Computer books

[James Knott]

William Park wrote:

> Are you implying that Indigo got rid of their best selling books and
> now stock only low-turnover stuffs?
> 

No.  I'm saying they carried a good selection of technical books and now 
they don't.
For example, the telecommunications technology books have pretty well 
disappeared.  The computer books then to be more for Windows & apps than 
computer science, though there are of course some Linux & Mac books. 
For example, a few years ago, I was browsing through the computer book 
section and found one that included a section on sorting methods.  There 
used to be a lot of that sort of book at Chapters and WBB, which covered 
various aspects of computer science, rather than just using the latest 
version of Windows or MS Office.
As I mentioned, this change occured at Chapters, after Indigo bought 
them.  At one time, the Chapters promise was to have a wide variety of 
books, including less popular titles, that couldn't be found elsewhere. 
  Now most of the retail book industry is controlled by one company, 
which has resulted in a much poorer book selection and in the process is 
also hurting the Canadian book industry.

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