Any decent computer book stores in GTA?

[Russell]

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At 05:58 PM 8/13/2006 -0400, you 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 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.
>
>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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