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| jeronz Diglot Newbie New Zealand Joined 4848 days ago 37 posts - 79 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Yiddish, Latin, German, Italian | Message 1 of 8 02 October 2011 at 8:27am | IP Logged | ||
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I have been learning Spanish fairly intensely for the past three months and feel that I am ready to try my hand at some translations of my favorite English novels.
The problem is that I live in New Zealand. Does anyone know of any online stores that ship Spanish novels overseas for a reasonable price? I managed to get my hands on the first Harry Potter book from bookdepository, but other than Harry Potter there seems to be a dearth of available Spanish novels at the usual bookdepository and amazon (Perhaps because I have fairly unusual tastes such as philosophy). Has anyone used amazon.es? Most of the translated novels I've searched for come up with No disponible temporalmente and it seems to cost 14 euros for shipping alone to my country! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| July Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 5263 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishB2 Studies: French | Message 2 of 8 02 October 2011 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes, I have. It only opened a couple of weeks ago, so that's why their stock is so low. Plus, people are kind of excited about it in Spain, so stuff keeps selling out. Have you looked on Amazon USA, or German Amazon? They sometimes have a good supply of Spanish books. The only other sites I can think of are FNAC.es and Casa del Libro, which may post to NZ. But as for the price - well it's not going to be cheap, because of the distance. I guess you have to pay extra to live somewhere as beautiful as New Zealand! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5556 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 3 of 8 02 October 2011 at 12:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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You really haven't had much luck with bookdepository or Amazon.com? Did you try the advance search option in
bookdepository? I've managed to find quite a few good Spanish books using that. Perhaps check out the link below though. I've been to the actual store and they have quite a decent range of books. ¡que encuentres lo que busques! LanguageBooks.com.au Edited by Vos on 02 October 2011 at 12:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4999 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 4 of 8 02 October 2011 at 1:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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French amazon has got a lot of book in Spanish as well. And the price for sending them zo "other countries" including New Zealand is not that high (especially considering it costs the same price as sending to half of EU).
Other than that, have you tried to order the books in some bookstore in your country? I mean, some bookstores will try to get a better price for you and sometimes they will succeed (for exemple when buying more books at once than you would, or having different prices from the publishers etc.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ember Triglot Groupie CyprusRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5393 days ago 63 posts - 101 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, German Studies: Spanish, French, Greek, Polish | Message 5 of 8 02 October 2011 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Definitely try Book Depository The delivery
is free, and there are tons of books in Spanish - both for learning and for just reading. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5252 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 6 of 8 02 October 2011 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Jeronz, this is the reason why I have an e-reader. It makes obtaining books so much easier with significantly less hassle. It's definitely worth the up-front money you'll spend to acquire one. For language learners, the pros are portability, dictionary integration and the possibility for listening and reading. Since I've got my e-reader, I've never looked back.
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| jeronz Diglot Newbie New Zealand Joined 4848 days ago 37 posts - 79 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Yiddish, Latin, German, Italian | Message 7 of 8 03 October 2011 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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amazon.fr, amazon.de, Fnac, and casa del libro still all have shipping at around 14-15 euros unfortunately.
Thanks Vos for languagebooks.com.au, flicked through their 1250 Spanish books and found a couple books that I'm interested in. Shipping is 5AUD which is heaps better. They don't have a large range but prices are reasonable. Found Jared Diamond! Took another good look through bookdepository. It lists all the books I'm interested in although most of them are unavailable, although just found un mundo feliz! (A brave new world) @iguanamon, I do have a kindle actually. I haven't really had a good look so thanks for reminding me, seems like they do have a couple of my favourite authors but don't have most of the authors that I like that are available as English ebooks. Do you buy all your foreign language ebooks from amazon? Or is there a better site that you know of?. Thank you everyone for your suggestions. It seems that for the less popular books I am indeed going to have to pay a bit more. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5252 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 8 of 8 03 October 2011 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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The first thing that you need to do is download the free, open-source, software Calibre. Calibre software will allow you to convert pdf, prc, lit, epub and html files, among others, to the Kindle mobi format. Then just hook up your Kindle to your PC and transfer the files. Calibre will also let you download and convert a heck of a lot of newspapers, magazines and blogs. With the integrated dictionary you are "cooking with gas" and "off to the races". Please pm me if I can be of more help.
I understand that you want Spanish translations of English language books because you are familiar with them or their authors. Myself, I don't enjoy reading English language books in translation. They always seem like just that-a translation- a Spanish or Portuguese version of English. I already speak English. I have enough trouble keeping English phrasing out of my languages without adding to it by reading Spanish/Portuguese books translated into English. Hey, that's just me, ymmv. I love Jared Diamond's works ("Guns, Germs and Steel", "Collapse") but I can't imagine reading them in any language but English. A while ago, I read some of the Spanish translation of Mark Twain's "The Man Who Corrupted Haddleyburg". The music was lost in translation. The phrasing, the prosody, it wasn't "Spanish" even though the book was written in Spanish. One of the reasons I learn a foreign language is because of the culture the language represents. You don't get that by reading English books in translation. The resulting language is neither English nor Spanish but something in between. You'll see what I mean once you start reading. There is indeed much lost in translation- "traduttore traditore"! Why not branch out a little and read original works in the original language. Isabel Allende's books are great and the language is accessible for a learner. Arturo Pérez Reverte's books are excellent reads and the language is very accessible. Discover your own favorite Spanish authors and genres in the original. You'll be glad you did. There are many other places where you can find books on the web. Google and Bing are your friends. Seek and ye shall find. ¡Buena suerte! Edited by iguanamon on 03 October 2011 at 3:42pm 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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