Comments on: 9 ways to order or download English books in Israel

By: Moshe

Moshe — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:23:14 +0000

I have attempted to order used books to be shipped directly to me in Israel (as opposed to a USA address). I checked with four or five used books sites, including the largest ones (i.e. Amazon-USA and UK and Half.com/Ebay). I could not find one that would ship used books to Israel. Am I missing something or doing something wrong? Thanks for any assistance.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:58:02 +0000

I’ve found Pomeranz in Jerusalem has decent prices for Jewish themed English books.

http://www.pomeranzbooks.com

By: O D

O D — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:33:45 +0000

I have a big collection of thrillers by agatha christie , NGAIO MARSH , JOHN LE CARRE , GERALD DURRELL for sale

hatalef@hotmail.com

By: George Haber

George Haber — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:56:40 +0000

For quality books I highly recommend Ludwig Mayer Jersualem Bookstore. They are the oldest bookstore in Israel and know how to get you any book you need. http://www.ludwigmayer.com !

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:40:48 +0000

I ordered a book from bookshop.co.il on 12/20. As of 12/29 it has not been received. The book cost much less than $50 and was presumably shipped from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, so it should not be held up in customs, right? Anyone else have a bad experience with this seller? I wrote to them yesterday but haven’t heard a reply. How long could it possibly take to get a book from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem???

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:40:08 +0000

Liri, thanks for letting us know about Beverlys Books – didn’t know about it!

By: Liri

Liri — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:50:59 +0000

Another great place for used books in English is Beverlys Books. I have orderd from them several times and always received the books promptly. Prices are slightly higher than in most used books stores but are still cheaper than buying new books.
http://beverlysbooks.co.il/index.asp

By: Gerald

Gerald — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:19:30 +0000

To continue from my previous posting of March 13th: the efficiency of The Book Depository is really unbeatable. I placed several orders at the end of May to take advantage of their across-the-board 10%-off sale. They must have been inundated with orders – yet, my books arrived on average within 8 days of ordering, the fastest in 3 days! By the way, they have a fascinating world-map on their site on which you can watch orders for books being placed as they come in “live”.
With the 10% discount some books were as cheap as or even cheaper than Amazon – even those published in the US.
Furthermore, you may have local state sales tax levied on some books from Amazon US: a tax over which you have no control, since it depends from which of their warehouses in the US the books are shipped.
Since The Book Depository is post-free, bottom-line there are real savings to be made and, most importantly, you can break up your orders to remain under the $50 Israeli VAT-free import bar. Indeed, I have found that even if the order is over $50, The Book Depository ships books individually and the whole customs hassle is in any case avoided. However, since I have a PO Box which I visit daily, this automatic breakdown of orders into individual items is fine by me – the rest of you will have to suffer the queues at our antiquated Post Offices to pick up partial shipments as they arrive. Maybe The Book Depository should offer a check box that allows one to stipulate that orders should not be broken up.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:48:00 +0000

I checked out bookshops.co.il thanks for mentioning it. The prices seem pretty steep but it’s free shipping so I guess it balances out.

By: David

David — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:00:16 +0000

There is a great new website I discovered for ordering English books in Israel called http://www.bookshop.co.il. They deliver for free in Israel. They have less books than Amazon, but still a very impressive selection. I ordered two books from there. Their website recommends staying below $50 on purchases or else one is charged VAT.