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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Where can I buy American books, shanzhai or otherwise, in China?
They're all printed here in China, so surely I must be able to find them here. Right? Well, I often hear of Chinese people pirating their textbooks. I'm in a funky situation here, so I need the books, whether or not they're pirated, and I need them before January. It takes 30 days to ship them here, so I'll probably get them in late December.
The textbooks MUST be in English. I don't understand complex technical and scientific terms in Chinese, so I need them as soon as humanely possible. If there's a place to buy these books in China, I'd love to jump all over it.
Thanks
You may want to ask around to other students. I have been told that there are sites where you can download textbooks, though I don't personally know of any.
China won't pirate (much) that they can't directly use. So even finding pirated textbooks in English (especially higher learning types) is going to be very difficult. The market for the pirates just isn't there to make it a profitable thing to do.
You might want to see if there are kindle versions of your books online that you can get. That way they would be legal and you could download them quickly.
诸葛亮:
Yep, I just want whatever gets the job done. I'd prefer the legal versions, although some of these textbooks lack an electronic equivalent. As long as I can get them here... *grumble*
Xpat.John:
You might want to look at verycd.com. I know they have some books there. Just search for the title, you may get lucky.
Xpat.John:
You might also want to check this site. It has a couple links to places to buy electronic versions of textbooks: http://www.campusgrotto.com/where-to-download-textbooks.html
诸葛亮:
Thanks. Forgot about CengageBrain. I actually do use CourseSmart currently, and one of my books is available there. That takes a huge burden off my shoulder, as it's one of the heavier ones.
Now I only need to find 3 more books, and I may already have one on my shelf.
Edit: 2 down, 2 to go... this is looking good.