AbeBooks Reviews 

Purchased a book signed by Angus Young from AC/DC called “ AC/DC: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be 1st 1st Signed Angus Young”.

Unfortunately, with no certificate of authenticity so I took the risk. I got the signature verified finally and it is a fake one so, be careful what you’re buying.

Waiting 10 days for delivery still not arrived. Will not order with AB again

Very good selection of books across booksellers in several countries. My recent order of a book from a German bookseller arrived promptly, was well wrapped and in good condition.

Sad story
Ordered book on the 6 July 2025
3 to 5 days delivery
Date now 26 July 2025 still no book
Email AbeBooks 3 times NO REPLY email a 4 time ,reply was we will inform GREENER BOOKS of email the supplier of the book and you will receive a reply in 2 working days ,nothing
I have not heard from either abe or GREENER BOOKS.
ABSOLUTE RUBBISH COMPANY
Will never deal with this again

Sadly the customer service and delivery lead times and delivery options, lack of communication etc by Langton distribution on behalf of Abe Books meant that I purchased from Blackwells instead. Not only are Blackwells considerably cheaper but they’re also much easier to communicate with and the delivery options are much quicker.

Very poor service, waited 3 weeks for book to be delivered, info stated item dispatched. I asked for a tracking number as I hadn’t received it. I then received a reply with no explanation & told a refund had been generated

The book was advertised as very good condition, spine unbroken. The book was obviously well used, the spine broken and first pages loose. I’m annoyed I could have got a brand new one on Amazon for a couple of pounds more - I suppose it serves me right for being tight ! I’ll go back to World Of Books - they always seem to be accurate in their description.

I bought a book for book club, yes it was cheap £2.50 but it said it was in good condition with minimal wear-maybe a crease or two.
When it arrived it was grubby and dog eared with that feel of an old book-no way could it be described as being in good condition. I will go back to using World of books who’s descriptions of the state of the book is always spot on

This is a scam service and I think its a system to generate cash and store interest free. Ordered three times the same book, ordered confirmed, then after a few days declined or not sent.

They are allowing companies like Bahmut and Awesomebooks who are offenders to continue scamming people!

Refund also takes along time to come into your account!

Dont believe me---look at all the people suffering from the reviews

ABE books uses suppliers worldwide to fill their orders. Unfortunately ABE books cannot vet the quality and service of all their suppliers. Recently I was sent a dreadful product, the typesetting (it looked like photocopy) was blurred and illegible and the book started mid sentence. I wrote a scathing review and was immediately contacted by ABE books customer support who apologised, gave me a full refund and told me they had dropped that supplier from
their inventory.
All in all I have found ABE to be excellent, and, considering their service in sourcing titles I can no longer find elsewhere, I would exercise understanding when issues occur.

Ordered two (cheap) Terry Pratchet paperbacks. Didn't arrive around stated delivery. Royal Mail tracking number didn't work. No response to email query.
Still nothing. Don't use this firm.

I have had good experiences with this marketplace, but now fear my confidence was misplaced. A recent book order was delivered quickly, but was not at all as described ("very good" condition was actually extremely poor). Neither the seller, Greener Books, nor AbeBooks responded to my queries and I must return the book at my own expense if I want reimbursement. Even worse, it is impossible to leave feedback on the seller themselves: their 5 star rating merely means they send out all the orders.

I bought the book Physics Based Animation (Graphics Series) supposedly for US$ 100.00, but after some weeks, I receive an extra charge. The postal service (PostNord) needed to get payed in order for me to pay VAT on the book. That extra payment was not displosed up front.

Abebooks has a great variety of books particularly older books. I have bought from their website many times and had no problems. I recently bought 14 large Country life volumes from Tony Hutchinson in the UK. They weighed 70kg and needed to be delivered to me in Australia. Tony was very helpful and worked hard to organise delivery. Highly Recommend.

I have ordered used books for many years and never had an issue with either the quality of the books or the speed of delivery .

Ordered a 5-year journal as a gift and it arrived damaged. I have sent it back (tracked Signed for) , it was delivered to them 3 days later (on 16/4).
On 19/4 I get an email requesting me to ship back the item. I emailed them with all the tracking details. Yet today (7/5) I got multiple emails with the same request : to ship it back to them.
I think they have a bot called Donae, if it's a real person, them are not doing the job.
When I ordered from them I wanted to support a UK business, later I found out it's not really a UK business and I regret 100% trading with Abebooks.
In case Abebooks wants to contact me , my AbeBooks Order No.: 700272381

Ordered a set of books, 30 books and a fact file. I received the fact file, and the 30 books never turned up.

No one has responded to my emails, no-one to call. Waste of my time and money. Automated email asked me to send the books back in the post for a full refund...

DO NOT TRUST!!

I ordered a book entitled "cello solos" but it only contained the cello and piano combined score (which is for the pianist), not a separate cello score for the cellist!

This company is now a front for Amazon a corporation that has poor employment practices and evades tax. Nothing on their site warns you they are really Amazon. No customer service. No means of contacting them.

I don't think it's the website's fault - this website seems to act as intermediary between bookshops in the US.

I bought a book for £20, delivery charge was £42 on top of that and delivery times were 3 weeks! After waiting for order and then asking for tracking info from the bookseller - I was told they sent the book but have no tracking info.. Really? For more than $50 postage they have no tracking info?

I t hink the bookshop in question is simply using orders as 0% financing, they don't sell any books, they don't post anything. They simply get your money, use it (to produce milk maybe or maybe to pay credit card bills) - and when the refund is requested, they give your money back (this is more than 1 month later). I am still waiting for refund, hopefully it will be processed on a timely manner.

I ordered the same book from india (after having wasted 3 weeks waiting for order that never arrived) - same price, but delivery charge is £3.50 (and it has tracking info!).