Any way to BUY from another Kobo Store?

I would LOVE to buy the entire Montalbano series in Italian, both ebook and audiobook to help me improve my Italian, but while I can search the Italian site, I can't buy from it? Would using a proxy/vpn work?

[davidfor]

The shop used is based on the address details for your account. If you "move" to Italy, it should work.

Originally Posted by davidfor

The shop used is based on the address details for your account. If you "move" to Italy, it should work.

Grazie mille! I shall "borrow" the address of a friend in the Republic of San Marino, one who definitely doesn't use ebooks, then move back up here when I'm done.

[bgalbrecht]

Before you can change your address to the country you are visiting, you need to clear your payment method if it's a credit card. Store credit (e.g., from gift cards or refunds) is fine. I presume buying ebooks from Kobo in Italy will be in euros, so if your credit card adds a surcharge for foreign currencies, you'll also have that on your bill. If you're paying with store credit, Kobo will convert your credit to the foreign currency, and then back again when you return to your native country.

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

Before you can change your address to the country you are visiting, you need to clear your payment method if it's a credit card. Store credit (e.g., from gift cards or refunds) is fine. I presume buying ebooks from Kobo in Italy will be in euros, so if your credit card adds a surcharge for foreign currencies, you'll also have that on your bill. If you're paying with store credit, Kobo will convert your credit to the foreign currency, and then back again when you return to your native country.

Thanks for the tips. I wonder if using Paypal will make things simpler. I expect to pay more, with exchange rates etc, but if that's what I have to do, then that's what I have to do

[ps67]

Montalbano is very fine but, if You want to improve Italian, there are many dialectal expressions, be careful and learn to distinguish them from correct Italian.

In this article You will find some examples: http://www.vigata.org/dialetto_camil...amilleri.shtml

Buy it anyway, you won't be disappointed.

Originally Posted by ps67

Montalbano is very fine but, if You want to improve Italian, there are many dialectal expressions, be careful and learn to distinguish them from correct Italian.

When I was in Sicily in May, I had a fun discussion with some locals, telling them, in my limited, broken Italian to be proud of their Sicilian tongue and not to denigrate it as a mere dialetto. I love the variety in languages, and was saddened to see how much my sammarienes friends had lost their romagnalo dialetto in the fifteen years since I was last there.

[ps67]

We are going off topic but a linguist said: "What is a language? a dialect who made his fortune."

[mathil]

Originally Posted by stuartjmz

When I was in Sicily in May, I had a fun discussion with some locals, telling them, in my limited, broken Italian to be proud of their Sicilian tongue and not to denigrate it as a mere dialetto. I love the variety in languages, and was saddened to see how much my sammarienes friends had lost their romagnalo dialetto in the fifteen years since I was last there.

It's not a question of pride, IMO, it's just that the vast majority of people are not aware of the fact that what we call dialetti are mostly languages in their own right. Sammarinese is actually a dialect, though -- of Romagnolo, not Italian
And I would agree that Montalbano books, while great and fun, are probably not the best resource for learning Italian (or Sicilian). Still, learning languages by way of a passion or hobby is the best way to go at it, so have fun!

[QUOTE=mathil;3762074]It's not a question of pride, IMO, it's just that the vast majority of people are not aware of the fact that what we call dialetti are mostly languages in their own right. Sammarinese is actually a dialect, though -- of Romagnolo, not Italian

You'll note I made both points in my post above. But it's moot in terms of Sammarinese anyway it seems. On my first trip,15 years ago, I heard the friends I stayed with using a lot of their dialetto, and they taught me quite a few words of it. This time round, everything was in standard "school" Italian, judging by how easily I followed their conversations.

I should that I adore Italian,, all the variants I've heard. The sound of the language excites me endlessly, even if the subject matter is deadly dull