Down and out
Posted on June 30, 2003 @ 15:56 in Reading
So I read a great quote from Cory Doctorow's novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, which has been on my wishlist for quite a while, and I decide to get it. Being an online kind of person, I figure I scoot over to my favorite online bookshop, Proxis, but they're not carrying it. Bol.com is only carrying the hardcover at 24,99 euro, too expensive.
Amazon.com is charging a total of $9,98 for shipping, plus $10,36 for the book, making a total of $19,34, which is 17,07 euro at the moment. Cheap, but paying half the price just for shipping? That's silly. And, important information: the paperback has not yet been released. Amazon will gladly take your order though and ship it when it becomes available. Amazon.de charges 5,60 euro shipping in Europe, which together with 11,77 euro for the book makes a total of 17,37 euro. Not bad, but I'll have to be waiting for the paperback to be released. Amazon.co.uk only carries the hardback for (converted) 18,13 euro, plus 5,79 euro shipping, total of 23,92 euro. No mention of the paperback.
Round the corner, at the American Book Center, they have a list price of 19,55 euro for the paperback, but I can only come and get it when it's released.
Guess I could always download it and read it now... but I'd rather have it bound and printed by a professional, until I get my UniversalBook (TM), on which I can read all e-books with the same ease of use as print books offer. Right... this title goes back on my wishlist for a while.
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I will make you a deal. If you will buy the book at Amazon (or the retailer of your choice), I will send you $5 by paypal to offset your purchase.
I read the book online (on my PDA, actually), and wrote to Cory Doctorow noting that $25 (at the time) was too much for a starving prof, but I wanted to pay something. So, here is my chance.
Posted by Alex Halavais on June 30, 2003 @ 16:31
I'm very tempted! I don't have a Paypal account though and I wouldn't know what to use it for in the first place, except maybe tipping a cool blogger here or there.
Last time I tried setting up a Paypal account, they wouldn't let me: first they wouldn't tie the account to a Mastercard, then they wouldn't tie the account to a foreign Mastercard, then they wouldn't tie the account to a Mastercard issued by a bank and not by Mastercard themselves. I kinda gave up after that.
I'll see what I can come up with and send you an e-mail :-)
Posted by Frank on July 01, 2003 @ 09:37
I had hoped to do a techie programming class for informaticians this fall. As it turns out, I probably will...
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