Computer books

Anthony de Boer adb-tlug-AbAJl/g/NLXk1uMJSBkQmQ at public.gmane.org
Sun Jan 16 14:45:20 UTC 2005


Paul King wrote:
> So I guess, there is only one bookstore in all of Ontario (outside of the 
> universities) that carries the classics, namely WBB. I don't consider that to 
> be
> any kind of vindication whatsoever. In fact, I think it just emphasizes the
> problem. If you live outside of Toronto, you're screwed.

Not really; my local smalltown Canada Post outlet has carried a range of
interesting packages with various serious computer books.

WBB simply proves that you need a huge store to carry a decent range of
titles.  If you had "bigbox" bookstores like it in major towns across the
country you might be able to deliver that sort of selection by
traditional retail; little mall bookshops just aren't going to be able to
match what WBB can do, and specialist bookstores (and WBB itself) are too
far from too many of their customers.  The online model is going to
overtake the retail-store model for wide selections of obscure books,
CDs, DVDs, and the like; in fact, it already has.

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