Assimil workbooks for false beginners

[Cavesa]

I looked inside and wasn't impressed. Yes, they look quite good but so do many others. Sure, they could be awesome, once Assimil makes them for the less popular languages. But when it comes to the usual ones, I think there are many products with much better price/value ratio on the market.

[aokoye]

I think Powells bookstore has them

:drive-by salivating over Powell's:

You're in Seattle - you could even literally drive by and salivate (or drive, park, and spend five hours there)

If you think I don't do that from time to time, you would be mistaken. My brother-in-law lives in Portland now… and sometimes I even stop by to see him while visiting Powell's.

Oh I totally expected that you did. You live close enough that not doing so would be foolish

[Stefan]

There's an error in the first exercise in the book which made me a bit sceptical. I then (unrelated) stumbled upon reviews for Assimil: Chinese with Ease which said that their book were full of errors. So I contacted Assimil about possible digital/online material.

Five days later they replied and asked which book since apparently "German False Beginners" wasn't specific enough. When I made them aware of the error and asked if there was any page with corrections online, their reply was "We transmit your message to our editorial department". I'm guessing it was a "no". Hopefully it's a single mistake but who knows.