Wir backen uns unsere Lektüre selbst Für meine deutschen Leser ein Link zum FAZ.NET - Mischpult. Da kann man sich durch Angabe der Ingredienzien eine Büchereinkaufsliste backen. Das geht so: Sprache 100% eigenwillig, 0% unauffällig. Stil: nüchtern 90%, opulent 10%. Tempo: moderat 80%, atemlos 20%. Umfang: <100. Ergebnis: Das Stottern des Dichters des Königs Und erzähle uns eine Geschichte: Hans Joachim Schädlich über Leben und Tod des Aesop / Von Kurt Flasch Schädlich, Hans Joachim: Gib ihm Sprache

Sonnen sammeln Juan Gelman entdeckt sein sephardisches Erbe Gelman, Juan: Dibaxu, Debajo, Darunter

Kleidsames Hechtgrau mit schlammgelben Sprengseln Frostgeschärfte Bilder vom Ersten Weltkrieg. Thomas Klings Gedichtband "Fernhandel" · Burkhard Müller Kling, Thomas: Fernhandel

Na ja. Wohl eher ein Gadget. Aber lustig wars.

Some things I don't/didn't like about Amazon

• Some time ago they charged me for shipping though I had placed a shipping-free order. It was their fault they didn't have a CD in stock and my order was suddenly below the shipping-free threshold.
• I wrote a review for Amazon and had to accept their conditions which said (apparently this has changed) that reviews you write for them become their intellectual propriety and they do not even guarantee to cite your name. Of course they can also censor or edit your review. This was one reason to start this weblog.
• When putting a commentary to an album on my wishlist they did not let me use the words "fucked up" as they think this is inappropriate language. "Fucked up" is usually a praise in my book.
• Probably this is not their fault but why can't I find the new Paul Auster The Book of Illusions in English which is already translated into French as Le Livre des Illusions on their site? The plot sounds very promising. Existential in the vein of the New York Trilogy after what I heard.

For people who want to make me happy (this will go into the sidebar soon):

• Amazon.de wishlist
• Amazon.com wishlist for the stuff which is not available in the German branch P.S. I have sort of forgiven Amazon for the one time they made me pay shipping when they shouldn't have. They more than quartered their limit for free shipping of CDs from 89 deutschmarks to 20 euro. But this limit is also valid for books now which were totally shipping-free before. I guess that is a fair deal.