Okay, trying to move away from all the depressing news surrounding Japan's earthquake, I decided to promote my new blog, Den of Books. Den of Books, in concept, was originally a way for me to sell ebooks for cheap (once I got the rights to do so), because I hate ebooks and think they need to be sold for much, much less than they are. I especially wanted to find Japanese books and resell them for the purpose of sentence mining.
However, said goal is rapidly deteriorating into a blog that reviews books and will occassionally offer something up for free download, or, if it's actually decent, for sale. When I come accross something that might help Japanese learners out there, I'll post it here, which is the reason I'm doing this now!
Presenting...
The Japanese phrasebook! While most of this book is pretty standard, I did like that it threw in some more colorful sentences towards the end. You know, stuff that you don't often come across, like, "I'll call the cops!" Great for people who are just starting the sentence mining thing. You won't want this book if you're not a beginner, though. It's really basic, even as far as phrasebooks go.
I suppose, it might help you if you're doing the language hacking thing, too. Benny The Irish Polyglot certainly recommends a phrasebook if you do things his way.
I bought this book for $10, which I thought was a bit of a rip-off, especially since this is considered the discount price (it's normally priced at $17), and to be able to brand it as your own, it's $27 which is just outrageous! As such, there's weird advertisements all over that are meant to be filled in by you in the event that you brand it. I've done no such thing and am reselling it for $5 as is. You can get it over at Den of Books.
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However, said goal is rapidly deteriorating into a blog that reviews books and will occassionally offer something up for free download, or, if it's actually decent, for sale. When I come accross something that might help Japanese learners out there, I'll post it here, which is the reason I'm doing this now!
Presenting...
The Japanese phrasebook! While most of this book is pretty standard, I did like that it threw in some more colorful sentences towards the end. You know, stuff that you don't often come across, like, "I'll call the cops!" Great for people who are just starting the sentence mining thing. You won't want this book if you're not a beginner, though. It's really basic, even as far as phrasebooks go.I suppose, it might help you if you're doing the language hacking thing, too. Benny The Irish Polyglot certainly recommends a phrasebook if you do things his way.
I bought this book for $10, which I thought was a bit of a rip-off, especially since this is considered the discount price (it's normally priced at $17), and to be able to brand it as your own, it's $27 which is just outrageous! As such, there's weird advertisements all over that are meant to be filled in by you in the event that you brand it. I've done no such thing and am reselling it for $5 as is. You can get it over at Den of Books.
Don't forget to subscribe and comment!
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