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Online Irish Bookstores

  • 13-09-2020 5:28pm
    #1
    WastedYouth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭


    Kennys.ie have delivery times of 4 to 8 days.

    It is this for al (or least on a lot of books)

    Does anyone know if they quicker that this?

    I've tried Dubrays bob an they say 10 to 12 days.

    Any recommendations for other sits?


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  • #2
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Kenny's are pretty quick, certainly I've had my books sooner than 8 days any time I order. but the volumes online bookshops are trying to manage at the moment are unusual and they're doing their best. Gutter Bookshop is great too, and Bob and Marta are lovely to deal with. Are you looking for something specific in a hurry? Everything will take some time.


  • #3
    echo beach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭echo beach


    What’s the hurry? I have books I bought years ago that are still sitting in the to read pile.


  • #4
    WastedYouth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭WastedYouth


    Blush_01 wrote: »
    Kenny's are pretty quick, certainly I've had my books sooner than 8 days any time I order. but the volumes online bookshops are trying to manage at the moment are unusual and they're doing their best. Gutter Bookshop is great too, and Bob and Marta are lovely to deal with. Are you looking for something specific in a hurry? Everything will take some time.

    It was a hurry. I went with Amazon.

    Gutter Bookshop didn't come up in my search that I can remember. I assume Bob & Martha are the owners?


  • #5
    WastedYouth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭WastedYouth


    echo beach wrote: »
    What’s the hurry? I have books I bought years ago that are still sitting in the to read pile.

    I'm trying to figure out the relevance of your post to what I asked.:confused:


  • #6
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    WastedYouth wrote: »
    It was a hurry. I went with Amazon.

    Gutter Bookshop didn't come up in my search that I can remember. I assume Bob & Martha are the owners?

    Bob's the owner, he's usually in Temple Bar. Marta is his right-hand woman and she is usually in Dalkey.


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  • #7
    The White Feather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,587 ✭✭✭The White Feather


    A site that I use a lot is thebookshop.ie

    They are Irish and they sell mostly second hand books but have some new books too. Most books are really cheap around 2 euro. If you have an order over 20 euro then there is free shipping on orders over 20 euro if you live in Ireland. They use a courier as well.

    I have used them a few times and from what I gather they send most from Limerick very quickly. For the rarer books they come from the warehouse in Tipperary which takes a day or 2 longer. I cant remember exactly how long they took but it is fairly quick. Its a bit pot luck on what they have but you can search online and look through everything at least.


  • #8
    The White Feather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,587 ✭✭✭The White Feather


    The White Feather wrote: »
    A site that I use a lot is thebookshop.ie

    They are Irish and they sell mostly second hand books but have some new books too. Most books are really cheap around 2 euro. If you have an order over 20 euro then there is free shipping on orders over 20 euro if you live in Ireland. They use a courier as well.

    I have used them a few times and from what I gather they send most from Limerick very quickly. For the rarer books they come from the warehouse in Tipperary which takes a day or 2 longer. I cant remember exactly how long they took but it is fairly quick. Its a bit pot luck on what they have but you can search online and look through everything at least.

    Just a note on this. I ordered books on sunday night and they came today (tuesday) lunchtime. That was very quick. They came from Tipperary but I am in Cork. Still really quick service though. Books that are in Limerick take a bit extra so 2 more books that I ordered will probably come tomorrow. Just explaining in case people wondered. It is actually the other way around to my previous post.


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