For several months now, I’ve been working on a new online project, which will allow people to buy Albanian books online. The website will allow you to order books and then they will be mailed to you from Albania using different shipping options that have been configured on the online bookstore.
This is a great way for those who speak Albanian but currently reside elsewhere in the world to get their hands on Albanian books. Anyone who is able to get online, whether it be at an internet café or using o2 Broadband in their home, will be able to benefit from using this service. We aim to keep people up to date on the latest Albanian releases, and offer a useful service for those interested in books. For book lovers who often find it difficult to find text written in Albanian, this is a great opportunity to stay up to date.
This is not the only such project on the Internet, however, it is quite unique as it provides you with many more facilities and a usability close to that of Amazon.com where customers can register, get notified for new books, create a wish list and many more things that will be added to the bookstore as the work goes on. So far we have sold the first two books, to a customer living in Britain, but with an U.S. address. And we have not even started to advertise yet.
Anyway, if you want to check it out, then visit “ShtepiaeLibrit.com – libra shqip” www.shtepiaelibrit.com For those of you who speak Albanian we are implementing also a Blog (www.shtepiaelibrit.com/blog) to go with the website where you can get updates about what’s going on with the website (new books, project progress, etc). You can also subscribe to the Blog and get updates that way.
By the way I would love to get your feedback on this project as it is quite important for me and the other partner in business. We think that we have a pretty good project in hand and that it could go quite well, and your feedback would definitively allows us to achieve our goals.
Si kerkohet per autore shqiptare vetem? Ndoshta duhet ta shtosh si kategori me vehte.
Personalisht nuk shikoj aspak llogjike qe ti marketosh Hemingway-in e perkthyer ne shqip dikujt qe jeton pertej oqeanit…
Shendet,
ITS, e vleresoj komentin tend. Ne fakt ne kemi ne plan qe te krijojme nje kategori ku jane te perfshire vetem autoret shqiptare, por sigurisht qe kjo do vije gradualisht me shtimin e numrit te librave dhe shtepive botuese me te cilat lidhim marreveshje.
Por njekohesisht, jam i bindjes qe megjithese nuk eshte shume ideale ideja e marketizimit e ketyre librave ne shqip, fakti mbetet qe ne kemi nevoje ta ruajme dhe zhvillojme gjuhen tone, sidomos per ata qe jetojne pertej oqeanit. Pra ky dyqan nuk ka thjesht funksionin e shitjes, por mbeshtet edhe bindjen tone per ta cuar kulturen dhe gjuhen shqiptare perpara. Une vete jam dikush qe eshte kthyer per te punuar ketu pasi i dua vendin dhe atdhetaret e mi. Nese je i interesuar te ndjekesh me nga afer zhvillimet per kete dyqan, atehere te ftoj te vizitosh Blogun qe ne kemi krijuar enkas per kete pune dhe qe gjendet tek kjo adrese: http://www.ShtepiaeLibrit/Blog
Gjithe te mirat,
Elvisi
Urime per kete projekt qe keni marre persiper. Dicka e tille eshte pozitive per mendimin tim sepse gjithsecili prej qe jeton jashte atdheut ka nevoje te porosise libra qofshin ata dhe te autoreve te huaj. Mua me pelqen si ide dhe ju uroj vertet suksese!
Hello I live in the USA- a good friend lives here in NYC but is from Tirana- how may I find (if there is one) a troanlatisn of Leo Tolstoy’s Resurrection, as I’d like to give her a copy as a gift? Thank-you so much!
belle_fleur faleminderit..
Me kete rast po ju njoftoj qe kemi shtuar nje liber shume te dashur per ata qe e kane lexuar qe ne femijeri: Çufoja dhe Bubi Kaçurel, nga Gaqo Bushaka. Ky eshte linku per librin:
http://www.shtepiaelibrit.com/libra/product_info.php?products_id=198
Po e postoj edhe nje here linkun se nuk kishte dale i plote: Çufoja dhe Bubi Kaçurel, Gaqo Bushaka
http://www.shtepiaelibrit.com/libra/product_info.php?products_id=198
I’m looking for a copy of Viktima te Kuzhines by Williemien de Villiers
Hello Anne,
for the moment I know that we don’t have that book but we could try to find it for you. How important is it for you?
Hello webmaster I like your post “n Online Bookstore – ShtepiaeLibrit.com | Albanian Blogger” so well that I like to ask you whether I should translate into German and linking back. Greetings Engel
All you care are the money! Sell sell sell – money money money. There are lots of ebook for free in english, italian, german, spanish ect. but none in albanian. You are roten for money…
Dear Krrakrra,
thanks for your comment. It’s a bit offensive, but if I may, I just want to answer to you by saying that if I talk a lot about the Albanian Online bookstore, is because I truly care about what I do with it. And I’ve learned to care even more because I have realized that it is a service that is worth to the people who visit us and want to maintain their love for books. So if I may correct you, it is not all about selling, selling, selling – money, money, money, but rather it is all about books books books and my true relationship with them.
Moreover, where can you find a better job than working with something that you love 🙂
I have been trying to figure out how to get Albanian books (or just books translated in Albanian) in the US, where I live, but haven’t had any luck yet. I just came across your website, and I have a few shipping questions. Where do these books ship from? What is standard shipping to the US? Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you.
Juliana
Hi there Julia,
thanks for the inquiry. The Albanian House of Books Bookstore has been in operation for 4 years now and almost every week we ship to the USA or Canada. Currently, we’re the largest online Albanian bookstore and all our books are shipped through Albania. The books are published here and we ship them from here.
With regard to shipping costs, they are easily calculatable since once you add them to you shopping cart, you can then change the Country and thus calculate the rates directly from the website.
I am sorry I am not being more specific, but it all depends on the weight of the books themselves. We do suggest you use the Economy Shipping rates as they are currently the lowest available from Albania.
Let us know if we can assist you further.
Kind regards,
Elvis Plaku & Gjergj Erebara
Owners of the Albanian House of Books
Guide: How to order Albanian books through ShtepiaeLibrit.com (pdf)
Dear sir.
I’am looking for the following books. Could you try to find them for me?
1)Kalvos, Andhreas – Sollomos, Dhionisios – Vallaoritis, Aristotelis … [et al.]. Antologji e poezisë greke:
poezi. [tr.by]: Piro Misha · Editor Piro Misha. Tiranë: Naim Frashëri, 1986. 302p.
2)Ritsos, Giannis. Poezi. [tr.by]: Aristotel Spiro & Sokol Çunga. Tiranë: Fondacioni Grek i Kulturës “Vatra”, 2010. 32p.
3)Ricos, Janis. Një Ricos tjetër. [tr.by]: Grigor Jovani. Tiranë: WESO, 2009. 225p.
4)Ricos, Janis. Poema. [tr.by]: Niko Kacalidha. Tiranë: Toena, 2009. 127p.ISBN: 978-99943-1-560-4
5)Ritsos, Giannis. Zonja e vreshtave: poemë. [tr.by]: Andrea Zarballa. Tiranë: Neraida, 2009. 104p.
6)Ricos, Janis. E largëta: (Me gjashtë grafika të Janis Ricosit). [tr.by]: Romeo Çollaku. Tiranë: Afërdita, 2000. 47p.
7)Ricos, Janis. Poezi të zgjedhura. [tr.by]: Llambro Ruci. Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese “Mësonjëtorja e Parë”, 1999. 269p.
9)Ricos, Janis. Vdekjes nuk i besoj: poezi. [tr.by]: Spiro Çomora, Aleks Çaçi & Shaip Beqiri. Prishtinë: Rilindja, 1982. 291p.
10)Ricos, Janis. Njeriu me karafil dhe vjersha të tjera: poezi. [tr.by]: Aleks Çaçi. Tiranë: Naim Frashëri, 1972. 123p.
11)Ricos, Janis. Mëhallat e botës: vjersha e poema. [tr.by]: Spiro Çomora. Tiranë: Naim Frashëri, 1961. 156p.
10)Tumanidis, Kristos – Ricos, Janis. Krah Janis Ricosit: kujtime. [tr.by]: Bardhul Toda. Tiranë: Vllamasi, 2010. 39p.
Best regards