EDIT: local bookstores have it now. They just hadn’t gotten it yet when I was looking for it

I am looking to buy Careless People from within EU. No local bookstores seem to have it (yet) but I would like to get it before it (maybe) gets pulled back. Any suggestions besides Amazon?

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Get the ISBN and go to your nearest local bookstore. They’ll gladly order any book for you.

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It would help to know which country you’re in as you probably got your own online book stores. In Germany for example buecher.de, bol.de, hugendubel.de just to name the big ones all have it.

This is totally not advice but I thought it’s a bit funny and worth sharing: after I recently found out that you can borrow ebooks from your local library with a convenient app I started looking around a bit and it turns out you can sign up online with the Kansas City Public Library without any verification, you just need a madeup name and an existing Kansas City address (just pick a random house on Google Maps). I just checked and they have it both as ebook and audiobook, although there’s a long wait as it seems to be quite popular.
Long story short if you’re not in a hurry then in theory you could read it for free and America pays for it. ;)

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Yeah I already use Libby through my local library but there is a waiting que for it and also i do prefere physical books to ebooks (i dont have an ebook reader so i have to use my phone).

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Kennys (Irish), Blackwell’s (British), Wordery (British)

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Awesome Books (British) often has the lowest prices.

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I’d rather buy from within the EU as customs fees are crazy. I wonder if Ireland is part of EU? 🤔

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Yes

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Ireland has been a member for over fifty years.

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Yes, Kenny’s is safe. But the rest usually include VAT for EU countries, so it should pass customs without issues.

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I am pretty sure that (at least here) we pay custom fees for any ockage that enters the country from outside the EU. Even if customers oms are 0 the cost om handling costs 25€

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For big bookstores in France you have FNAC and in Spain FNAC and Casa del Libro. I’m sure they’re a dime a dozen in every country.

It would be easier to help if you stated an area you are interested in (Benelux, DACH, Scandinavia, Mediterranean, Baltic…).

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