[unmole]

From the comments I got:

1. It was a good place to buy English books in non-English speaking countries.

2. The shipping was free (Actually, folded into the price of the book and location dependent)

3. Delivery could take anywhere between a few weeks to months.

I'm wondering if it would be viable to offer an alternative service out of India and I'm willing to try out an experiment: Post the title of a book you would have bought via Book Depository and I'll try to send it out to you for free. Just let me know when the book arrives and in what condition so as to gauge how reliable the postal network is. I don't have a budget in mind but I'd like to ship at least 5 books to different geographies.

[JamesAdir]

At least to my country, BD shipped envelops with books and declared them as print media, it seems to have a international very low postage tariffs. When I get books from Amazon they are always shipped in boxes and that is packages and subjected to much higher tariff and customs fee if above a certain value.

[activitypea]

How do you get a vast catalogue of physical copies of English books in India?

[unmole]

English books are widely and cheaply available in India. Or did I misunderstand your question?

[activitypea]

Huh, cool. I imagined in most non-english speaking countries (outside of EU), getting English literature isn't easy.

[unmole]

While the number of native speakers is minuscule, English is widely used in India. And according to Nielsen, India is the second largest English-language book market in the world.