mouse Posted September 22, 2015 at 05:00 PM Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 at 05:00 PM I'm curious if anyone has used books.com.tw to buy books and ship them internationally. I know there are other options (taobao etc) but I want to buy a particular book published in Taiwan, so it makes sense to buy it relatively direct. I've heard they use DHL to ship abroad, but I'm not sure how up-to-date that information was. I found a page on their website for international shipping, but that was for bulk orders with a minimum of 50 items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anica Posted September 22, 2015 at 07:15 PM Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 at 07:15 PM I bought three books about a two months ago, and it went very smoothly. They shipped them via DHL Express (I live in Germany, but that shouldn't make a difference). The books arrived after less than a week, I was pretty astonished. As for shipping, postage wasn't cheap, but not much different from other Chinese online bookstores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted September 22, 2015 at 08:56 PM Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 at 08:56 PM I haven't used books.com.tw But I have bought online from the Taiwanese bookstore 三民书局 a few years ago. They wouldn't deliver some history books to mainland China, but language and literature-related books were fine. Their prices and shopping rates are very reasonable. See http://www.m.sanmin.com.tw/home/index/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted September 23, 2015 at 06:10 PM Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 at 06:10 PM Thanks both of you. Looks like I might go for sanmin, as the book I want happens to be published by them. I wish these websites weren't so difficult to navigate though. Here's the shipping fees for sanmin. And here's the same for books.com.tw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geiko Posted September 23, 2015 at 07:45 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 at 07:45 PM When I want to buy books in traditional Chinese I go to Yesasia, they ship internationally and the web page is in English, which makes the process of buying online much less stressful for me Oh, and shipping is free in orders over US$39. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
偉爾豆仁 Posted September 24, 2015 at 02:17 AM Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 at 02:17 AM I've had very good experiences buying from books.com.tw. Yes, they use DHL to ship, but it didn't take very long for the materials to make it across the ocean. My only recommendation if you're buying stuff from overseas is to buy at least $40-50 worth of stuff. I think that makes the shipping more worthwhile, at least in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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