Book Shops - Page 1
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author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 06:11:01 pm
content: I was wondering if anyone could recommend anyreputablebook shops in the UK, where one could order books of a technical nature.We used to have an independent book shop here in Rotherham called Philip Howard Books, who would order anything technical/academic for you, but unfortunately they closed the shop, and we no longer have an independent book shop in the area. Philip Howard Books still exists, but they only have a shop in Leeds, which is quite a long way away.So what are your recommendations for reputable online/mail order book shops?

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 06:18:55 pm
content: Not many book stores will order anything text bookish or technical referency in any more, even if you go into a big player like Waterstones or Borders they just tell you to go to their online store. They will not order in any technical references etc... I can imagine if you haven't got a local independent who will order things in I think the web would be your only choice. Sorry.

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 06:38:02 pm
content: I used to spend hours in bookshops. Over the past two or three years somewhat regretfully almost every "book" I buy is electronic. During a recent house move, I threw out 85% of my physical book collection, about half a dozen full car loads, and the suspension didn't thank me for it: it was all outdated technical stuff.Back when I did spend hours in bookshops, Foyles was a favourite of mine. About fifteen years ago, I used to hate Foyles, they used to order their books in a very strange way, ISTR it was by author within topic. It made it almost impossible to browse. Thankfully they changed it to a more conventional ordering.While I find electronic format very convenient and space saving, I do mourn the loss of the physical book. I fear it'll not be long before books a little more than a quaint concept found only on the coffee table or as decoration. Regrettably I am indeed part of the problem.

author: sca
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 06:49:16 pm
content: Quote from: steve30 on February 19, 2015, 06:11:01 pmThey moved out to Wickersley. I *think* they're still there.If you're ever in Oxford, Blackwells is a excellent way to waste several hours.sca

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 06:57:41 pm
content: My favourite second hand bookshop. If you're ever near Hitchen it's worthwhile making a couple of hours for a visit.http://www.erictmoore.co.uk/The other essential place ishttp://www.abebooks.co.uk/

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 07:10:53 pm
content: Quote from: sca on February 19, 2015, 06:49:16 pmThey closed the Wickersley shop last year unfortunately. It was quite handy for me as I only live two streets away.I only buy books very rarely, so have never been a big customer of book shops, be it physical or online. I have had books from Amazon before, but I don't use them anymore. I did get some old secondhand books really cheap from an online shop a while back, but I forgot the name of it.

author: sca
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 07:33:34 pm
content: Quote from: steve30 on February 19, 2015, 07:10:53 pmSmall world!. I grew up in Wickersley, met my wife in The Masons. Still play Pool for the Cricket Club every week. Can't remember the last time I shopped there. Obviously more than a year ago....sca

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 08:02:42 pm
content: Cool. Whereabouts do you live now?I've never been in the Masons. Always looked a bit dodgy to me.

author: sca
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 08:17:42 pm
content: Quote from: steve30 on February 19, 2015, 08:02:42 pmI live in Firbeck. Still in Rotherham, but only by 300 yards.My wife's parents ran the Masons for nearly 20 years. It was great of you were 18, Ok in your twenties. People would travel for miles for their Sunday discos in the days when nothing else was open. I'd feel very out of place these days I suspect. Haven't spent any time there for years. Nothing to be particularly wary of though compared to some of the pubs around Rotherham.sca

author: Tandy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 08:29:22 pm
content: +1 for Blackwells in Oxford, they have a huge basement areahttps://www.flickr.com/photos/pefkosmad/7217073894/

author: sca
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 08:35:46 pm
content: Quote from: Tandy on February 19, 2015, 08:29:22 pmand that' just the sciences floor....

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 10:02:48 pm
content: Foyles Bookstore on Charing Cross Road in London have always been very good. Fifty departments, five floors and they deliver worldwide.

author: Zad
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2015, 12:47:26 am
content: University towns/cities generally have pretty good book shops. Obviously they tend to specialise in whatever the university teaches. Although I live just up the M1 near Leeds, I haven't been to Sheffield for ages, but I'd be surprised if there weren't at least one technical bookshop there.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2015, 05:25:59 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on February 19, 2015, 10:02:48 pmIn the past, I used to spend there days, when visiting London, this was before Amazon though.http://www.foyles.co.uk/

author: AndreasF
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2015, 09:46:17 am
content: Barter Books (http://www.barterbooks.co.uk/index.php) is one of my personal favourites, but I doubt it's what you're after (secondhand only, and I don't think they order for you).

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2015, 12:30:03 pm
content: Quote from: steve30 on February 19, 2015, 06:11:01 pmIt sounds like you are not adapting to a little something called the Internet. With online shopping being one of the reasons storefront bookshops are closing.Here's a few links for buying physical books online:Online book stores------------------http://www.bookfinder.com/Try first. It includes Abebooks in the search. Lists both new and used.http://abebooks.comWorldwide 2nd hand book dealer co-op.http://www.biblioquest.com.au/Global Out Of Print Book Search Service.http://www.worldcat.org/Find a book in libraries. With 'nearest to you' feature.http://www.bookdepository.com/UK. Free worldwide shipping.http://www.bookdepository.com/freeDodo Press (part of bookdepository) has re-published over fifteen thousand out of print or difficult to find titles. By doing this we have made thousands of titles available to readers that were previously impossible to get hold of. Dodo Press titles are also available from the site as free downloads.http://www.usedbooksearch.co.uk/books.htmSearch cheapest book world widehttp://www.addall.com/Book Search and Price Comparisonhttp://amazon.comOnce was books, now... F'd if I know.http://www.bn.comBarnes & Noble. Ditto.http://www.powells.comDitto.http://www2.xlibris.comPublish your own bookhttp://www.booksurge.comSelf-publishinghttp://galaxybooks.com.au/Oz SciFi bookshophttp://www.slowglass.com.au/Ditto. Melbourne, mailorder.http://www.booksandcollectibles.com.au/http://www.lindsaybks.com/books, new and old, for experimenters, inventors,tinkerers, mad scientists, and a very few normal people. (Dammit. Retired.)http://www.ala.org/American Library Associationhttp://www.octavo.com/Octavo Digital Rare Books. Not have as many online example pages as they used to.http://www.ipl.org/The Internet Public Libraryhttp://www.johnnealbooks.com/John Neal Booksellers - Supplies for bookbinders and paper craftOnline Books, etexts---------------------http://hackershelf.com/browse/Programming ebooks, freehttp://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Pagehttp://www.gutenberg.org/Free ebooks.http://www.ku.edu/carrie/http://www.bookdepository.com/freeDodo Press ebooks - freehttp://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/http://www.truthofthematter.org/Lindbergh/default.aspSuppressed bookshttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Pagehttp://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/finding_digital.htmlhttp://www.docquan.com/lib_dead.htmlfrom HB. WOW!http://www.hermetics.org/ebooks.htmlhttp://www.ebookee.comhttp://www.btebook.comhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htmHuge. Incl sections of Talmud.http://www.scribd.com/'publish yourself' (but... for some, requires some plugin)http://www.anonib.com/bookchan/index.php?b=1BOOKCHAN ! ImageRARarchives Gone.http://www.anonib.com/bookchan/Also, lithursday threads on 4chan.org (mostly on Thursdays, but sometimes other days too. 200800130-blocked now)http://www.pmillett.com/tecnical_books_online.htmmostly about radio valvesBanned sites, books, forbidden knowledge----------------------------------------http://www.jrbooksonline.com/JR's Rare Books & Commentaryhttp://www.americandeception.comrare, suppressed bookshttp://www.smuggled.com/links and lists of banned sites.http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htmhttp://wikileaks.org/http://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page