Indonesians Who Love English Books discussion

So I'm curious where do you guys buy your book. I myself usually buy it from opentrolley.co.id bcs their collection is so huge and I always find what I'm looking for.

I buy mine from Kindle or Kobo. Instant delivery and lots of discounts!

You can also check out these threads:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Me...from Periplus.com

For ebook, mostly from Kindle and hardprints from bookdepo or periplus or betterbookworlds (used) wherever the cheapest.

Nanik wrote: "For ebook, mostly from Kindle and hardprints from bookdepo or periplus or betterbookworlds (used) wherever the cheapest."

hii Nanik, just wondering, i am thinking to buy from book depo, up to 700k, is there any tax restriction for books in indonesia by any chance? coz i ever buy something above $50 and they tax me for it. thx a lot for the information ;)

Olivia wrote: "Nanik wrote: "For ebook, mostly from Kindle and hardprints from bookdepo or periplus or betterbookworlds (used) wherever the cheapest."

hii Nanik, just wondering, i am thinking to buy from book de..."

Hi Olivia, I never bought books from book depo up to that much, but once in bwb and they didn’t charge me, maybe because it applied in the old rules (over than $100). Maybe you could just split your order or check out the thread mbak Femmy share above, it might help better. :)

The taxation is random, a friend bought a box set worth of 30$ and had to pay half the price and get the books from the custom office. I suggest to split your purchases into several shipping or ship them to different addresses.

So far, bookdepository totally worth it. Free shipping,cheaper,never experience got tax charged.
Others, periplus and offline store :)

Ria wrote: "So far, bookdepository totally worth it. Free shipping,cheaper,never experience got tax charged.
Others, periplus and offline store :)"

How long does it take for the book to come?

Around a month.

I bought mine in Kinokuniya bookstore. It's a Japanese bookstore but they sell English books as well. You can visit their website to see the location of their stores in Indonesia or maybe you can buy it online. I visited one of the stores in Grand Indonesia, Jakarta.

Winda wrote: "So I'm curious where do you guys buy your book. I myself usually buy it from opentrolley.co.id bcs their collection is so huge and I always find what I'm looking for."

Periplus have more collection than OpenTrolley and usually much cheaper (even the price in OT already on sale!). But for some titles, OpenTrolley's price is better than Periplus.

How is Periplus compared to buying directly from Amazon? Which one is cheaper overall?

If you buy physical books, Periplus is cheaper. If you buy Kindle ebooks, Amazon is cheaper, especially if you take advantage of their Kindle deals.

Femmy wrote: "If you buy physical books, Periplus is cheaper. If you buy Kindle ebooks, Amazon is cheaper, especially if you take advantage of their Kindle deals."

Thanks!

Since I started stalking Kindle daily deals I rarely bought anything from Periplus anymore. It's cheaper to buy them from Amazon and their collection is obviously more complete than Periplus.