Computer books

[James Knott]

Anthony de Boer wrote:
> 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.
> 

I prefer to browse through a book, before buying.  There are many books 
that sound good, but when you get into them, you find they're not so good.
I've discovered books with significant errors that way.

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