The book "1200 Soviet Cameras" is issued already!

11/02/2009 16:35

...still waiting on those cursed book boxes

...

11/04/2009 12:34

Guess who has today gotten his

Zillion thanks to the kind forwarder, Viktor for signing it and naturally authors for making all this work!

Best regards,
Juhani

11/04/2009 13:26

Wow congrats! We all officially envy you!

11/12/2009 09:12

A bit of news from Viktor for the U.S. crowd who is involved in our bulk order and waiting on these. The books are now complete with the hard boxes and they are figuring out the acceptance of payment from overseas. Taking a bit longer than anticipated because it's not that easy apparently to get these from Belarus to U.S.

. Juhani was lucky enough to have someone meet Viktor in Vilnius and get a quantity of those into Northern Europe.

As a side note these are should be already in stores in Belarus and Russia, see the mirfoto.by website for more info on that.

Cheers,
Vlad

11/12/2009 09:44

Vlad I guess I missed the post about book order.
I would definitely like to order one. If Victor will be kind enough to sign these books for us, I'll take 2 books, one for use and one for collection, to keep it intact

I also wondering if this book will be available in electronic format, on CD, or on-line?
It would really help me to use it at work

!!!

11/12/2009 10:20

All right, Yuri or I will add it to the order. I doubt about electronic format

. You're stuck with this site for now

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Cheers,
Vlad.

12/04/2009 15:38

Just wondering if we ever going to see these books in US?
Any news?

12/04/2009 15:46

Hi Okynek,

Yes, without going into details we're having difficulties transferring funds from U.S. to Belarus and shipping such heavy cargo since they have not done it before, Viktor is trying different options so it comes out cheapest for everyone. He is asking to bear with them while they figure it out.. I will also check back with him this weekend.I can assure you he has a pallet of 10 books that say "To USA" sitting in his office

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Vlad

Vlad

12/04/2009 16:16

Vlad I have some experience shipping around the word, and specially in FSU.
The most economical way to ship books is one-by-one by regular Mail. Other possibility is to go to Airport cargo facility and put them on a direct flight. And here in NY, Chicago or DC we will take them out of the plain. All Air companies offering this. Should not be a problem. UPS, FedEx, DHL is no good. They are too expensive and require too much paperwork.

12/04/2009 16:23

Money can be send by regular mail using USPS Money order, or Western Union money order. Both easy to cash in FSU without paying tax.
Other possibility is prepaid Visa/Master/AmEx card, again have to be send by regular mail in envelope.
Money transfers is not working good between FSU and US and they to expensive because tax on both sides and bank fees.

12/04/2009 16:24

Yes, he is looking at cargo options. Probably by sea since it's gonna be the cheapest. 10 books are like 50-60 kilos

Vlad

12/04/2009 16:31

He will not save much money by sea. Sea will take 2 month to arrive and then a lot of troubles to get them out of the cargo port. Ask Victor to research how much it cost to ship books one-by-one by Mail. I bet no more than $15/book. I would pay this extra to be able to read this book today.

12/04/2009 17:28

No for that weight it's at least about $50 a book it's a really heavy book if sent by airmail, but that's really not the problem, it how we transfer the money to them. There are some logistical issues in that regard. We'll get them here may just take a little bit.

12/05/2009 04:40

quote:
Originally posted by Vlad10 books are like 50-60 kilos

Yes, I just had The Book in my hands and it is over 5kg certainly!

Best regards,
Juhani

12/05/2009 19:13

Wow! 5kg? Now I even more want to get it! Prinselle weight less then 1.5kg ( 3 lb ).
Must be very heavy cameras in this book

12/06/2009 02:23

And good morning,

sorry to disappoint you, but the book itself weights 2.5 kg only ...

Best Regards,
Aidas

12/06/2009 05:17

I am getting weaker...

Best regards,
Juhani

12/06/2009 13:06

Aidas - with the box 2.5 kg?

12/06/2009 14:18

hi Vlad,

no, book itself weights 2.5 kg. You should add 0.5-0.7 kg for packing and box ...

Best Regards,
Aidas

12/06/2009 16:47

Hello,
I have tried to order this book directly from "mirfoto". The last information I have got is from end of October, that the boxes are not ready. How can I buy this book? Help me please...

Alexander

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