Comments on: I miss half-priced books.

By: remus

remus — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:39:41 +0000

A bit on book pricing (new books … no discounting allowed):
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/arts/24book.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

You might try abebooks.com advanced seach:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchEntry
Enter what you are looking for and select Germany (or something close by) in the bookseller country field.

Best to determine the proper English language ISBN/EAN # and search with it.

hth

By: B.

B. — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:26:32 +0000

There’s a book pricing law?? Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I’ve added a bunch of new links to my bookmarks and will definitely be hitting the english bookstore in Hamburg when I’m there this weekend.

Blythe - I remember seeing you had King Dork on your to-read list. I just finished it and thought it was great. In advance of posting a review (hopefully later this week), I’ll say it’s well worth picking up.

By: Blythe

Blythe — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:11:58 +0000

I’ve read:
Perks of Being a Wallflower (loved it)
The Quiet American (loved it)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (original but ultimately unsatisfying)
Helter Skelter (one of my top ten favorite books of all time)
Reading Lolita in Tehran (such a promising premise but lame execution)
I hope you read “Half Assed” and “Fucking Daphne” just for the titles alone. Also, I really want to read “Nobody Belongs Here More Than You” too.

Blythe’s last blog post..Kiddie Swag

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:07:06 +0000

B, Mark buys and then sells on eBay….getting some of his € back. BUT, of course, eBay.de does NOT have Germans screaming for English language books. But he always has a list going and the box and shelf, over about one year, is getting empty. A thought.

Sadly, would doubt that Dresden has an abundance of English books second hand. Here there ARE a few places. Strange but I stopped READING when I stopped teaching …. read enough for more than a life time. Now it´s news as in International Herald and Time and Newsweek …. then I obsess about the “state of this World”! Perhaps should try knitting.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:59:02 +0000

If you make it to Hamburg, there’s a decent English book store with a selection of used books: http://www.english-books-hamburg.de/

Scott’s last blog post..Stroke of Insight

By: Click

Click — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:32:16 +0000

Sometimes I shed a few silent tears for all of the used bookstores I would be singlehandedly supporting if I still lived in the states. I only visit the states with empty suitcases. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get all of my half.com 1 dollar book purchases on the plane.

What about a book trade? The only book I have on your list is Planet Germany. Have anything you feel like trading for it? (Favorite authors being PK Dick, Tom Robbins, and Derrick Jensen.) Mmmm, used books filled with other people’s cryptic notes. I love it.

Click’s last blog post..love song while running away

By: Sabi

Sabi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:21:42 +0000

As mud pointed out: sometimes amazon.de has good offers on used books (amazon marketplace). I got some books from booklooker.de where people seel their used books online (also English books available) and also -although with much less choice- billigbuch.de.

By: katie

katie — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:04:32 +0000

Awesome list. How’s the English section at the Dresden library? Maybe we could set up some sort of book exchange thru fellow transplants? I spend more money on English books than anything else too (well, that and Hellman’s imported mayo) but to me it’s well worth it.

The Munich Readery is pretty radical: http://www.readery.de/
It’s run by a lovely American family, and they’ll ship anywhere for the Deutsche post rate + 1 euro. They also offer store credit for trades. You can contact them directly at bookmanjb@readery.de.

katie’s last blog post..Fire It Up

By: Caffienated Cowgirl

Caffienated Cowgirl — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:00:08 +0000

Hmmm…Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime is a fabulous book. Both my husband and I read it. Cleverly written.

Reading Lolita in Tehran…I really liked this book, but I know a lot of people that found it a difficult read.

I had to laugh about your missing the book sales. When I’ve gone back to the US for visits, I always manage grabbing a few books off the discount rack to through into my suitcase.

Caffienated Cowgirl’s last blog post..Baby of Mine

By: J

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:04:54 +0000

I totally agree. I used to love 2nd hand bookshops when I lived in the US, or even the bargain bins at Borders. Do you know about the stupid book pricing law here?