Shipping Options
Amazon.com Books offers a number of shipping options for both domestic and international customers. You can select a shipping method that provides the right combination of price and speed to meet your needs.
An important fact about Next Day and other express shipping methods:
• Upgrading to Next Day Air does not mean you'll get your order the next day.
Upgrading to Next Day or Second Day Air does not change how long it takes us to assemble and ship your order--it only reduces the travel time after the book leaves our warehouse. For example, an item marked as "usually shipped within 2 to 3 days" and upgraded to Next Day Air will usually leave our warehouse on the second or third business day and reach you on the third or fourth business day.
How many shipments will we make to satisfy an order?
• If you select the "Make one shipment when complete order is ready" option on the order form, we wait until we have all the books in your order before shipping any of them. For example, if you place an order for two books, one marked as "usually shipped within 2 to 3 days" and the other marked "Special Order: usually shipped within 4 to 6 weeks," we hold shipment of the first book until the special order book is available, at which time we ship both books to you in one package. You can avoid any delay by selecting the "Ship as ordered books become available" option on the order form, or by placing separate orders for books in different availability categories.
• If you select the "Ship as ordered books become available" option on the order form, your shipping charges will increase, but if you order books in multiple availability categories, we will ship the more readily available books sooner. If you select this option, we make an effort to ship books as soon as we obtain them, while at the same time not making any more shipments than necessary (because that will save you some money).
