Best way to ship books from India to US?

What is the cheapest way to ship books in Bulk (10,000 to 100,000 books) from US to India? I want to purchase the books that are exclusively available only in US or are available cheaper here than in India. What is the cheapest way of getting them shipped?

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    I don't have specific expertise in books, but you should price the shipping of the books via sea. Seems like that many books ought  to occupy the large part of a container. Search for international freight shippers.

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The cheapest form ofhttp://www.apllogistics.com/wps/portal/apll?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=%2FAPLL_ContentLib%2FAPLL%2FAPLL_SA_Home%2FSA-SupplyChainServices%2FSA-GlobalFreightManagement%2FAPLL-SA-LandTransportServices%2FAPLL_SA_IntermodalTransportation#scs would be by sea. It will take a much longer time as compared to air, but it will cost much less. Since this is a commercial shipment, you should also check if you would be required to pay any import duty..And if this is something you are planning to do on a regular basis would be good idea to check with the international freight forwarding/logistics companies.. like APL L.ogistics, Maersk etc..

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