Posted by
HkScot
18 yrs ago
A friend of mine is trying to set up an English library in his school in Guangdong.
The books he wants are equivalant to those that a 12/13 year old Native English Speaker would be reading (Harry Potter, Famous Five, Hardy Boys, etc).
He says in China the only books available cheaply are literature, Austin, Dickens, Shakespeare etc.
Been to the Bookazine in Hollywood Road and exhausted their supply but still looking for 1000 or so more books.
Any ideas?
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Forgot to add that the budget is tight, hence the problem. Really don't want to be paying more than $20/$30 per book...
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For very inespensive used books you might want to try the Michaelmas Fair at St. John's Cathedral, Saturday 1st November. The Cathedral booksotre open every day 10am to 5pm also has children's books and some very inexpensive on sale. Hope this helps. The Community Advice Bureau (CAB)
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If you have a friend in the US or UK you can buy used books on the respective Amazon site. On the Amazon page for a book you'll see "other buying options" on the right. That's the used books. These can be as cheap as a couple of pennies each plus shipping. Then have your friend ship in bulk by sea. It'll be a bit of work selecting the books but pretty cheap.
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cd
18 yrs ago
Its the season of school fairs coming up, most of them have a 2nd hand book stall. Usually in good condition, around $10-20 a book. Or put a plea out on here if anyone has any they'd donate to you.
p.s just an afterthought, I don't know any 12/13 year olds that would read the famous 5. Thats aimed at 8/9 year olds, but nowadays doesn't seem very popular.
Popular kids books nowadays are Jeremy Strong, Jacqueline Wilson, Harry Potter, Meg Cabot for girls etc.
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That's a good point about the school fairs coming up there is many of them. Also HK has it's good share of pubishers and they (used to) have great sales on books (new). Our Liesure Bookstore here in Sai Kung sells their used books cheap though may not all be of the most recent teenage reads.
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The Kennedy School Night Market is the first Friday in December. Kids Chapter books range in price from $5-$10. There are tables of them.
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brian.don. That's why I suggested that the books be sent to a friend in the US or the UK, then shipped in bulk by sea. As you say shipping individually and directly is expensive.
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"axptguy: Sorry. I must not have had enough caffeine in me when reading your reply to the OP."
Hehe. Not enough caffeine can be a very serious problem. ;)
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Maybe try Flow under the escalators. It is a second hand bookstore but not sure if they have childrens books. It is above Cafe Siam, over the road and upstairs from Pizza Express
Good luck - sounds like a great idea for the kids
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Thanks for all your help: it's been a few years since I've been a regular on here, glad that people are still as helpful as ever.
It seems that the answer to my inquiry is that the bookazine in Soho is the only place that sells discount books year-round.
We had already thought of Amazon and hoped there'd be a quicker/better solution. Hadn't thought about the fairs, though they are still several months away.
Starbucks2 - as for Flow - what you're describing sounds very much like the Bookazine I've already been to - are you sure that Flow wasn't bought out/replaced by Bookazine?
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Thanks HKScot. I haven't been to Flow for a while so maybe it has closed down. Sorry for the bum steer if it has. The address for Flow was/is 1st Floor, 40 Lyndhurst Terrace. I'll look next time I am on the escalators.
Has anyone else seen if Flow is still there or if it has moved??
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cd
18 yrs ago
Clearwater Bay school night market is nov 28th. so thats 2 dates to get you started. But if going to the book stalls try and go as soon as the fairs open to get the best choice as they are always popular.
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Thanks again for all your help - The Chapter House is the sort of place I was hoping to find by starting this thread...
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