Wednesday, May 18, 2005
(1:06 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Internet Book-Buying
John Emerson has a post on Internet book-buying, giving his own tips on buying foreign-language books in particular and soliciting other tips. Here's a point of particular note:I’m especially interested [...] in finding out why shipping from Europe seems to be both slower and more expensive than shipping from other equally-distant parts of the world, such as India and Australia. (Or is it just my imagination?)I have found the same. Amazon's Canadian site is a good option for French books, but they seem to be a few months behind. I ordered Nancy's book on Christianity from Fnac, which seems to be the primary online French bookseller, but the shipping is destroying my soul, and then it is sometimes taking a break and allowing the exchange rates to destroy my soul.
So once you're done leaving tips for John, someone please chime in and answer me this: if I were looking to get a good solid overview of Nancy in two or three books, where should I start? I have to write a review of his newest book, and I feel like knowing something about him would help in that process. (Don't tell my editor that I asked this.)
