So the real problem is the "would never buy" attitude.The same applies to many other books I read, that I would never buy.
£45 ($90) for the textbook and £25 ($50) for the workbook... thejapanshop.com lists them as $40 and $20 respectively (plus $11.50 postage), which would make it just over $70 -- that's literally half the price! 
Sorry! I know we are out of the workbook, but I didn't think we were that low with the textbook. I've been trying to get Pam (I'm in Japan and she is in charge of the store right now), but she isn't there to let me know if we really do have them in stock.thejapanshop.com is out of stock
Welcome to TJP.gnarhine wrote:I got both of them at Kinokuniya in Seattle. There are a few others in the US... San Francisco, LA, New York, San Jose, Portland, Costa Mesa... if you live near any of those. Otherwise it is on Amazon.
I think maybe its also the only way for me. >.<. Because i'm just 14 years old and all those payment methods just don't work for me. I've got the pdf version of the genki textbooks but still, i'm willing to buy it from theJapanShop.com if there's a suitable payment method for me =.=.clay wrote:Hmmm... There are only two countries we (theJapanShop.com) don't ship to online because of a high level of fraud. Even then individual customers can contact us for other payment arrangements. In other words, you CAN get the book from us or elsewhere on the internet.iev wrote:Sorry. It's just the only way to get the textbooks living in my country.
And I use it.
Just because your local bookstore doesn't carry a certain book doesn't give you the right to resort to thievery.
I love that argument. You're a kid, so your only option is to steal. Go go logic.Flame Haze wrote: Because i'm just 14 years old
Don't get me wrong, not trying to throw any accusations, but you mentioned earlier it may be the only way to get it.Flame Haze wrote:I'm not arguing that we can steal. Although i have the pdf version of the book, i didn't even read it. Instead, these few days, i went to my area's bookstores to buy it, but unsucessfully. Maybe i'll just ask my parents to order i for me via Paypal. Sorry, if you all think i was trying to steal.
It's not so much the fairness to other people who buy the book, but to the people who put a lot of time and effort into making textbooks. It doesn't stop at printing, either. They constantly try to figure new/better ways to organize and present information, or update the texts as necessary as language evolves. And.. maybe it's just because I live under a rock, but I've never heard of a rich and famous textbook writer.Flame Haze wrote:I know how you feel. Its just isn't fair for those who spent so much money to get it while others get it free. And my parents are pretty well the same...guess i'd better find someone else to do it for me >.<
We do accept PayPal, but what payment method is best for you? Fell free to contact me (or have your parents call) at 1-866-837-3607.Flame Haze wrote:i'm willing to buy it from theJapanShop.com if there's a suitable payment method for me =.=.
Maybe revisions are necessary from time to time. The class I go to, taught at Harvard Extension School, uses "Nakama." The first volume was written in 1998, the second in 2000. They are more or less accurate to the Japanese language, even though they are 10 years old. It should be noted that I'm no expert on the Japanese language.They constantly try to figure new/better ways to organize and present information, or update the texts as necessary as language evolves.
Just curious what that has to do with the context of this conversation. The point is, people put in plenty of man hours into those revisions. Stealing them robs both publishers and authors of their already short dues. The textbook market is relatively niche... unlike entertainment writing. There's no mass market appeal... the majority of everyday folks don't go looking at the textbook aisles for "a good read"... and therefore, no mass market profits.jcdietz03 wrote:The class I go to uses "Nakama." The first volume was written in 1998, the second in 2000.
