Features & Guides, Reading Around the Globe

Reading Around the Globe: Ahana in India

December 8, 2019

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“There are libraries where I live. However, the content isn’t always related to what I read. They are often based on the native tongue or the few books that are related to the genres I read are often of an older set of releases.”

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: Greyson in South Australia

November 17, 2019

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“I would say there’s less of a range and it can be very expensive in Australia. Especially in bookstores. There’s no way I could afford to spend $20+ on each book I buy. I would love to be able to support book stores more but I just can’t afford to. Like I said earlier, it is harder to get approval for books on Netgalley as well.”

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: 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.