Re: amazon.co.jp

From($BEj9F	dame_zumari@yahoo.com ( Louise Bremner)
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Subject($B8+=P$7(B):	Re: amazon.co.jp
Date($BEj9FF|;~(B):	Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:24:38 +0900
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John Yamamoto-Wilson <john@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote:

> 1. Go to the Amazon Japan website
> (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/489986/249-1320722-2037955)
> 2. Click on the kanji $(D??(Bœ$B"L(B ("hon" = book).
> 3.Check the box above the actual search prompt. It will have the default
> reading $(D??(B''$(D??(B›$(D??(B ("washo" = books in Japanese).
> 4. Change this so that it reads $(D??$B!-(B‹$(D??(B›$(D??(B ("yousho" = books in Western
> languages).
> 5. Enter the title of the book you are looking for.
> 6. Expect to wade through numerous spelling mistakes. The first two titles
> I got were "Gone with the Wind: Pert 2" and "Gone with the Wind: Pert 1"
> (sic and in that order).

That's odd....

I was going to pass on the useful tip that you can skip most of the
above procedure by finding the book in English on the amazon.com site,
then changing the ".com" part of the URL to ".co.jp", which will take
you to the exact same page on the Japanese site. 

Only it doesn't in this case.

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