Buying books online from overseas.

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Anyone who buys books online knows that Amazon.com is synonymous with the online book store.  With an account on Amazon you buy a book in any condition on any Amazon mirror site, including Canada and Europe.  European sites can be nice to buy from since you can often get a book before it comes out in the US, it's in a different language, or because overseas publishers often use different covers.  The main problem is that shipping can be super expensive.   Back in February I bought Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie from Amazon.co.uk for 18 Pounds, about $36 including shipping.  That's quite a bit more to pay for even to get the book long before it will be released here.  So last weekI decided to try http://www.bookdepository.co.uk because they have FREE shipping everywhere.  I bought The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski in hardback and it cost about 12 Pounds which is about 24 dollars.  I saved $12 buying from Book Depository and I got the book in five calender days.  It always takes at least a full week to get anything from Amazon.co.uk.  The main drawback to Book Depository is that they don't allow preorders; you have to buy the book right when it comes out.

So which site should I use to buy Red Seas Under Red Skies?  Hmm, decisions, decisions.