Category: Books
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The SCMP reports that Page One in Causeway Bay has closed (Bookshop at end of last chapter in Times Square), though it seems possible that it may re-open if space can be found. So not really the end of the last chapter, then. The one in TST moved recently and became a “concept store”. At…
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Google Play now offer e-books in Hong Kong (from Tech in Asia). That’s the good news. The bad news is that I can’t find a way to get it to display books in English only, so it’s a frustrating experience. As ever, not all titles are available, and whereas Amazon has a reasonable idea what…
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It has been apparent for at least 10 years that the government had no wish to continue subsidizing the ESF. The real surprise is that it has taken so long to make this decision – and it will only start to take effect three years from now, with some subsidy remaining in place for another…
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How many Booker Prize winning books do you own? How many have you actually read? I can’t be the only person who buys them and then either gives up after a few pages or never quite gets round to even starting them. I started reading Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang (which won…
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I’m always on the lookout for places to buy books at reasonable prices and Fishpond.com.hk has some eye-catching discounts. But hang on… They claim that the RRP for The Second World War by Antony Beevor is HK$496 (US$64). Eh? I don’t think so. The US list price is actually $35 and Amazon.com are offering it…
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The price of Kindle books continues to baffle. There are plenty of bargains, but an equal number of titles that seem hugely over-priced. If you want to know when the prices do drop, then eReaderIQ is a useful service. You enter the Amazon ASIN code and either a target price or a price drop and…
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More on the sometimes crazy pricing of ebooks: The great ebook price swindle Publishers are facing an uncertain time in the digital world – but increasing the prices of their ebooks is a retrograde step Dan Gillmor | guardian.co.uk | Friday 23 December 2011 15.07 GMT I want to offer a word of thanks to…
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The Book Depository is a UK-based website that offers a decent alternative to Amazon for international customers. Anyone who has ordered books from Amazon will know that international delivery charges are prohibitive, with the possible exception of expensive books that are reduced by 50% (or more). The Book Depository don’t charge extra for delivery, and…
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Amazon now have a “Kindle Daily Deal”: one title at a reduced price, usually at $0.99 or $1.99, for exactly 24 hours. So far, so good. Except for readers outside the United States. Sometimes the title is simply not available, which is quite annoying, and sometimes we are allowed to buy it – but only…
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The combination of the lower price and improved contrast won me over. After thinking about buying one of the earlier Kindles but never quite being convinced that it was a good idea, I really couldn’t resist the new Wi-Fi only model at US$139 (plus US$21 for delivery to Hong Kong). However, there is a problem. …
Ordinary Gweilo 