Ghidul Zamolxis dä Herta Müller II – ama-zone  

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Intrucat taman mi-a sosit cartea ei comandata de pe Amazon, m-am gandit c-a venit momentul episodului II. In primul rand, despre cum am comandat cartea pentru un total de CDN $9.72, platiti cu cartea de credit.

Nadirs by Herta Mueller - exact cum a sosit, nou-nouta, cu invoice-ul ca semn de carte. Drumul cartii Hertei de la Amazon pe biroul meu nu-i o epopee suficient de fascinanta nici macar pentru blogu’ mio. Dar in prima parte a acestui ghid, Doro imi zicea de Amazonul nemtesc si figurile sale. Eu inteleg: daca stii germana, e preferabil s-o citesti in germana. Am insa impresia ca manuscrisul original, cel putin pentru Nadirs, a fost scris in romana – versiune care nu se gaseste pe Amazon, oricum. Deci, cum am ajuns sa cumpar aceasta carte?

Cum era de asteptat, discutiile despre Herta Muller din presa romana se-nvart in jurul intrebarii daca e romanca. Nimeni insa nu discuta opera ei, pentru ca asta ar insemna s-o fi citit, ceea ce nimeni nu are timp, ca doar traim vremuri de criza. Tocmai d-aia am prezentat in episodul precedent cateva din scrierile sale, asa cum au fost publicate pe cateva site-uri. Si pentru cei care sunt mai interesati in ce are ea de spus decat in nationalitatea ei, voi descrie cum i-am cumparat volumul de debut pentru $3 (9 cu S&H).

Dupa ce-am terminat de scris si publicat partea I a serialului despre Herta Muller, m-am gandit sa apas pe link-urile Amazon din josul paginii si sa vad cam la ce preturi sunt cartile ei, poate-mi cumpar si eu una sau doua. Puteam de asemenea s-o caut pe Herta Muller pe Amazon direct. Amazon nu este numai cea mai mare librarie, este si cel mai mare anticariat. Oricine isi poate vinde cartile vechi, iar librariile mai mici fac asta en gros, ca pe un fel de eBay cu preturi fixe. “Buy new” se refera la cartile de Amazon proper, care sunt intotdeauna noi si pentru care nu platesti S&H, in masura in care cumperi de peste $39. Daca stai sa cumperi carti de la terti, costul este $6.49 / carte, indiferent de suma totala. Ca urmare, eu cumpar carti de la anticariate numai daca diferenta de pret fata de Amazon este mai mare de $6.49; daca nu, salvez “cart”-ul pana cand totalul sare de $39 – asta se-ntampla deseori din prima. In cazul Hertei Muller, am descoperit Nadirs la pretul de numai $3, asa ca m-am grabit s-o cumpar imediat.

Un alt considerent este reputatia vanzatorului, in cazul acesta intre 80 si 90%. In ce priveste reputatiile online, dupa ce m-am ars o data pe eBay, am decis ca nu mai tranzactionez decat cu cei a caror reputatie este peste 90%, dar pretul acesta era atat de mic iar eu imi doream cartea atat de mult, incat am decis sa fac o exceptie, cu urmatoarele rezultate:

Herta Mueller search on Amazon (Incercuirile cu rosu-mi apartin.)

Oct 8 (13 days ago)

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Now that Nadirs was in my hands, I decided to leave a 5-star rating / feedback:

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I was concerned that the book might not arrive at all, as the seller's feedback wasn't excellent and the author of the discounted book had won a Nobel overnight. Yet everything worked out well and the book is in excellent condition. More importantly, also IN MY HANDS!!! :)

Acestea fiind zise despre amazon, hai sa vedem ce s-a mai zis / discutat despre Herta de cand am scos primul episod..

UPDATE: Este posibil ca in sirul emailurilor de la Amazon sa se fi strecurat o adresa mai mult sau mai putin reala. Poate am luat-o de pe Canada411, poate nu. In orice caz, nici una din adresele publicate pe acest blog nu reprezinta realitatea :).

Sources / More info: Herta List, Herta @ Amazon

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