Misleading comment from an ebook store in Spain

[andreabc]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes, I know about the Spanish Kindle store, Jo. I was asking about the Latin American one that someone previously referred to. Apparently they simply meant setting your country to "Latin America" at "amazon.com".

Yes, sorry. I was just referring to the books available on the Kindle Store for Latin America users.

I think the reason why there's less ebooks-in-Spanish availability for Latin America Kindle users than for US or Spain Kindle users is because Libranda distributed books aren't available.
I think that there's more to this than just a georestricted-publishers issue, as Libranda does distribute to several small ebook stores from Latin America (but I think they all sell epubs).

Originally Posted by jocampo

There you go ...

http://www.amazon.es/

El Nuevo Kindle, el regalo perfecto para Papa!

However, the Kindle version of Gabo's book at Amazon USA, was pulled yesterday, no idea why. It is no longer available. Fortunately, I was able to download and buy.

Latin America users can't buy books from the amazon.es site.
I think they'll bring Cien años back, since it's available on iBooks and Barnes and Noble for the US.

[Terisa de morgan]

Libranda only sells ePub, yes.

[andreabc]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Libranda only sells ePub, yes.

Libranda also distributes books through Amazon, but for some reason only to US and Europe users.

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by andreabc

I think they'll bring Cien años back, since it's available on iBooks and Barnes and Noble for the US.

You may be right.

I got the feeling initial price was wrong. I paid 6.99 dollars for it. They may increase that to 9.99 or maybe 14.99.

I got mine at 6.99 though ;-) ...

[ApK]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Jokes apart, It's an expression Harry. Maybe it sounds weird in English or a bad translation from me perhaps? We use it when talking about countries that speak Spanish as 1st or native language, like ...

"Me gusta la musica latina" ... I like latin music

instead

"Me gusta la musica en Espanol" ... I like music in Spanish

Latin music and music in Spanish is not the same thing. You can sing Yankee Doodle in Spanish, that doesn't make it Latin music.

Similarly, you can take Latin music, with Latin style and sound, but have the lyrics sung in English.

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by ApK

Latin music and music in Spanish is not the same thing. You can sing Yankee Doodle in Spanish, that doesn't make it Latin music.

Similarly, you can take Latin music, with Latin style and sound, but have the lyrics sung in English.

I know this is off topic :-) But let me clarify.

Is it Spanish your 1st language? I can tell you for sure, here in USA we do not use "Spanish" as a way to refer to people from Latin countries, we say Latin people, at least that's the case in TX. Which means, people from Honduras, Nicaragua, PR, Salvador, Colombia, etc, we refer to them as Latins, not Spanish.

Actually, we also use Hispanic, because I believe Hispanic and Latino are synonyms.

It is really common, even for american people (including my wife, born and raised in USA) to use Latin expression and word instead of Spanish.

Now, your analogy for Latin rhythms does not perfectly fit here. Because Latin People is usually refer to people from Latino America. But Latin Music can be Salsa, but with English Lyric.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Now, your analogy for Latin rhythms does not perfectly fit here. Because Latin People is usually refer to people from Latino America. But Latin Music can be Salsa, but with English Lyric.

I'm pretty sure we're saying the same thing.

We were just clarifying the difference between Latin (or Latino, or possible Hispanic) culture and peoples, and the Spanish language, and the Latin (from Rome) language.

Originally, Harry was just pointing out that what you wrote, in English, implied your first language was Latin. I'm pretty sure he actually knew what you meant.

As an American, I would call someone Spanish if and only if I knew they were from Spain.

And, BTW, I made no analogy.

ApK

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by jocampo

I know this is off topic :-) But let me clarify.

Is it Spanish your 1st language? I can tell you for sure, here in USA we do not use "Spanish" as a way to refer to people from Latin countries, we say Latin people, at least that's the case in TX. Which means, people from Honduras, Nicaragua, PR, Salvador, Colombia, etc, we refer to them as Latins, not Spanish.

Actually, we also use Hispanic, because I believe Hispanic and Latino are synonyms.

It is really common, even for american people (including my wife, born and raised in USA) to use Latin expression and word instead of Spanish.

Now, your analogy for Latin rhythms does not perfectly fit here. Because Latin People is usually refer to people from Latino America. But Latin Music can be Salsa, but with English Lyric.

I know it's off-topic too but... which is your point? I don't understand it, it's not a tease. The previous message said exactly that. And Spanish is my first language and I don't talk about Spanish people if they come from Peru, Colombia or Honduras.

[andreabc]

Originally Posted by jocampo

You may be right.

and it's back!

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

There is a bookstore in my neighborhood that sells ebooks. They have a big sign in their window saying that they cannot sell ebooks for the Kindle, as they can't use the Kindle format, or some other such nonsense. I'll take a pic next time I walk past the window.

It took me a while, but I finally took a pic of the sign:

[ApK]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

It took me a while, but I finally took a pic of the sign:

The wording of their sign is not correct, or course, and that bugs me.
Kindle books are available from sources besides Amazon. Just not THOSE books.

If I'm reading their home page correctly, it looks like they are reselling Google ebooks. If that's so, they could easy (and probably SHOULD) be an Amazon affiliate reseller as well.

ApK

[Oletros]

Originally Posted by jocampo

My Dad used to speak and write Latin .... ...not me... and I am not kidding. He was going to be a priest and was raised in a place where they used to speak and write latin, even during mass.

Jokes apart, It's an expression Harry. Maybe it sounds weird in English or a bad translation from me perhaps? We use it when talking about countries that speak Spanish as 1st or native language, like ...

"Me gusta la musica latina" ... I like latin music

instead

"Me gusta la musica en Espanol" ... I like music in Spanish

No, in Spain, Latin music is only music from Central or South America, never music from Spain.

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

It took me a while, but I finally took a pic of the sign:

pidgeon,

I like your shoes, hahahahaha ...

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by jocampo

pidgeon,

I like your shoes, hahahahaha ...

Aren't they fabulous? My first pair of Toms. A great pattern, and really comfortable.