I HATE EVERYTHING

[highlyeccentric]

Fact: i need copies of the complete romances of Chretien de Troyes
Fact: I want the Livre de Poche parallel OF/Modern French editions, because they are Good Stuff.
Fact: Hachette's website says there's a boxed set, RRP 19 euro

Also Facts:

* Amazon US and Argentina want to charge me around a hundred dollar australian to ship a thirty-dollar book
* The co-op and Abbeys don't have any of Chretien's romances in stock, although they have other Livres de Poche.
* Amazon.fr say the boxed set ships "usually under two months" - but they have some kind of special on the individual books, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT EXCEPT THEY ONLY SHIP TO BELGIUM AND FRANCE.

So, I think to myself. I'm a co-op life member. They told me they can order stuff in, being as they exist to meet Australian academics' academic needs. I know they can get these books because I bought my copies of the Conte du Graal and Yvain from them!

No. The co-op tell me they can't get any Chretien books, and suggest I try Amazon.

*headdesk* HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET COPIES OF BOOKS FROM OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA IF YOU CAN'T?¹

Caaaami... any chance I can use your address so that I can order from Amazon.fr, and send you the cost of forwarding it/them on to me via paypal?

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1. The government have decided not to lift restrictions on parrallel imports. This is all well and good EXCEPT FOR THE PART WHERE OBVIOUSLY NO ONE IMPORTS THINGS I WANT, LET ALONE PUBLISHES AUSTRALIAN EDITIONS OF THEM.

Comments

[kayloulee]

Have you tried Better World Books? I just did a search there and I did find some French-language editions but I don't know if they're the ones you want. EG I found Erec et Enide, but it's published by Lettres Gothiques/Librairie generale francaise.

[highlyeccentric]

YES YES THAT'S THE ONE. They're an imprint of hachette! Yay, <3 you!

[kayloulee]

Better World Books are my source of choice for cheap academic books - I got one of my textbooks this semester from them. I'd try Abebooks Australia as well, because BWB sells books through them and sometimes they're cheaper than through the actual BWB site.

[highlyeccentric]

I tried abebooks already, no dice :(

Uh... ok, I googled betterworld books and am VERY CONFUSED. Send me a link? I'm getting all kinds of results including Amazon and abebooks but no actual betterworldbooks search...

Are they used books only? Not that that's necessarily a problem.

[kayloulee]

Go here. That link should definitely work. They're both used and new and the used are always cheaper. Their shipping is quite low as well. I think your problem was that you may have googled Betterworld Books when they're Better World Books.

[highlyeccentric]

Mwahaha. Actually, I found a new copy of cliges cheaper than the used. I WIN.

buying cliges and E&E. Now all I need is the chevalier de la charette...