Comments on: Bookpool RIP?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:18:24 +0000

Dang it! They were awesome!

Bookpool, you will be missed.

By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:14:51 +0000

I was a customer for 11 years. Bought a lot of books when I lived in Brazil. Always the best prices around. Will miss them. However a friend of mine was just screwed over in a sale (he paid for the books but never received them), which surprised me – maybe it was a sign of things to come…

By: Doug Thomsen

Doug Thomsen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:01:45 +0000

OMG! This sux. Bookpool is the only place I bought books from. Good selection, simple website, quick delivery.

By: Dharma

Dharma — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:29:58 +0000

What a shame the best sites buckling down! it was fatbrain before and now its bookpool. they always had what I wanted. I’ll miss bookpool

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:02:59 +0000

Bummed. Found this site looking to find out why my IT book source was gone. Any recommendations besides half.com from anyone?

By: Keith W.

Keith W. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:07:45 +0000

So Sad, so very sad.

By: Alister

Alister — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:33:22 +0000

Bookpool will be missed by yet another customer. Really sorry to hear about this. RIP Bookpool. I certainly hope that the owner will restart soon. Bookpool I salute you farewell!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:55:47 +0000

Yes, RIP Bookpool. Have been ordering from them since 1995, will miss them. It did seem in the last year or so that their selection was down, would do a search for a particular topic and find that many of the titles were out of stock. But prior to that they did have a great selection and very good service. And I thought it was great that they had set up shop on Martha’s Vineyard, great location, must have been great for the employees who worked there!

By: metoo

metoo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:08:31 +0000

Nuts!!!!
But we did it to them! Brand loyalty? How many of you(us) would price the competition and go there if cheaper? I did, now to my GREAT chagrin. FCUK!!!!!! We did not know a good thing when it staired us in the face… well, we did but we still shopped. What a great store indeed! Sorely, sorely missed. If they were back I would purchase from them solely but alas I will not get a chance so for now I will try zoomii.com.

By: mtang

mtang — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:24:08 +0000

RIP Bookpool, I just went to log in and had to triple check the URL to make sure I had typed it in right- its pointing to a netsol parking page.

By: Fess Black

Fess Black — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:48:16 +0000

I bought most of my tech books from bookpool too. They did have great service and prices! Hope you guys can regroup and make it back.

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By: Geoffrey Mainland

Geoffrey Mainland — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:31:07 +0000

Wow, this is very sad. I first purchased books from Bookpool back in ‘96 via email, and have been ordering technical books from them ever since. I once received a damaged book, and they were very gracious about quickly replacing it—they will be missed.

Another MA technical book store that I frequented, Quantum Books (in Kendall Square near MIT), shut down their Cambridge store a little over a year ago. Their web site, http://www.quantumbooks.com/, also now points to a “coming soon” page. Several brick-and-mortar stores I love in the SF Bay Area have shut down in the past few years too…it’s sad that there’s so little room for excellent independent booksellers any more, virtual or not. Amazon ruthlessly marches on!

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:01:10 +0000

WOW! That was a shocker. Bookpool was my only source for technical books. Their prices were the best on the net, and their service was great! Sorry to see them go. Wish I could thank them for all the book I purchased for them to achieve my MSCE. I can’t imagine there will be another internet service like them. Oh well, guess I have to start buying from Amazon. This is a sad, sad day

By: DB

DB — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:33:50 +0000

I too was looking for a good Oracle resource tonight and without even thinking I put in Bookpool.Com. Doh – I forgot!

It made me think, man.. how many book retailers would kill for the kind of instant brand loyalty Bookpool seemed to have garnered? I think it’s because of the nature of being a tech professional – it’s not easy constantly pooring over tech books late into the night, dog earing those pages, highlighting sections, trying out exercises and code. In a strange way, you engage in a tech book in a way that’s quite intense and totally different from a novel. Not sure my wife would understand, but I think that may be powering the loyalty.

Keep those posts coming about the BP Phoenix..