Any decent computer book stores in GTA?

[James Knott]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> 
>> This afternoon, I dropped into the local Chapters and was appalled at
>> how much the technical book section had been decimated, since I last
>> visited a couple of weeks ago.  They're really dumbed down what used to
>> be a good selection.  Is there any decent technical book store left?
>>  
>>
> I wonder if these days the good stuff is all online, leaving only
> consumer-ish titles (dummies' series, or the books that look like good
> value because they're 900 pages) on store shelves.

I like to browse through the book, before buying.  It's hard to do that
online.

> 
> I did a little looking on Indigo's website for some stuff recently. I
> found that many of the better-reviewed books I was looking for are
> available to ship immediately, but the only store that seemed to have
> any stock was the one next to (not inside) Square One. In Toronto,
> World's Biggest should be better, but that doesn't mean it _is_ better.

That's the store I was in today.  There is not much left.  Years ago, I
could buy my Ryerson texts at WBB, often cheaper than in the Ryerson
bookstore.  Not now though.  I noticed Chapters seemed to start going
downhill, after Indigo bought it.  I read a while ago that Heather
Reisman (sp?) wants to turn them into gift stores.  I never cared for
Indigo, because of their poor technical book selection.  Now that they
own Chapters and WBB, those stores also have a poor selection.

> 
> Then again, that's all Chapters/Indigo/Coles. The only major competition
> seems to be Amazon.
> 
> Of course, come September the bookstores at York, Ryerson and UofT will
> have lots of stock too.
> 
> Also, try
> http://www.abebooks.com/home/BMV/
> 
> 
> - Evan
> 
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