Blackwell's Online Reviews

Blackwell's are a fairly good academic bookshop. I know that I bought many of my books from here a few months ago for my first year at university. Some of the books can be a bit expensive, but really this is a marker of the academic textbooks. However, they do have a lot of the books I'm looking for. Their delivery is quick, and the books are ...  Read the complete review

I'm not very adventurous when it comes to ordering things online. I tend to have my favourite places for certain items and stick with them even if somewhere else happens to have the same thing for slightly cheaper, it's only when it's a lot cheaper do I stray. For books I use amazon.co.uk, not very original I know, but it was the first ...  Read the complete review

Steer clear - Advantages: none - Disadvantages: don't deliver, don't explain, dreadful service

One of the great institutions of the both British bookselling and of academic publishing, it was a cinch that Blackwells would also be a major force in online selling. To give this op it’s proper context I should tell you that I work as the librarian for the UK programme of an American University. We have a fairly small library of ...  Read the complete review

Blackwells, a long established bookstore with a huge range of titles available in every branch. The Internet service however has some way to go. The service shows great promise with easy to use search functions and free postage and packaging (very useful!). However the information on the site isn't always accurate. On a couple of ...  Read the complete review

I have just finished my final year of a politics degree at Swansea university. I discovered this service at the end of my second year when I was looking for books for my final year modules. I found the website a bit by accident, as I didn't really know it existed. After failing to find some of the books on other reputable online ...  Read the complete review

Having used Blackwell's for the first time last year to order literature for one of my A-level courses, I haven't used another online bookstore since! Although Blackwell's doesn't have the advanced features offered by other online bookstores such as online order tracking, the staff are more than happy to help you if you ...  Read the complete review

I live in Oxford (the home of the Blackwells chain) so I know that they are a very good bookstore. Their online sight is now quite good - especially if you know what you are looking for. Their sight was very bad when it was first launched so if you saw it then and decided never to go back then do - it is really quite good now. It ...  Read the complete review