Computer books

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sat Jan 15 22:24:02 UTC 2005


James Knott wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> 
>> Paul King wrote:
>>
>>> Canada Computer Books, (parent company of Toronto Computer Books and 
>>> Mississauga Computer Books) used to sell the "No" books in 
>>> siginificant quantity. They served an audience of serious 
>>> programmers. They sold books that you couldn't find at Chapter's. And 
>>> I don't think it was the acquisition by Indigo that dumbed down the 
>>> selection, but the demise of Canada Computer Books, which were never 
>>> that big a business to begin with.
> 
> 
> Further on this.  Chapters used to carry a selection of 
> telecommunications engineering level books, which I'd never seen in the 
> Computer Books stores.  Those books have disappeared from Chapters too, 
> so the loss of the those Computer Book stores was the reason for that 
> disappearance.

That should be:
"Those books have disappeared from Chapters too, so the loss of the 
those Computer Book stores wasn't the reason for that
disappearance."
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