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</font></b>At 05:58 PM 8/13/2006 -0400, you wrote:<br>
>James Knott wrote:<br>
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>>This afternoon, I dropped into the local Chapters and was
appalled at<br>
>>how much the technical book section had been decimated, since I
last<br>
>>visited a couple of weeks ago. They're really dumbed down
what used to<br>
>>be a good selection. Is there any decent technical book
store left?<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>I wonder if these days the good stuff is all online, leaving only
<br>
>consumer-ish titles (dummies' series, or the books that look like
good <br>
>value because they're 900 pages) on store shelves.<br>
><br>
>I did a little looking on Indigo's website for some stuff recently. I
<br>
>found that many of the better-reviewed books I was looking for are
<br>
>available to ship immediately, but the only store that seemed to have
<br>
>any stock was the one next to (not inside) Square One. In Toronto,
<br>
>World's Biggest should be better, but that doesn't mean it _is_
better.<br>
><br>
>Then again, that's all Chapters/Indigo/Coles. The only major
competition <br>
>seems to be Amazon.<br>
><br>
>Of course, come September the bookstores at York, Ryerson and UofT
will <br>
>have lots of stock too.<br>
><br>
>Also, try<br>
><a href="http://www.abebooks.com/home/BMV/" eudora="autourl">http://www.abebooks.com/home/BMV/</a><br>
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