4 Dec
2011
4 Dec
'11
5:25 a.m.
John,
That is one exceptional used book store! The used book stores here in
Connecticut seem to focus on rare books with leather bindings (at one
end) or romance novel paperbacks (the low end). For computer books I use
abebooks.com which indexes used bookstores all over the US and parts of
Europe. When I see a book mentioned here I search for it on
abebooks.com. Most of the time I can get it delivered to my mailbox a
few days later for less than $6. I would bet they can ship to .au-land.
My other source is books sales run by the Friends of the <your town
here> Public Library. I try to hit the larger sales held in my area each
year. Last summer I picked up a copy of Steve Levy's "Insanely Great"
for $1 (sorry Steve) along with some other "history" books on Apple,
Xerox. I just started reading it. Some of these sales are much better
for books on technology than others.
My review of a couple of Apple books is at
http://dacs.org/archive/2011-12/feature2.htm.
Jim
On 12/3/2011 8:34 AM, John Willis wrote:
On Dec 2, 2011 9:23 PM, "ben"<bfranchuk
at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
On 12/2/2011 8:36 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
My local used bookstore has an enormous selection of computer books... I
most recently picked up copies of the Amiga ROM Kernel Manuals, the
programmer manuals for the 68000, 020, and 030, and a copy of the VARM.
They also have a long wall of shelves crammed full of databooks, from TTL
to CMOS, with everything in between.
jpw On 03/12/11 2:08 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
Used bookstores NEVER carry computer stuff, too out of date quickly.
Nor do libraries.
> --Toby
>
> On 3 December 2011 02:52, Toby Thain<toby at
telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> Nobody has spoken up for anything below.
I'd like the Insanely Great book, but I am seriously broke and the
international shipping would be a bitch given that AIUI the USPS no
longer does surface post. :(
Right -- you should be able to find it in used bookstores where you are.
...they still exist, right? :/