Features & Guides, Reading Around the Globe

Reading Around the Globe: Silvia in Germany

November 10, 2019

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“All in all I think that my lifestyle makes it so I don’t have a lot of technical difficulties buying my books when I need to, but that’s the thing…it’s always buying them, and very rarely borrowing them. I talked about my library in a previous answer, but what would make my life a lot better are ebooks or audiobook library loans, which I can’t get here. Hopefully some day. Oh, and I’m not even going to talk about trying to get physical ARCs..”

Welcome to Reading Around the Globe, a series here on Reader Voracious Blog geared at fostering a culture of understanding in the bookish community about access to books in various countries around the world. Each post in the series highlights a full interview with one international reader. You can read more about this series and catch up on previous interviews on the master post.

Features & Guides, Reading Around the Globe

Reading Around the Globe: Marta in Portugal

October 27, 2019

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“There are libraries, but they have very limited resources. In my faculty library, I might find classics, books for required reading, and highly popular books. Same for my local library, except it’s WAY smaller.”

Welcome to Reading Around the Globe, a series here on Reader Voracious Blog geared at fostering a culture of understanding in the bookish community about access to books in various countries around the world. Each post in the series highlights a full interview with one international reader. You can read more about this series and catch up on previous interviews on the master post.

Features & Guides, Reading Around the Globe

Reading Around the Globe: Michelle in the Netherlands

October 20, 2019

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“With the German Amazon and Book Depository there are almost no barriers. This doesn’t apply to things like pre-order incentives or exclusive editions though. My country is excluded from those, pretty much always.”

Welcome to Reading Around the Globe, a series here on Reader Voracious Blog geared at fostering a culture of understanding in the bookish community about access to books in various countries around the world. Each post in the series highlights a full interview with one international reader. You can read more about this series and catch up on previous interviews on the master post.

Features & Guides, Reading Around the Globe

Reading Around the Globe: Nargis in Pakistan

October 13, 2019

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“The only hurdles I face are related to the shipping of books in Pakistan. For example if I pre-order a book or request a book on the Readings website, it obviously takes weeks to reach our country. Even the cost of shipping is high.”

Welcome to Reading Around the Globe, a series here on Reader Voracious Blog geared at fostering a culture of understanding in the bookish community about access to books in various countries around the world. Each post in the series highlights a full interview with one international reader. You can read more about this series and catch up on previous interviews on the master post.

Features & Guides, Reading Around the Globe

Reading Around the Globe: Angela in Italy

October 6, 2019

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“The barriers are many: money, distance, accessibility. There is this power unbalance between those who can afford to get the latest books and those who can rely only on libraries to read something new. The shipping costs are a huge problem.”

Welcome to Reading Around the Globe, a series here on Reader Voracious Blog geared at fostering a culture of understanding in the bookish community about access to books in various countries around the world. Each post in the series highlights a full interview with one international reader. You can read more about this series and catch up on previous interviews on the master post.