Indigo cutting back Linux magazines?

[Franco Saliola]

On 8/19/05, Peter Hiscocks <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Indigo has now passed the stage where it's not even worth looking for books
> and magazines on Linux. Their mathematics and science section is still worth
> a (brief) look. However, even that is significantly inferior to the math and
> science collection in Book City, especially the one in the Annex.

The mathematics section just sucks. I few years back you'd be able to
get some "real" mathematics books: graduate-level texts;
researcher-level books. Now you'll only find things like "Math Made
Easy" and "All The Mathematics You'll Ever Need to Know".

> Anyone here remember the Coles stores? In some cases they were huge, and as
> far as I could see, there was not one book worth reading. Cole's Business
> Plan: sell cheap, remaindered books that no one reads. Maybe Indigo is
> heading in that direction.

I thought Coles was owned by Chapters, which is now owned by Indigo.
Am I wrong? And I think there are a few Coles stores around.

> Small bookstores such as Book City and Pages show that they can be
> competitive by intelligent selection of the books they stock.
>
> Vote with your dollars.

I realized a while ago that pretty much the only power an individual
has is deciding who gets her money, so I try to be conscious of who
gets my money and encourage others to do the same.

Franco

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> Peter
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> On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 10:24:47AM -0400, Steve wrote:
> > Maybe it's just me, but for over a month the Indigo store that USED to have
> > lots of Linux magazines (ones with discs) has been nearly empty of Linux
> > mags! Haven't seen a single copy of Linux Format or Linux Magazine for
> > instance. Has anyone else noticed this? Don't worry, because there's still
> > tons of Windows mags... and even Mac mags.
> >
> > While I'm on a rant, I was in Staples too and they even have Windows mags
> > and Mac mags. No Linux mags though. I'm sure it's a coincidence... it's not
> > like MS would ever pressure companies in any sort anti-competition way...
> > nah. I'm just dreaming. Even Shoppers Drug Marts carry Windows AND Mac
> > mags... no Linux.
> >
> > -Steve.
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