Five Best Online Stores to Shop for English Books From Indonesia
Jakarta. Payday is approaching and we bet you’re already making a mental list of new stuff to buy. Bookworms are now probably dreaming about going through shelves to browse books and smell their covers.
But some of them – just like Marcel Proust – might not even want to get out of bed at all. Why go outside, when you can get all the books you want online?
There are plenty of options if you want to buy Indonesian-language books. Chain bookstores like Gramedia and Toko Gunung Agung have their own online stores.
There are also smaller shops like BukuKita.com and Bukabuku.com, or indie stores existing mostly on Instagram like Dema Buku and Indie Book Corner.
Additional Tips:
- If you want more payment options and easy tracking of your order, go for Indonesia-based online bookstores (Periplus and Books & Beyond) or those with an Indonesian site (Open Trolley). But if cheap prices are everything and you don’t mind waiting, go for Book Depository or Amazon.
- Looking for bargains and don't mind the musty smell of secondhand books? Try browsing on applications such as Carousell and Prelo. Marketplaces like Tokopedia and Bukalapak also have some secondhand book sellers if you look carefully. Otherwise, Instagram is also a good place to find out-of-print gems. Try @tokoami, @sarasvati.bookshop (which also sells books in French, Dutch and German) and @bedakbuku.
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