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I'm coming here to ask a question as I know amongst all you book lovers you'll be able to help 
My mum is currently visiting in America, yep she is over there, she is staying in Georgia (any of your Georgians in Warner Robbins wanting to meet an Australian ex-homeschooler?  ) Anyhow I sent her to Michaels to check it out as everyone keeps talking about it. She did more than check it out, she bought so much stuff she now has to buy an extra suitcase to bring the purchases home for her grandchildren  As she now has a 'spare' suitcase I've talked her into bringing some books back from America for me  Your prices work out nearly half of what we pay here because of freight and profit and GST. Mum says she can fit in 20kg to a suitcase- that's 44lbs. Not too sure how much the Michaels stuff will weigh, and I suppose I should leave some room in case she is bringing my siblings gifts
My question is, which book supplier has the most competitive prices with the best freight prices to Georgia?
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I'm excited for you Erin - this is a great opportunity, looking forward to hearing some time in the future what you were able to buy!!
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Well, Amazon has pretty good prices and for most books they have free shipping if you spend more than $25. If you want to buy books from the Catholic Mosaic or Real Learning lists then they probably will have most of them. However, if you want curriculum type books, then you might have to look on home-schooling sites which probably will charge some sort of shipping.
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I would agree with what Christina said.
If any of your curriculum choices are from Sonlight they have a pretty good shipping policy...here are the details. I get my Singapore Math stuff through them and usually those books plus a history pick or two get me to the free shipping levels.
Happy Shopping!
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Rainbow Resource is one of my favorite book (and lots of other stuff) sellers and it is run completely by an extended homeschooling family. You do need to spend $150 to get free shipping, but most books are discounted 25 to 30% and they carry alot of craft stuff, Klutz books, building kits, etc that I rarely see discounted elsewhere. They ship pretty quickly.
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How exciting, Erin!
Sacred Heart Books and Gifts has good prices....pretty competivie with Amazon. Free shipping with orders over $15.
Also, if she does end up going through Amazon, any of the Catholic / religious books can be "linked" from WhipperSnapper and they get a small commission. And, a GREAT book list!
Have fun!
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So places such as amazon and Sacred Heart books, would they have free shipping to Australia as well? Just thinking budget here as I'm not too sure how much I can get know as I've already spent more this year than ever before 
Christina, I wouldn't be after curriculum type books, more living books like in the Emmanuel and Bethlehem catalog's for a start.
Thanks Marie
I'll check out the shipping policy.
Suzanne and Leanne
I'm off to check out your links
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Bookcloseouts.com also has very good prices if you are hunting for a particular book. I always check to see if they have the one I'm looking for. They always have some type of promotion going- this month it's on educational books. Usually there are codes floating around for $5 off an order of $35 or more, which helps with shipping.
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