besides mercari, poshmark, facebook marketplace, there’s a subreddit called jp media swap. these are specifically for people that live in america
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Ooh hadn’t come across that one. Maybe I can finally get rid of my copy of NHKにようこそ! | L31
For digital: Amazon JP or Bookwalker JP
Physical: Cdjapan, Suruga-ya, Mandarake, or sometimes Mercari, Rakuten, or Yahoo via proxy. I’ve bought off Amazon once, but I hear they’re not always so reliable about packaging. Edit: occasionally the Book-Off in my city as well
Btw there’s also a few threads on here: https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/re-book-media-swap-north-america/8400/ and another that someone created more recently - that was like in exchange for them donating to Natively. Forget the thread though
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Personally, I buy physically when I am in Japan - mainly at bookoff.
Digitally, I am mostly using bookwalker because of the coins/discounts and very rarely amazon.
Oh and selling: I don’t. I just give them away, either to ppl who are in Vienna or to one of the multiple open libraries around me. I also plan on contacting our local Japanese international school to see, if they might want them. But haven’t gotten around to it.
I keep a shelf on bookmeter.
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Thanks for mentioning the thread! I’m going to adjust the home post to make it a general swap that anyone can add to, I hope it works!
I’ve just been having a rough time with fatigue issues and concentration for tasks like that have been limited, but I’ll ping the thread when I’ve done it so please follow it, if anyone is interested
Also, for anyone in the uk and eu, you can sell books to momox and buy through medimops. Despite the dumb names its a great service. If I can’t find someone to give away, then this is a great way to offload books, and it feels nice to buy used locally than new if I can find it
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I buy books digitally from Amazon, as that just works very well for me (I have a kindle unlimited subscription, too). For physical books, I either order from Verasia or buy them whenever I actually travel to somewhere with a store (such as Paris or Dusseldorf), but that’s maybe once every 2 years. I don’t really sell them…
These are new for me - thanks for sharing!
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I buy physical books, generally from cdjapan because they have the cheapest shipping to the UK. Buying five or six books at a time makes the shipping cost per book more reasonable, and cdjapan both don’t charge Japanese sales tax and have an option to not charge destination sales tax (which you need for the UK because cdjapan’s “charge destination tax” logic incorrectly assumes all items are the same rate and doesn’t handle “books are zero rated for VAT” properly).
I’ve used Amazon in the past, but last time I checked their delivery costs were higher, and they pack the books much less carefully so they’re a bit prone to minor damage in transit.
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