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Where to buy?
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15-03-2005 11:28pm#1
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www.alibris.com
For both new and second hand books.
Amazing range- and decent updates by e-mail on your order status.
Note: this is based in California, so obviously your shipping costs may exceed the purchase costs of the books. Large orders work out best shipping wise. My last order was in a sealed Deutsche Post mailbag and came via Germany. Books were all in acceptable condition- including a large number of bound "library style" books, that cost an arm and a leg.
Their sci-fi offerings are particularly good.....
No, I'm not on commission
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smccarrick wrote:No, I'm not on commission
hehe u sure?
It is next to impossible to get a lot of stuff over here alrite.What I wud suggest it tracking down an Irish book supplier, theres a few good ones knocking around, and see if they will order stuff for ya.I used to work for a company that supplied schools and libraries and it was great.0 -
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One that hasn't been mentioned in Dublin is SubCity in Exchequer Street. Haven't been in it as always closed when I'm down that way (though it may have something to do with the fact I'd normally be standing outside Central Hotel having a smoke at 9pm on a Friday). Keep meaning to call in during regular hours.
Here's an article I found that mentions it as well as a few others (not sure how old it is).......
Second Hand Books
....Dandelion Books in Aungier Street is arguably the shop with the largest selection of second-hand SF&F books in Ireland.....
Ger's Books is in the George's Street Arcade, sometimes also referred to as the South City Market. As you enter the market from George's Street (having just departed from Dandelion Books), you go in to the left, behind the row of stalls in the middle, and, just past the shop selling the Nepalese fisherman's pants, you will find Ger's Books, and its diminutive and charming proprietor, Geraldine O'Boyle. Ger certainly gets my vote for 'best ratio of quality-of-stock to shelf-space', meaning that, despite having a much smaller amount of space that other shops, she still has as much superb stock as if she has a shop three times the size. Ger's has a small but excellent SF&F section, as well as much else to recommend it.
If you walk through to the end of the arcade, and go left and then right, you'll find yourself on Exchequer Street. This turns into Wicklow Street, where the eagle-eyed will find The Secret Book & Record Shop at the end of a corridor leading from the street. This is owned by Dermot Carroll. Dermot keeps great books on his shelves, and fairly recently bought a large SF collection, a lot of which is still there to be found.....
Comic Shops
....SubCity in Exchequer Street is probably my favourite, though mostly because I spend far too much time in there talking to the urbane and erudite Richie Lawlor, who runs the place in conjunction with co-owner Robert Curley. A very good selection of graphic novels is building up in the shop, along with an excellent choice of regular comics. I usually buy my regular stuff here, before I head elsewhere.....
.....The newcomer in the comic business is The 3rd Place on Crow Street, whose name was chosen not just because of Sony, but also to reflect that it represented an alternative to the two established shops. In a way it's too early to say what they're going to end up doing, but they carry a small amount of regular comics, along with an also small, but extremely comprehensive selection of graphic novels, which occasionally has stock not to be found in either of the other two shops.
If you go down to the end of Crow Street, you'll find a shop called Crow Corner. This is actually three small enterprises in one, with Liam Webster's second-hand comic stall tucked away in the corner. Liam has a very broad range of back issue comics, as well as some excellent old graphic novels. I'm always plaguing him for stuff, and, to his credit, he regularly turns up with the goods. Well worth a visit, in my opinion.0 -
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