How long should it take for Amazon books to be shipped/received?

Thanks to a thread on here last week, I ordered a book of patterns ... and am now anxiously waiting. Being my first Amazon order, now I don't know what I should expect!

How do they normally ship? Postal? Courier?
(I'm in Canada ... and it was ordered from a Canadian source)

Thanks for any tips!

So you ordered from Amazon.ca or a 3rd party via Amazon?

If you went for free shipping ($25 or higher order) on Amazon, it could be 7-10 days. If you paid for expedited shipping, then sooner. I'm not familiar with the Canadian shipping options.

But you can go to "your account" in the upper right hand corner and track all your orders.

If it was a third party, they should be sending an email with the tracking information, but it would probably be the equivalent of Media Mail or Parcel Post.

yes, they should send you an email when it is mailed. Be sure it didn't go into your spam folder.

Sometimes it takes F*O*R*E*V*E*R to get something from Amazon ... and other times it comes right away.

you should be able to go back into your account and see your status on shipping...

I use Amazon Prime and get the second day shipping for free. I order so much from Amazon it's worth it to me to have the Prime. There are different Prime accounts so you can choose which fits you better.

Oh dear ... now it tells me I have no order history!
Oh great ... my first experience at online ordering and!!!!!!!! :-|

Breathe deeply.

Did you receive any confirmation emails from Amazon? There should be links in there to get you back to your account.

Are you sure you ordered on from .ca?

I ask because I recall receiving a package that I barely remembered ordering but couldn't find any reference to it at all on Amazon.
Turns out I had pre-ordered it eons ago from .co.uk, and that is a totally separate account. Which is a PITA.

Check your email

First, make sure you have not been charged.

Second, this just happened to me in the last month: I ordered a book and had my confirmation with the order number and link to the order information. When the book didn't arrive I looked at my account - no mention of this order. I tried the link to the order from the confirmation email - no mention of this order. Search by the order number - no results.

So I contacted Amazon. When they checked, they found that the seller (3rd party) had cancelled the order. Evidently the jerks didn't think that warranted a cancellation email! (The seller, not Amazon.)

I've ordered LOADS of things through Amazon over the years. Hundreds, I bet. That's the first time i've ever had a problem with Amazon or any of their sellers, but it does happen. I would contact Amazon and ask them to look for you.

Good luck!