To All book lovers...

I am very sad that the second hand bookshop of my friend Mavis will shut in Hongkong at the end of the week...
However I was able to buy as many books as a suitcase will accept (around 100) this week when I was there and after a nice loooong discussion with the airline to avoid overweight charge have them now over in Shanghai !

I'd like now to setup a Second hand book Club / Exchange / Sales in Shanghai for books lovers.

To make things simple I'd like to propose the following.

==> All books to be sold for 20 Rmb
==> All books sold will be bought back for 10 Rmb if brought back in a good condition withing 3 months to the sells.
==> I'll be exchanging (2 for 1) or buying (10 Rmb) books to people interested. However I'll be somewhat selective as wish to limit the working capital of the small "enterprise" to a reasonable number... ==> Again price for very nice books can be negotiated.


Books can be traded at my place where they are piled (mail me, I'll give the address) or we can meet in cafes/bar/ restaurant around town... Or they can be courrier directly to your home for a small fee (Courier fee... 20 Rmb withing the outer ring).

Comments/critics/sum-up on the books are most welcome (this is the all point of a book club). They will be published on a website to come shortly.

This venture is not to make money, but really to share love of books and build a buzz of second handbooks trading around Shanghai...ALL PROCEED WILL BE GIVEN TO CHARITY...


Cheers

Pierre.

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And here is a picture of the mess

Hope to make it grow in the next few month throuhgt...

I like books, especially literatures and the histories of western and the strategy of politics, if you have those kind books, I would like to buy or exchange with you~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Nathalie...

If by literature you mean classical literature I have a few :

JANE EYRE : CHARLOTTE BRONTE
CLAUDE MICHELLET : SCENT OF HERBS

As of modern literature I can recommend

JOHN IRVIN : THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
JOHN IRVIN : A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR

No western or strategy of politic so far. I am sorry... But I'll contact you again if I get any of those.

Have you been able to open the excell file by the way ?

hi Pierrro,

I cannot open the excel file by now, I don't know why~

Maybe this book ( CLAUDE MICHELLET's SCENT OF HERBS) I would like to read it from you and maybe you can share me your book in some coffee meeting or you can tell me when you can sell or exchange with me in your mail~~

Mail:
warmspring48@hotmail.com

He Nathalie

Done.

Booklist has just been updated after a few exchanges...

However, I seems to be giving away more books than I get, Thus my inventory shrinks quickly (I am down to 69 books from an initial count on 97). Am still very interested to buy/Exchange your English / French books to grow the inventory

Help requested STOP - Book inventory dangerously low STOP - Need English/French books to buy or Exchanges STOP

I would like to help, but unfortunately that my books are either keeping in HK or in Paris now.

But I'll try to remember to get some books from HK when I go there later.

This May or June I can bring my books to do book exchange with you , not many books, only <L>,<Stupid> & <business> I can share~~~~~~~~~

( life & death), (stupid white men) & (business decision making in china)

OK lah.

Am going to France for the next 3 weeks... I'll be coming back with a suitcase full of French books if anybody's interrested.

In the meantime no exchange of books... I'll resume this when I'm back (I can still book the book if requested, and have it delivered after 20th of may).

And oh... I am looking for Jeffrey Archer Prison Diairy volume 2 (Purgatory) and Volume 3 (paradise). Anybody got that ?

so all those people who got books from pierro should prepare to swap at least another book back into the collection so that his exchange program can keep going.

Yep, that's the spirit...

Small status after 1 month of very loooow level "Marketing" .
40 books out - 19 books in... Not bad
The booklist in Shrinking but I should get a refill during my trip to France.

Have a great may holiday and enjoy your free time to read more

List has been updated with new books (list is up to 101 available books look up) and even a dozen French ones...

Still looking for more books to increase the stocks. Especially French ones.

And for the love of books... I will give all benefits from month of June to the red cross for Earthquake/Myanmar Cyclone relief operations...

I guess... I'll get money for beers from an other pocket

Hi Pierrro, I have some books in english if you are interested PM me. And also might be interested in picking up some new books from you some time next week. Let me know how we can arrange a meeting point and time.

Gothsusie,

Thanks for your message. I am currently in Singapore but will be back to Shanghai on Wednesday. I'll PM you to arrange meeting point.

Gothsusie,

I am back in Shanghai and PM'd you...

By the way... Anybody got book from Jeffrey Archer : A prison Diary "Volume 3 heaven" ? Very interested to put my hand on it.

Not a lot of interest this month it seems... Have people stopped to read (and enjoy the sunny weather of Shanghai ???).

Pierro, What's the best way to get some books to you?

Hi Sberman

PM me and let's meet over the week-end (or week-evening) somewhere in the French concession (I live near Fuxing Lu / Xiang Yang Lu) or close to a subway station if it's not convinient.

Best is to send me the list of books you are interested to Get me or get from me first.

List has been updated (08-July-2008).

Note : This week-end will be my last in Shanghai before my summer break. Contact me if you want to trade books before the holidays

I can also bring some books to Malones Mixer on Wedneday evening if anybody wants to exchange there... PM me before in case you are interrested.

Pierro, I have a lot of books to add to the list. PM me your mobile so I can contact you and drop them off. Lots of English novels, even some hardbacks, great condition. Mostly legal or medical thrillers, plus a number of Oprah Book Club or Literature Award books.

Hi Pierro,

Is your club still operational? I have many books to sell (moving out sale). In English, French, Serbian.
Diana
1500 2170283
dejana@sh163.net

Thanks!

any one has the "gravity's rainbow"?

hey do you have any website that we could check online?
that will be much easier for me to find what i want

Anybody know where i can buy (english) herbal medicine study books ?

Unfortunately I don't have "Gravity's Rainbow" but will keep an eye on it for you

By the way... New and updated (latest book list) thread

http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/MDForum-vi ... 4314.phtml

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