vrijdag, januari 26, 2007
Amazon: reading list 2007 part 1
Did my first purchase on Amazon. Normally, I buy books at the local webstore proxis.be. Amazon is great, don't get me wrong. Their referencing, recommended books, your reading wish list, various APIs that sites can use to plug into Amazon, etc... It's just that I don't live in any of the countries Amazon set up a site in (USA, France, Germany, UK). I live in Belgium so I can never benefit of any of Amazon's free shipment offers. Proxis is a Belgian site and doesn't charge for local shipments. Actually, I had to figure out what Amazon site to use best because they all have different shipping cost calculations and tariffs. Strange for an international company... I choose the French one. The reason I did buy my books at Amazon this time is because one single book on my list was only available via Amazon. It's 'Informal Learning' by Jay Cross.
The experience to buy books from Amazon is as good as with any book shop I guess (never had a bad experience with any). Easy to set up a profile, put books in your shopping basket, pay and wait for delivery.
These are the books I am going to read in the coming months:
- The Speed of Trust (Stephen MR Covey)
- How to Sell Yourself (Arch Lustberg)
- Informal Learning (Jay Cross)
- Lies about learning (Larry Israelite)
Most of these were speakers at the Learning 2006 conference (organised by Elliott Masie). It is not a coincidence :-) .
The experience to buy books from Amazon is as good as with any book shop I guess (never had a bad experience with any). Easy to set up a profile, put books in your shopping basket, pay and wait for delivery.
These are the books I am going to read in the coming months:
- The Speed of Trust (Stephen MR Covey)
- How to Sell Yourself (Arch Lustberg)
- Informal Learning (Jay Cross)
- Lies about learning (Larry Israelite)
Most of these were speakers at the Learning 2006 conference (organised by Elliott Masie). It is not a coincidence :-) .
