Favourite Book Store (2 Viewers)

[jesshika]

DYMOCKS !!!

 

[Lexicographer]

Nobody's mentioned Collin's

 

[hyperbole]

kinokuniya is huge..its situated in the Galleries Victoria on George Street..
My favourite bookstores are definently Dymocks and kinokuniya
Big W, Target etc don't generally have a large variety of books...very limited...

 

[chepas]

Originally posted by oscar_wilde
Abbeys

Yer, good. Abbey's is mentioned! Good for finding music scores without going to a music specialist place thingy, and love the foreign language dept on the 2nd level.

Borders is good too. The one at Macquarie Centre though.

 

[bluesky100]

Angus and Robertson is pretty good, also Collins Booksellers.

 

[Melanie Jane]

Borders (a.k.a. magazine heaven) and Books Kinokuniya.

 

[stargaze]

BORDERS!

Don;t buy a whole lot but the combo of the spaciousness + books + music is mad

 

[ameh]

Dymocks!

 

[Ashleet]

for everyday books - dymocks or WHSmith
Collectors stuff (1st ed. and stuff) - this place is in the rocks where it is open till midnight.
2nd hand - Gould on king street, Newtown

 

[Trigger189]

I go to Angus and Robertson the most.. only because thats our local bookstore.

Otherwise, my favourite ones are Dymocks, Borders and Collins.

 

[eLmo]

i love abbey's & galaxy... but i can spend ages in kinokuniya

 

[dark`secrets]

Kinokuniya has expensive stuff
but has a huge variety.

 

[chepas]

Originally posted by Ashleet
for everyday books - dymocks or WHSmith
Collectors stuff (1st ed. and stuff) - this place is in the rocks where it is open till midnight.
2nd hand - Gould on king street, Newtown

Where is a WHSmith around? i've never seen them.

Anyone got names worth dropping on other good second hand shops around?

 

[christ_ine]

Dymocks is generally a good place to buy books, and Angus and Roberson have some great 2-for-1 book packs.

There's also the Basement Bookstore at Central Station (Railway Sq side). They sell an alright range of books at reasonably cheap prices.

 

[chepas]

Yer.. That Basement Bookstore, seems like they have books that seem like they were remaindered years ago . I found vol2 of Clive James' autobio there... somthing I haven't seen anywhere for ages, or ever....

But they're very n ice, and heap!

 

[Ashleet]

Originally posted by chepas
Where is a WHSmith around? i've never seen them.

there used to be a huge one at parramatta, but there are smaller ones at international and domestic airports

 

[Sarah168]

not very happy with angus & robertson at the moment.

they have a bad record with me for ordering in books. The first one i ordered never arrived as then they told me, "The book was never even on our database". The how did I get a reciept from the sales assistant telling me that the book was ordered and the book No. was on it?

Another book came 3 weeks after it was supposed to and now im still waiting for a Mary Woolstencraft book.....

 

[hyperbole]

Is anyone a member of Dymocks Booklovers Program?

 

[ameh]

Originally posted by hyperbole
Is anyone a member of Dymocks Booklovers Program?

I have my friends card, I won a Marie Claire book - but didnt claim it cos i lost the receipt! and a few vouchers ($5 off), buy one coffee, get one free offer.. =D

 

[SimpaticO]

I absolutely love Dymocks. It's the oldest and most respected bookstore in the country. For those who live in the Sydney City vicinity you should check out the City Dymocks store in George Street, city.

That particular store is abnsolutely amazing. Dymocks in the city has its own building which is two sotries high!! There is practically every book in there. The very first time I went there I spent two and a half hours just browswing, mesmerised by the immensity of it all before I bought anything. There is even a cafe` on the second floor where you can relax with a latte` while reading the books you've just purchased. I love that store!!! It's a booklovers paradise!!!

Pity I have to catch a train to get there, but its's only a half an hour trip so it's no big deal.