John Emerson of Idiocentrism has posted on Buying Books on the Internet, a subject of interest to many of us. He has some useful recommendations and solicits others:
Over the years I’ve developed my own lore, which I'm sharing here, but I’m also trying to find out a few things from my vast readership. I’m especially interested in finding better sources for books in Spanish and in Chinese, and 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?)...One of his commenters has mentioned FetchBook, which looks very useful and has been added to my bookmarks. Posted by languagehat at May 19, 2005 02:57 PMPlease feel free to add comments on any information you have about good book-buying resources of all kinds, including sources for books in exotic languages which almost no one reads.
Hello an I apologise but I'm not making a comment to your entry here but rather I've a question for all who think I am:
why, now I am little Irish girl from the countryside but really why does you just get hit with porn sites galore when you type " talent is not absolute"?
and no..there's no punchline ..or is there?
She's right, you know!
Quite possibly spam, though, esteemed LH?
And, though I'm helping this thread start on its trip to hell in a Google search, I will say I appreciate any advice on buying books on the Internet. Somehow using amazon.com (with their ever so tempting constant lower prices) makes me feel a tad soulless and just one of millions of pillars in a hegemony. The ABEbooks advice seems good.
Posted by: Nathaniel at May 20, 2005 07:16 AMDefinitely spam, look at the address.
Posted by: ben wolfson at May 20, 2005 12:31 PMYeah, obvious spam, but since it doesn't actually link to anything I'm kind of tempted to leave it, because it's kind of charming. That "little Irish girl from the countryside"!
Posted by: language hat at May 20, 2005 12:44 PMThat's rather intriguing, now, isn't it? D's email address certainly implies affiliation with something having to do with the search phrase she suggests.
Perhaps she is hoping that we will type the search phrase and click through to her sponsor?
Or perhaps she is simply a spambot with a bug.
Posted by: ACW at May 20, 2005 01:35 PM"perhaps she is simply a spambot with a bug"
eeeeewwwwwwwww ...
Posted by: Michael Farris at May 20, 2005 02:44 PMgee chillax ! I am indeed just a charming little irish girl from the countryside...
sure its the first time I even heard the term spambug...
a pleasure to read ye
tog go bog é
D
Posted by: D at May 20, 2005 08:12 PMWell, we are mostly jaded, degenerate, decreasingly virile American guys from urban dens of iniquity. For us, charming little Irish girls exist only in our dreams, if there.
Posted by: John Emerson at May 20, 2005 11:17 PMWhat kind of Irish person types 'ye'?
I say it now and again - I think it's great that we have our own word for the plural of 'you' - but I never type it (I mean, everyone knows it's supposed to be written as 'youse', as in 'youse guyses').
Posted by: MacDara at May 21, 2005 01:21 PMY'all is now the correct form.
Posted by: John Emerson at May 21, 2005 02:01 PM