How many english/foreigned books have you read in your entire life ?

Sondage - How much english/foreigned books have you read in your entire life ?

0 (I don't understand the question or I never tried)
5% - 16
1 (I tried but... not for me/too hard)
10% - 29
2
6% - 19
3
5% - 17
4
4% - 12
5
3% - 11
6-10 (included)
11% - 33
11-20
12% - 37
21-30
5% - 15
31... and beyond ! (c) Buzz
33% - 96

Total : 285

 

  • Lise

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    #61 07 Août 2010 16:55:51

    Yes, but transportation is not that expensive when you order one single book from the USA or the UK. I assume it should cost even less (per book) for a professional who orders dozens of books. I still think we're being ripped off...

  • Lelf

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    #62 07 Août 2010 18:17:01

    I'm not sure. I don't thinkl it is that easy for booksellers to order a few books to an editor. If the quantity is small, you pay the transportation. So the bookseller makes you pay fort the transportation and for his profit-margin.
    And I don't know if they really order directly to the editor or to a middleman (which raises the prices).
    I'll try to find out.

  • Lise

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    #63 07 Août 2010 18:36:04

    I don't think that's the reason. As you know, the price of books is imposed by regulation (loi Lang) in France, and, for example, if you search chapitre.com and amazon.fr for the same book, let's say Harry Potter and the goblet of fire, you'll find that the price is exactly the same or slightly different, but still within the 5% discount the law authorizes. I guess foreign language books are submitted to the same rules as French books. But so far, I don't know much about the parameters taken into account for the calculation of the price of a particular book.

  • Lelf

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    #64 07 Août 2010 20:18:29

    Speaking of Harry Potter, my coworker told me that the Fnac sold the last one at the price they (the shop where I work) bought theirs (so they had to add their margin).
    The Fnac and the big structures have their own ditribution system while the little shops have to deal with middlemen, who already took their part of the cake, wich raises prices for the bookshop.
    Moreover, the Fnac and co can order enough books in order not to pay the transportation while the small shops can't.

  • Belgarion

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    #65 08 Août 2010 13:05:57

    Lise a écrit

    I guess foreign language books are submitted to the same rules as French books.


    In addition to what Lelf said, i can answer you on the 'loi Lang' part. Imported books are also under regulation, but not the same as the french books. Reseller can sell them to 95-100% of the price given by the import company (not the publisher this time) and in addition the books, if also published by a french publisher, can not be sold cheaper than the french edition (with an exception in some cases for european books).

    Thus, it explains that english books are not as interesting in France, especially Mass market paperback that will never be sold at an interesting price. In additon, on the Harry Potter thing, the Sodis is the import company for most booksellers, when Fnac is most certainly its own import company (thus the selling prices according to the law, for the same book, might be different).

    Dernière modification par Belgarion (08 Août 2010 13:08:10)

  • Touloulou

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    #66 08 Août 2010 23:34:57

    If you live in big cities, you can find bookshops which sell books in foreign languages. It's more expensive than buying them on the internet, but there's a real bookseller that you can talk to, and ask advice (something a website will never be able to do).
    Plus in Rennes, there are second-hand book shops that sell books in English, and in Lille, there's the Oxfam second-hand bookshop. You can find really cheap books there.

  • Splouch18

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    #67 09 Août 2010 10:19:05

    If you are interesting by my answer , i'll never try to read
    books in V.O because i'm scared to don't understand the story!
    I should try to read one?

  • Touloulou

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    #68 09 Août 2010 18:08:41

    You should try some with a lot of action, it's much easier to understand. Even if you don't get everything, don't try to look up in the dictionary for every word, if you get the global meaning, it will be easier and easier.

  • Well-read-kid

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    #69 10 Août 2010 21:26:21

    A lot ! (Let's see...I read at least twelwe books for college this year, I also read all the Sookie Stackhouse serie last summer (so, nine books plus two short stories anthologies). Let's not forget Harry Potter 6 and 7, Twilight, The undomestic goddess, Nice girls don't have fangs, Angel time, and all the stuff I've read for leisure and pleasure). More than thirty, for sure.

  • Splouch18

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    #70 10 Août 2010 21:40:24

    ok thanks touloulou I loved to try, to test my english :)