Sunday, April 27, 2008

Finding my German book on Amazon

derivative work, center piece by Natvia WikipediaThis was weird. I looked over my weblog and saw a familiar name in the ad from Amazons, my own name, to be precise. The books has been published a few years ago in Dutch and German, but then they were not available on Amazon.
The book is called in its subtitle: 15 misunderstandings on China and the Chinese. Since I finished the book, that problems has only become more acute compared to when I was write the book.
Still a weird feeling, to see my book after so many years on this service. What was equally shocking was the pricing: US$ 34! I guess the dropping dollar has made my book rather unattractive for US-citizens, who also have to work a bit on their German.
I still get now and then some positive feedback on this book, although it has obvious been a bit outdated. After this book I decided it was not worthwhile to write ever again another book, but as always, I'm ready to open the discussions on this subject too.

1 comment:

Maria Korolov said...

Fons --

I'd love to work with you on an updated, English version of your book.

- Maria