Comments on: A World Full of Bookstores. http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/06/14/a-world-full-of-bookstores/ Travel stories, world music, travel books, and a close peek at unique destinations. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:18:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Liz http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/06/14/a-world-full-of-bookstores/comment-page-1/#comment-43189 Liz Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:53:56 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/?p=478#comment-43189 Hi Nia, Abebooks.com sounds like a great resource. Have heard of it but haven't yet checked it out. Think I'll save it for a rainy day -- which shouldn't be too far off given we are in winter here in New Zealand. Hi Nia,

Abebooks.com sounds like a great resource. Have heard of it but haven’t yet checked it out. Think I’ll save it for a rainy day — which shouldn’t be too far off given we are in winter here in New Zealand.

]]> By: Antonia Malchik http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/06/14/a-world-full-of-bookstores/comment-page-1/#comment-43047 Antonia Malchik Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:40:48 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/?p=478#comment-43047 Afraid I have to cheat. I'm a devotee of abebooks.com, where I buy most of my books. It's an Amazon-type website, except that it's not just one store -- it's 13,500 independent booksellers from around the world. It's the Mecca for used and out-of-print books, AND new titles. It's incredible. So, instead of going to the website of Powell's in Portland, Oregon (I have to say Rolf Potts has no imagination there -- Powell's and Shakespeare in Paris are two of the best-known bookstores on the planet), I just go to abebooks.com and Powell's lists its titles there, as does New York's Strand, with 13,499 other booksellers worldwide. Afraid I have to cheat. I’m a devotee of abebooks.com, where I buy most of my books. It’s an Amazon-type website, except that it’s not just one store — it’s 13,500 independent booksellers from around the world. It’s the Mecca for used and out-of-print books, AND new titles. It’s incredible. So, instead of going to the website of Powell’s in Portland, Oregon (I have to say Rolf Potts has no imagination there — Powell’s and Shakespeare in Paris are two of the best-known bookstores on the planet), I just go to abebooks.com and Powell’s lists its titles there, as does New York’s Strand, with 13,499 other booksellers worldwide.

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