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Cheap Esperanto stuff?

door erinja, 17 augustus 2011

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Taal: English

erinja (Profiel tonen) 17 augustus 2011 14:03:27

Many beginners want to know where they can buy Esperanto books, music, etc. I thought I'd start up this thread for exchanging ideas on places to buy Esperanto books easily (and as inexpensively as possible).

Do you prefer to buy Esperanto books from book services, eBay, other online stores? What online stores do you usually buy from, and do they sell Esperanto stuff? Do you buy only from your country's Esperanto book service, or do you also buy from foreign book services?

If you have a collection of Esperanto books that you've read, what do you do with them? Keep them, sell them on eBay, give them away to friends?

Are there any sites other than eBay where people sell stuff online, where you have found Esperanto materials?

Miland (Profiel tonen) 17 augustus 2011 15:47:29

More often than not I've used the online service of EAB, though sometimes I've been able to visit Esperanto House in Barlaston. I've used UEA as well. National Congresses offer opportunities for buying stuff, and I visited the book service at the UK in Rotterdam in 2008.

Donniedillon (Profiel tonen) 17 augustus 2011 19:47:37

I have had excellent service from the Esperanto-USA bookstore.

hiyayaywhopee (Profiel tonen) 18 augustus 2011 00:44:31

They may have gotten rid of it - I haven't been able to find it the last couple times I checked - but Esperanto-USA used to have an option of buying a pound of old books they couldn't get rid of for next to nothing. Even if the books weren't really that useful, they were still interesting to look at, and really cheap since I was ordering something else at the same time.

As far as Esperanto music goes, there's really just one record label, which is in France. At least for people who live in the USA, it's usually much cheaper to buy straight from the record label (most CDs in the Esperanto-USA store run $20+). I've bought a few things and had them shipped to me (it's kind of awesome to have physical copies of things that are in Esperanto), but that also gets expensive. Now I usually just use Vinilkosmo's online MP3 store (http://www.vinilkosmo-mp3.com/), which is much more reasonable, if they come out with something I like.

Finally, there's some pretty nice online freebies. Tim Westover's short story collection is available for free online (http://timwestover.com/marvirinstrato/), and the drummer of Persone put two of their albums online through bittorrent (http://bertilow.com/persone/albumoj.html).

3rdblade (Profiel tonen) 18 augustus 2011 00:54:46

Good thread! I've bought mostly from the libroservo (book service) in Japan, which is well-stocked. Payment is made after delivery, which is a very convenient system! I've also bought a few from the libroservoj at small congresses. One of the members of my local group gave me a stack of old books, including a really nice binding of 'La Revizoro' which was great and kind.

I did buy one EN-EO dictionary from the UEA libroservo, using paypal, before I got involved with the Esperanto scene in Japan.

I found 'Mil Unuaj Vortoj' in a used book store, that was a bit of a surprise.

I've kept most of them and given a few away. Never tried ebay for this.

I have used gutenberg.org for a few books too, but I prefer paper books when I can get them.

mountainash (Profiel tonen) 18 augustus 2011 08:38:44

Donniedillon:I have had excellent service from the Esperanto-USA bookstore.
I have also had excellent service from the Esperanto-USA bookstore. The book service in Australia is not staffed at the moment so I have had to find other options. I have just ordered packages from the UEA (books) and Vinilkosmo (CD's) but they haven't arrived yet so I can't comment on the service. The UEA seems to have the largest catalogue of any Esperanto bookstore.

As far as mainstream booksellers go I've noticed that on an advanced search at the book depository (www.bookdepository.co.uk/.com) you can search by language, and there is actually a small collection of Esperanto novels.

I have also recently discovered that my local Esperanto association (http://www.melburno.org.au) has a huge library (1000's of books). That should keep me busy for a few... decades. shoko.gif

NJ Esperantist (Profiel tonen) 18 augustus 2011 10:48:57

I usually search the retbutiko of Esperanto-USA when looking for Esperanto books. If for some reason they don't have it, I check used book sellers such as alibris and then Amazon or the dreaded eBay. I once bought a hardbound copy of Wells Dictionary (the previous edition) from a bookseller in England through alibris and got it in less than 2 weeks for less than $20.

UUano (Profiel tonen) 18 augustus 2011 13:57:02

I, also, have bought books from Esperanto-USA. In general, I prefer to buy books/cds in actual physical stores - but when I buy online, I usually check half.com first. There are some Esperanto items there, but the descriptions are usually lacking and there aren't many images, and the prices may be prohibitive when the description is more than cursory.

I'm looking forward to checking out some of the other resources mentioned here.

The only Esperanto CD I have was purchased almost 15 years ago at my college's annual used book/cd sale. It's by the group "Kajto", and I love it.

qwertz (Profiel tonen) 18 augustus 2011 17:42:48

UUano:
The only Esperanto CD I have was purchased almost 15 years ago at my college's annual used book/cd sale. It's by the group "Kajto", and I love it.
Do you have an most favorite song at this album? I very like Rulu nun.

I would like use an online bookstore which acepts anonymous micropaying. I.e. Paysafecard is quite spreaded in Germany means someones can get the vouchers everywhere (at least in Germany). Maybe some other anonymous voucher systems (popular payment overview of Skype company) are more common outside Germany.

UUano (Profiel tonen) 18 augustus 2011 18:51:26

qwertz: Do you have an most favorite song at this album? I very like Rulu nun.
I have never heard any of the songs on that album, but it looks fun...I should buy more!

The album that I have is called "flugdrako", here.

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