Booktopia

Booktopia, Australian online bookstore

Booktopia presents itself as Australia's largest online-only bookstore. Its catalogue covers printed books, ebooks, audiobooks, stationery, e-readers and games and puzzles, with delivery to any point in Australia and New Zealand.

The company states it has over 145,000 items in stock ready to ship from its Sydney distribution centre, plus access to over 6 million books in its database. It works with international and local publishers to offer titles to Australian readers.

Catalogue and available formats

The site organises its offering into several main categories: books, textbooks, ebooks, audiobooks, games and puzzles, stationery, gifts and a clearance section. Within books, the most prominent sections are fiction, children's literature, non-fiction, biographies and memoirs, cooking, history, arts and entertainment, and crime and mystery.

The store indicates that most of its books are offered at a discount and that orders are shipped at a flat rate, regardless of the number of items purchased. The site description mentions a flat rate of $9.99 per online book order.

Featured sections of the store

• Fiction: modern and contemporary fiction, Australian fiction, crime and mystery, thriller and suspense, romance.
• Non-fiction: biographies and true stories, business and management, history, family and health, travel and holidays.
• Children's and young adult: picture books, children's fiction, young adult, boxed sets and children's non-fiction.
• Cooking, food and drink: new releases, healthy and wholefood cooking, vegetarian cooking, Australian Women's Weekly, desserts and baking.
• Family and health: fitness and diet, self-help and personal development, advice on parenting, mind, body and spirit.
• Biographies and true stories: arts and entertainment, sport, true crime, business and innovation, Australian stories.
• Crime and thriller: crime and mystery, thriller and suspense, historical mysteries, crime classics.
• Romance: contemporary romance, rural romance, historical romance, paranormal romance.
• Bargain books: fiction, children's and young adult, cooking, mind, body and spirit.

Popular brands, series and authors

Among the brands and collections the bookstore highlights are ABC Reading Eggs, Australian Women's Weekly, Bluey, Excel Education, Dr Seuss, For Dummies, Harvard Business Review, Harry Potter, LEGO, Little Golden Books, Lonely Planet Travel Books, No Fear Shakespeare, Penguin Black Classics, Peppa Pig, Teach Yourself, Vintage Classics and Where's Wally.

The most popular series include A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Game of Thrones, Bridgerton, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dune, Jack Reacher, Jack West, Little People Big Dreams, Lord of the Rings, Nevermoor, Outlander, The Bad Guys, The Treehouse Series, The Wheel of Time, The Witcher, Wings of Fire and Wolf Girl.

The store also highlights authors such as Brene Brown, Bruce Pascoe, David Walliams, Di Morrissey, Donna Hay, Fiona McIntosh, Helen Garner, Jane Harper, Liane Moriarty, Matthew Reilly, Peter FitzSimons, Sally Rooney, Sarah J. Maas, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Tim Winton, Trent Dalton and Yotam Ottolenghi.

Shipping and customer service

Booktopia ships throughout Australia and New Zealand. The website offers information on standard shipping, express shipping, delivery timeframes and orders to New Zealand. It has a help centre with sections on how to place an order, contact and order tracking.

The company also has an affiliate programme and publishes its terms of business and privacy policy.

Recognition and corporate details

The site states it has been voted Australia's favourite bookstore by Australian book buyers. The company operates under the business name Booktopia Direct Pty Ltd and has its head office at 34-48 Cosgrove Road, South Strathfield NSW 2136, Australia.

Location and contact

34-48 Cosgrove Road, South Strathfield NSW 2136