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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4047 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 1 of 12 09 November 2013 at 4:00pm | IP Logged |
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Hello all,
my question is really simple: does someone know where to buy Icelandic novels in Icelandic language (websites, etc)? I mean physical books, I'm already aware of the project Gutenberg but it's not what I'm looking for. Thank you very much! (P.S. can you advice me someone? :) ) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2 of 12 09 November 2013 at 6:20pm | IP Logged |
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I know Eymundsson and Bóksala Stúdenta, but they both have very high shipping fees. That's why I have never ordered from them, so I can't recommend one over the other.
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4047 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 3 of 12 09 November 2013 at 7:24pm | IP Logged |
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Josquin, thanks. How much high the shipping fees?
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 4 of 12 09 November 2013 at 9:25pm | IP Logged |
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I think it's about 20 €, if I remember correctly.
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4047 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 5 of 12 09 November 2013 at 10:34pm | IP Logged |
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Ouch. :D
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| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5599 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 6 of 12 09 November 2013 at 10:57pm | IP Logged |
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Well, these are the prices after their currency broke down. Before 2009 you had to pay the double of what it costs today.
Icelandic books are quite expensive (well, there are oly 300.000 possible readers, so its circulation cannot be very high), but of good workmanship. I once orderd books at Eymundsson, they are very reliable, but you should not be short of money at the moment. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| vermillon Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4678 days ago 602 posts - 1042 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, German | Message 7 of 12 10 November 2013 at 10:13am | IP Logged |
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It is possible that you would get cheaper shipping fees from London (assuming you're from Italy), and Grant & Cutler (probably the biggest language bookshop in Europe? at least it's one full floor of the biggest bookshop in Europe) has some Icelandic novels.
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| pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5728 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 8 of 12 10 November 2013 at 10:26am | IP Logged |
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Try ebay. Who knows maybe someone will be selling something in Icelandic and shipping costs won't be too high.
Apparently in Iceland one in ten people is a writer. BBC News 1 person has voted this message useful |
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