker than I expected. Overall very happy and plan to order again when I can't get the book from the library.

Date of experience: March 20, 2025
Virginia
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I put 8 books in my cart, used your coupon, was offered...
February 4, 2025
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I put 8 books in my cart, used your coupon, was offered cheaper versions which I declined. To checkout. I signed in (member for years) and you denied my password. I reset it using the exact same password, signed in and my cart was at 0? So I tried to order the same books, but now they were not listed. Why?

Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: January 25, 2025

Love to find full sets of a new author's work in one...
September 9, 2024
Previous review

Love to find full sets of a new author's work in one vendor's collection

Date of experience: August 30, 2024
Illinois
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February 6, 2025

1. I ordered a book and received one different from the what was advertised.
2. I cancelled one order but Alibris also cancelled another order which I did not want to cancel simply because the subject/topic was similar.

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Date of experience: January 27, 2025
Colorado
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Classic DVDs!
March 20, 2025

Since I no longer have Netflix or Prime, I'm more interested in building my classic DVD collection! No commercials, no fees! My holiday guests love looking thru my DVDs to select our 'after dinner' entertainment!

Date of experience: March 10, 2025
Canada
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Bookseller Review
May 12, 2025

Impressed with the quality of the description of the item by the seller. Inspired trust in the seller. The description was far beyond the norm. Impressed with the quality of the item when received. Basically a new book. Impressed with the thorough packaging of the book. Included a paper wrap around the book. No way this book would have been damaged in the shipping process.

Date of experience: May 2, 2025
Michigan
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Support small businesses!
April 6, 2025

The prices are fantastic and that is enough to make up for shipping cost and extra time for shipping. And then knowing I'm supporting small businesses I feel so much better about buying from Alibris than from Amazon for those hard to find titles!

Date of experience: March 27, 2025
Pennsylvania
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I woyld rather not.
March 21, 2025

I would rather not. I would definitely rather not. This is more effort than I want to provide for a purchase. I do not want to write an essay for you. You ought to rethink this. I think I might not buy any more books from your site.

Date of experience: March 11, 2025
Massachusetts
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Excellent customer service
April 11, 2025

Excellent customer service. Goofed on forgetting to update shipping adddress, tried to course-correct, alibris gave clear and friendly instructions what to do before cancelling order on my behalf, I was able to reorder again.

Date of experience: April 1, 2025
Arizona
1 review
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Great!, Fantastic!
May 13, 2025
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Great!, Fantastic! Very user friendly, very efficient, always first choice, always recommended to my friends. Very user friendly, very efficient, always first choice, always recommended to my friends.

Date of experience: May 3, 2025

WONDERFUL!
May 3, 2025
Previous review

WONDERFUL! FANTASTIC! LIKED IT ALL! WONDERFUL! FANTASTIC! LIKED IT ALL! WONDERFUL! FANTASTIC! LIKED IT ALL!

Date of experience: April 23, 2025
Illinois
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Content customer
February 19, 2025

Other than finagaling shipping prices (often items on my wish list don't have free shipping available), alibris connects you with nationwide sellers to find titles that are rare or harder to locate, often at an excellent price!

Date of experience: January 15, 2025