Comments on: Buying books in French

By: Vero

Vero — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:34:00 +0000

Ramsay: Very interesting, I’ll have a look. Book Mooch does almost exactly what I want as far as a points-based book exchange goes. Doesn’t look to have hit critical mass, so it’ll need to grow before it’s really valuable, but it’s great to see the system is in place.

By: Ramsay

Ramsay — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:06:01 +0000

You might consider bookmooch.com a global book-swap site whose strapline is ‘Give books away. Get books you want.’

Here’s a recent US article:

http://blog.bookmooch.com/2008/06/30/new-york-daily-news-story/

There are over 5000 French books listed, so maybe a few will interest you:

http://www.bookmooch.com/m/language/French

By: Jaye

Jaye — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:40:57 +0000

I found a really good site called abebooks

http://www.abebooks.fr/

you can find practically anything there

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:31:44 +0000

Hiya,

Just asked two French workmates and they both said Amazon.fr. :-/ One also suggested http://www.fnac.fr, but both agreed that they didn’t know of anywhere in Cambridge for French “livres des poches”. (Whee look I remember how to speak French!)

By: Cherrylicious

Cherrylicious — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:55:14 +0000

Hello,

I know your pain… It is difficult for me to buy English books in France.
Have you looked at Amazon.fr’s marketplace for used books? You can find some pretty good deals. For used books, there is also http://www.priceminister.com &
http://www.2xmoinscher.com
You have to bear in mind that in France, they often sell secon-hand books at obscene prices.

If you want a book recommendation, I strongly suggest Anna Gavalda “Ensemble C’est Tout”.

By: pa

pa — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:03:01 +0000

Si j’avais su..j’aurais donné quelques livres à JoLouis..As-tu reçu la collection de photos intactes??..xo
J’ai encore plusieurs La courte échelle..pour lire à Andrew ..le soir???