Puebla - Looking for English Language Books, help!

[quinta]

Does anyone know of any source for English Language Books? My son is completing his High School via Internet from the US and he needs books to complete his work. I've only found some paperbacks and this is not what we need at all....

Is there an English Library here? Anything that could help? I'd really appreciate any suggestions..... thanks

[RVGRINGO]

There is a bookstore which supplies English texts, including those needed by medical students and others at the University of Guadalajara. It is popular with the thousands of expats at Lake Chapala. You might give them a call and see if they can satisfy your needs and I'm sure they will ship to you:
SANDI BOOKSTORE, Guadalajara, Mexico, Tepeyac #718, Colonia Chapalita, Guadalajara, Jalisco. Tel: (33) 3121-0863, (33) 3121-4210 Fax: (33) 3647-4600. ...
OUTDOORS IN WESTERN MEXICO

[jlms]

Just use Amazon...

[quinta]

Originally Posted by jlms

Just use Amazon...

Tried that once before and while the prices were great, one took over 2 months to arrive and the other was held by customs and we got a notice saying that I needed to pay $500 pesos of duty for it.....

I'm trying to see if I can download the electronic books Amazon has (for the Kindle) to my desktop and go from there, that would be ideal.... I'll see

[RVGRINGO]

As a result of what is described above, Amazon may not ship to Mexico from the USA. That said, I have had the UK franchise of Amazon ship books to me at my Mexican address and they arrived via UPS in just four days, without duty. Yes, the freight was more than the books! That's just the way it is.

[maesonna]

The cheapest shipping rates from any international bookseller is BetterWorld, only $3.97 per book, but they usually take 4—5 weeks to arrive. I've also had good book deals through eBay sellers; check the USPS website (or Royal Mail in the case of a UK seller) to see what the postage is costing the seller, and they should be charging you only a reasonable markup on that figure for packaging and handling.

Time varies greatly; up to 6 weeks but typically 2—4 weeks. However in the case of small packages with only one or two small paperbacks, I've had them arrive in as little as 6 days from both US and UK sellers, by standard mail (i.e. not expedited delivery).

[quinta]

Originally Posted by maesonna

The cheapest shipping rates from any international bookseller is BetterWorld, only $3.97 per book, but they usually take 4—5 weeks to arrive. I've also had good book deals through eBay sellers; check the USPS website (or Royal Mail in the case of a UK seller) to see what the postage is costing the seller, and they should be charging you only a reasonable markup on that figure for packaging and handling.

Time varies greatly; up to 6 weeks but typically 2—4 weeks. However in the case of small packages with only one or two small paperbacks, I've had them arrive in as little as 6 days from both US and UK sellers, by standard mail (i.e. not expedited delivery).

Thank you so much for the tip on BetterWorldbooks, I checked on them and they are awesome, a real possibility!!! THANK You....

[AdePuebla]

Hi! I actually joined this forum to ask this same question! Glad there was already a thread about it. i'm not really looking for text books though, actually trying to find out if there are any bookstores that sell english novels? Wonder if they'd have one at the airport?

[maesonna]

Yes, several airport stores have an English novel section (mostly just best sellers of the moment). Also any Sanborns throughout the city will have the 10 or so best-selling paperbacks in English.

The flagship Gandhi bookstore on Miguel Angel de Quevedo has a quirky selection of English novels—usually things you won't find anywhere else.

Similar to the airport, but with a considerably more extensive selection can be found at a bookstore/café in Polanco. Sorry, I can’t remember the exact location. What I do remember is that it’s on the north side of a major street running east-west (maybe Masaryk), probably near the corner of Temistocles or Galileo or thereabouts.

If you enjoy doing the used-book hunter thing, go to Donceles/Justo Sierra street (downtown, 1 block north of the Cathedral). There are plenty of used book stores on this street, and most of them have one English table where you can root through piles of dusty paperbacks and make some amazing finds. A few of them even have more extensive English fiction collections.

[AdePuebla]

Thanks, that'll get me started!
I've read all the books i've brought with me... need more...