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Alibris has a rating of 4.7 stars from 96,976 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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New York
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Got exactly what I wanted
April 4, 2025

I was hesitant based on not being able to see the condition of the books I was buying but was pleasantly surprised by the accuracy of the quality rating. Will be ordering from Alibris again, awesome service!

Date of experience: March 28, 2025
Ohio
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Got the book!
April 27, 2025

It was tough to find this book even with an interlibrary loan program through my local library. That surprised me, because it was published after 2010 and the author is well known in Science fiction/fantasy. Alibris found me a copy in good condition.

Date of experience: March 31, 2025
New Jersey
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Your description and instructions for a new credit card involving American Express is mistaken. Repeated efforts to correct it wasted my time until I realized that I was doing precisely what was instructed and Alibris was mistaken.

Date of experience: February 1, 2025
California
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Can't find the book you seek? Let Alibris help you succeed. Type in the title or the author, or even just the subject. Alibris will give you a list of titles that fit the need, describing the condition and the price. Success is yours.

Date of experience: March 12, 2025
California
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Great selection
April 1, 2025

I haven't ordered a book on line for quite awhile, very happy with the price and delivery, I'm just getting reactive in a book club. More than half listen to the book, but I'm old school and love to curl up with a book😊

Date of experience: March 22, 2025
Tennessee
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Excellent read and shape.
April 18, 2025

I am enjoying the read and the quality of the book was excellent too. As a musician, I was given great insight into practice strategies that got me over the "stall" in my practice habits. This book is a must read for ANY musician.

Date of experience: April 8, 2025
California
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I have read many, many books since I turned 40 and I am 66 years old now. The author that is my favorite right now is, Carolyn Brown. I read anything from her that I can find. And I usually find what I'm am looking for on Alibris.com. Thank you for making books easy to come by.

Date of experience: March 4, 2025
New York
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2 of my last order of DVDs were damaged
April 9, 2025
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My last order I received. 2 damaged. What lies beneath was cracked in 2 places and the brave one so scratched it won't play I don't often get this kind of disappointment so I continue to shop because the prices are unbeatable. But I am very disappointed with my last order

Date of experience: March 30, 2025

Excellent
January 2, 2025
Previous review

I have never received a bad product...I do however get anxious when they arrive late,but only due to the few I never received.all in all I love to shop here

Date of experience: December 23, 2024
Indiana
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Sociopath PG
April 17, 2025

I got my book in a timely manner. It was well priced and in good condition. If I am in need of another book, which I am likely to be because I teach high school English (this purchase was personal, however), I will be likely to use this site again.

Date of experience: April 7, 2025
Nevada
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Satisfactory
April 15, 2025

Not the greatest at communicating. The order went missing and by my 3rd email I finally received information of such. The cover itself doesn't fit perfect, but we're hopeful it will stretch out. The color is real pretty and it's nice and soft, so that's good.

Date of experience: March 31, 2025
Georgia
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Easy to shop
April 24, 2025

Easy to shop. Easy to understand. Easy to order. I was only going to buy one book on Amazon, but Rakuten popped up letting me know about this site, and I ended up buying that book and three other books. All four books with shipping came out less than the one book on Amazon. Hopefully these books will arrive on time. More information to come AFTER I receive the books.

Date of experience: April 14, 2025
Arizona
2 reviews
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Great Company and Follows up With Conflict
February 8, 2025
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I've purchased many books through Alibris, and this recent order was accidentally shipped to another state by accident. I contacted Alibris and the vendor, and Alibris was the only response received. They sent a new order and I just received it. They're a great company and one that I'll be buying more books for the foreseeable future.
Many thanks!

Date of experience: January 29, 2025

Love, love, love this site
December 9, 2024
Previous review

Love, love, love this site. I check Amazon for book info, then go to Alibris for used books. Have been using them for ten years now.

Date of experience: November 29, 2024
Wisconsin
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Great service and will look forward to reading the book that I ordered. It was delivered on time and in good condition. I would recommend Alibris to others for sure. I look forward to ordering more books from Alibris.

Date of experience: March 6, 2025
California
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Large sticker labels on product are annoying
March 30, 2025

I ordered Zen and the Birds of appetite.

There is a famous Zen artwork on the cover, which was partially obscured by a large sticker wrapping the spine, and a large barcode sticker on the front. I tried to peel it off to see the whole cover, which didn't work.

Could you kindly put stickers on the back of books?

Date of experience: March 20, 2025
Tennessee
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I began with a coupon of $20 off and each time I left and came back to my cart it was empty and of course the code had been changed, it is VERY wearing to have to review over again. This is the 4th time I have filled a cart and only the final time that I have actually been able to purchase. Also each time I backed up to look at the list I was purchasing from the cart would loose several of my books. Made the shopping quite dodgy.

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Date of experience: March 18, 2025
Texas
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Book arrival concerns.
April 27, 2025

Thank you for your quick response after I had concerns about whether my book would arrive or not. Good News, I have received my long-awaited book! Thank you again for responding and acknowledging my concern. Have a splendid day!

Date of experience: April 17, 2025
Florida
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I found the books and I was checking out then I discovered the $5 coupon. But at checkout there was no coupon box to put in the code. My order was over the $45. You said,was a requirement. I had to cancel my order than go back in and start from scratch.

Date of experience: March 21, 2025
Nebraska
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2 Books: 1 Great, 1 Not So Great
April 17, 2025

I promptly received the two books I ordered. Both were said to be in good condition. One was wonderful, while the other was quite marked up with writing and underlining. I wish I had known this. I would have only purchased the first book. Condition needs to be accurate.

Date of experience: April 7, 2025
New York
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Im very satisfied. Thanks
January 31, 2025

Ive always had a great experience with Alibris till one problem last year that i didn't get my book and had to ask PayPal to help me.

I went back to order one more time with Alibris and it did work again. I'm please that you continue to have the same great service.
I'll buy more books from you.
Thank you.
Happy New Year.

Date of experience: January 21, 2025
Minnesota
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Very pleased
March 17, 2025

I had so much difficulty finding the book to begin with and I tried every company. But I came across Alibris not only did they have the book but for way cheaper. If asked about coming back to buy more books yes I will it makes me want to get back into reading again.

Date of experience: February 6, 2025