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Re: HN-Books

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Post by acangiano »

inm wrote: post #39
acangiano wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I spent a good deal of effort on the issue of Amazon locales for my book web app. There are quite a few reasons for this: * Some books will exist in one locale but not in others; * Some books will be in stock in a locale but not in others; * Some books will have a different cover and/or slightly different edition if it's a UK or USA version; * If you are buying the Kindle version, availability varies by country, but…

Removed (redundant). Saw just after posting that a good few other people already offered the same information.

Did you mean to reply to me with this comment?

Re: HN-Books

#42

Post by inm »

acangiano wrote: post #41
inm wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Removed (redundant). Saw just after posting that a good few other people already offered the same information.

Did you mean to reply to me with this comment?

I originally posted that I thought books were exempt from charges, but then saw someone right below had already said (and with more certainty than me!).

Sorry, probably should have either left it there or deleted it entirely.

Re: HN-Books

#43

Post by alnayyir »

wazoox wrote: post #33

Please provide normal links, because I always (always, always, always...) open lots of links in new tabs. Not being able to middle-click/control-click the links is a huge usability defect.

The site was virtually unusable for me due to this, it really is critical.

Re: HN-Books

#44

Post by vukk »

There is going to be a lot of books in there, so _filtering_ is a must, sorting just isn't enough.

EDIT: I mean this for "Noob ... Expert" selection. Also simple tags would probably be better than those "How to xx some xx"

Re: HN-Books

#45

Post by mbubb »

Nice, very nice. There are a lot of good critiques in the comments and I might agree with some... But my initial gut reaction was 'yes - I get what this is and like the basic design...'

I would imagine in time links to the actual HN discussions of the book might be nice (though it would not be too hard to google that oneself).

I open links in tabs too - so I would agree with that comment.

More 'click to sort' options, maybe by language.

For a Beta example site I liked it. Good start.

Re: HN-Books

#46

Post by DanielBMarkham »

alnayyir wrote: post #43
wazoox wrote: post #33

Please provide normal links, because I always (always, always, always...) open lots of links in new tabs. Not being able to middle-click/control-click the links is a huge usability defect.

The site was virtually unusable for me due to this, it really is critical.

It will be fixed very shortly. I appreciate the comments.

These are some HTML5-ish buttons I borrowed from another site. I had a bit of trouble with the links, so I just added the onclick code. Never occurred to me the different usage pattern.

EDIT: Ctrl-Click now working in dev. I should have it pushed up to production in the next few minutes. Sorry about the trouble. -- Done.

Re: HN-Books

#48

Post by tomjen3 »

halo wrote: post #32
tomjen3 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Free freight is often on offer, but the real issue is that you don't need to pay import duty.

You don't need to pay import duty on books imported into the UK because they're exempt (and zero-rated for VAT). It's solely a matter of shipping costs.

Might be for Britain, but that is not the case for the rest of Europe - who also use amazon.co.uk.

Re: HN-Books

#49

Post by s3graham »

listic wrote: post #20
user24 wrote: post #16

Feature request: Please detect user's country and use appropriate amazon locale. eg I need to see .co.uk links not .com

What is the practical difference for you between the sites? Do the books ship faster and cheaper for .co.uk? I wonder why wouldn't Amazon's backend just figure it automatically and just ship locally anyway.

I don't think .com will even ship to .ca (unless it's changed recently).

Why they don't merge it all? No idea, but I'd guess media owners have different locale ownership structures so they only acquire distributions rights for an X-based company shipping to customers-in-X, and so on.

Re: HN-Books

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Post by chollida1 »

s3graham wrote: post #49
listic wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the practical difference for you between the sites? Do the books ship faster and cheaper for .co.uk? I wonder why wouldn't Amazon's backend just figure it automatically and just ship locally anyway.

I don't think .com will even ship to .ca (unless it's changed recently). Why they don't merge it all? No idea, but I'd guess media owners have different locale ownership structures so they only acquire distributions rights for an X-based company shipping to customers-in-X, and so on.

I live in Canada and I've ordered from amazon.com for many years, 2001 is the earliest I could find.

Having said that, I only have ordered books from amazon.com, perhaps you are referring to ordering something else beause amazon.com has shipped to Canada for atleast the past 9 years.

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