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In article <CqnzoG.HM9@nntpa.cb.att.com>, <ecl@mtgpfs2.mt.att.com> writes:
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> From: ecl@mtgpfs2.mt.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper)
> Subject: Books by Mail
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> Archive-name: books/stores/ship-by-mail
> 
> Last change:
> Fri Apr 29 11:23:37 EDT 1994
> 
> Additions:
> 	Note 5 (Edward R. Hamilton)
> Changes:
> 	Other Change of Hobbit
> 
> This is a listing of stores which ship worldwide.  It cannot possibly be
> all-inclusive, so I will probably limit it to the major stores in each area
> of specialization and in each country.  To keep the length down, I have
> omitted lengthy descriptions of the physical store.  If you want to know
> what these are like to visit, check the various bookstore-by-city FAQs that
> are also posted and available from rtfm.mit.edu.
> 
> Copies of this article may be obtained by anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu
> under /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail.Z.  Or, send
> email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send
> usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail" in the body of the
> message.
> 
> The companion listings for bookstores may be found in:
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western.Z
> or requested via email with "send X" in the body of the mail, with X being
> one of the following:
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western
> 
> Contents of this list:
> 
> General__________________________       Computer_______________________
>    WordsWorth Books, Cambridge MA          Book Scientific, New York NY
>    The Tattered Cover, Denver CO           Reiter's Scientific and Techn.
>    Powell's City of Books, Portland OR        Bookstore, Washington DC
>    Cody's, Berkeley CA                     Computer Literacy Bookshops, 
>    Moe's, Berkeley CA                         San Jose CA
>    Duthie's, Vancouver BC (Canada)         Quantum Books, Cambridge MA
>    Heffers Booksellers, Cambridge (UK)     Softpro, Burlington MA
>    Barnicoats, Falmouth Cornwall (UK)      OTS Books Direct, (Holland)
>    BOOKS.COM, Cleveland OH?                
> 
> Science Fiction______________________   Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual__________
>    Dangerous Visions, Sherman Oaks CA      A Different Light Bookstore, 
>    Other Change of Hobbit, Berkeley CA        New York NY
>    Future Fantasy, Palo Alto CA            A Different Light Bookstore, 
>    DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis MN           West Hollywood CA
>    Science Fiction Shop, New York, NY      Giovanni's Room, Philadelphia PA
>    At the Sign of The Dragon, London (UK)  Lambda Rising, Washington DC
>    [Mystery] Murder One, London (UK)
> 
> Children's_______________________       Theater_____________________
>    Children's Book & Music Center,         French's Theatre Bookshop, 
>       Santa Monica CA                         London (UK)
> 
> Academic_____________________________   Religion___________________________
>    Seminary Coop. Bookst., Chicago IL      Pinsker's Bookstore, New York NY
>    Hatchards, Kingston, Surrey (UK)        Jerusalem Books Ltd, (Israel)
>                                            Hackman's Bible Book Store, Inc.
>                                               Whitehall PA
> 
> [Note 1: I collected these comments from a variety of people.  I personally
> have no knowledge of many of these places and take no responsibility if you
> buy a book you don't enjoy.  :-)]
> 
> [Note 2: This listing is divided by category.]
> 
> [Note 3: I have attempted to indicate what time zone the store is in by
> listing an offset from GMT/UTC.  This may be off by an hour if I read the
> map wrong, or in the summer when Daylight Savings Time/Summer Time may or
> may not be in effect.]
> 
> [Note 4: From Ian Feldman (ianf@random.se): "I'll have to reevaluate the
> 	sanity of ordering non-hardbacks from the USA.  I had 6 books sent
> 	from WordsWorth recently, 3 bestseller and 3 trade paperbacks (of
> 	which 2 were "special order" and took 4--6 weeks to appear in the
> 	bookstore), of a nominal value of US$55, but the total cost to me,
> 	after postage and Swedish custom duties have been paid, was close
> 	to US$110.  For the bestseller items cost per-book was more than
> 	what I'd be paying here over the counter."
> 
> [Note 5: There is a well-known mail-order company, Edward R. Hamilton,
> 	Falls Village CT 06031-5000 (no street or post office box), which
> 	deals in remaindered books.  You cannot request specific books, but
> 	they send out a catalog every month or so and their prices are very
> 	good.  I don't know if they ship overseas, but if you are ouside
> 	the US and write and ask for a catalog and they don't send you one,
> 	they probably don't.]
> 
> ============================================================================
> General (see also Academic):
> 
> WordsWorth Books (30 Brattle Street, Cambridge MA 02138-3761,
> 	800-899-2202 or +1-617-354-4223, FAX +1-617-354-4674,
> 	info@wordsworth.com).  The flag-ship of Harvard Square book
> 	shops with 100,000+ titles.  Has been offering their book store
> 	service through e-mail for quite a while.  "Their staff have
> 	managed to locate and send many books for me (in Sweden) via UPS
> 	Express at costs equal or less than buying at a real store
> 	(hardcovers especially).  What's more, the book search costs only
> 	one dollar.  Their collection is really huge, too."  Mon-Sat
> 	8:30AM-11:30PM, Sun 10AM-10:30PM).  GMT-5h
> 
> The Tattered Cover (2955 East First Avenue, Denver CO 80206, [mail address
> 	is Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1536 Wynkoop, Denver CO 80202],
> 	800-833-9327 or +1 303-322-7727, TT/V (303) 320-0536,
> 	FAX +1 303-399-2279, books@tatteredcover.com [for individual
> 	ordering], corporate@tatteredcover.com [for corporate ordering]).
> 	Huge--4 floors.  Over 400,000 books in stock.  Considered to be
> 	the best independent bookstore in the U.S.  Also ships worldwide.
> 	Free gift-wrapping.  Hours: 9:30AM - 9PM M-Sat; 10-6 Sun.  GMT-7h
> 
> Powell's City of Books (main store) (1005 W Burnside, Portland OR,
> 	+1 503-228-4651, FAX +1 503-228-4631).  Truly a national treasure,
> 	one of the wonders of Portland.  Powell's has new and used books by
> 	the millions.  Its depth and coverage exceeds most large-city
> 	libraries.  Ships worldwide.  To receive an automated reply on how
> 	to browse the technical books database via email, send any message
> 	to ping@technical.powells.portland.or.us.  GMT-8h
> 
> Cody's (24In article <CqnzoG.HM9@nntpa.cb.att.com>, <ecl@mtgpfs2.mt.att.com> writes:
> Xref: netman-gate rec.arts.books:75773 rec.arts.sf.written:50190 
rec.answers:4893 news.answers:20082
> Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,rec.arts.sf.written,rec.answers,news.answers
> Path: 
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t-for-mail
> From: ecl@mtgpfs2.mt.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper)
> Subject: Books by Mail
> Message-ID: <CqnzoG.HM9@nntpa.cb.att.com>
> Followup-To: rec.arts.books
> Keywords: monthly
> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration)
> Supersedes: <CotnCH.1oE@nntpa.cb.att.com>
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> Organization: AT&T
> Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 11:24:16 GMT
> Approved: ecl@cbnewsj.att.com, news-answers-request@MIT.EDU
> Expires: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 11:24:16 GMT
> Lines: 370
> 
> Archive-name: books/stores/ship-by-mail
> 
> Last change:
> Fri Apr 29 11:23:37 EDT 1994
> 
> Additions:
> 	Note 5 (Edward R. Hamilton)
> Changes:
> 	Other Change of Hobbit
> 
> This is a listing of stores which ship worldwide.  It cannot possibly be
> all-inclusive, so I will probably limit it to the major stores in each area
> of specialization and in each country.  To keep the length down, I have
> omitted lengthy descriptions of the physical store.  If you want to know
> what these are like to visit, check the various bookstore-by-city FAQs that
> are also posted and available from rtfm.mit.edu.
> 
> Copies of this article may be obtained by anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu
> under /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail.Z.  Or, send
> email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send
> usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail" in the body of the
> message.
> 
> The companion listings for bookstores may be found in:
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western.Z
> or requested via email with "send X" in the body of the mail, with X being
> one of the following:
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western
> 
> Contents of this list:
> 
> General__________________________       Computer_______________________
>    WordsWorth Books, Cambridge MA          Book Scientific, New York NY
>    The Tattered Cover, Denver CO           Reiter's Scientific and Techn.
>    Powell's City of Books, Portland OR        Bookstore, Washington DC
>    Cody's, Berkeley CA                     Computer Literacy Bookshops, 
>    Moe's, Berkeley CA                         San Jose CA
>    Duthie's, Vancouver BC (Canada)         Quantum Books, Cambridge MA
>    Heffers Booksellers, Cambridge (UK)     Softpro, Burlington MA
>    Barnicoats, Falmouth Cornwall (UK)      OTS Books Direct, (Holland)
>    BOOKS.COM, Cleveland OH?                
> 
> Science Fiction______________________   Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual__________
>    Dangerous Visions, Sherman Oaks CA      A Different Light Bookstore, 
>    Other Change of Hobbit, Berkeley CA        New York NY
>    Future Fantasy, Palo Alto CA            A Different Light Bookstore, 
>    DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis MN           West Hollywood CA
>    Science Fiction Shop, New York, NY      Giovanni's Room, Philadelphia PA
>    At the Sign of The Dragon, London (UK)  Lambda Rising, Washington DC
>    [Mystery] Murder One, London (UK)
> 
> Children's_______________________       Theater_____________________
>    Children's Book & Music Center,         French's Theatre Bookshop, 
>       Santa Monica CA                         London (UK)
> 
> Academic_____________________________   Religion___________________________
>    Seminary Coop. Bookst., Chicago IL      Pinsker's Bookstore, New York NY
>    Hatchards, Kingston, Surrey (UK)        Jerusalem Books Ltd, (Israel)
>                                            Hackman's Bible Book Store, Inc.
>                                               Whitehall PA
> 
> [Note 1: I collected these comments from a variety of people.  I personally
> have no knowledge of many of these places and take no responsibility if you
> buy a book you don't enjoy.  :-)]
> 
> [Note 2: This listing is divided by category.]
> 
> [Note 3: I have attempted to indicate what time zone the store is in by
> listing an offset from GMT/UTC.  This may be off by an hour if I read the
> map wrong, or in the summer when Daylight Savings Time/Summer Time may or
> may not be in effect.]
> 
> [Note 4: From Ian Feldman (ianf@random.se): "I'll have to reevaluate the
> 	sanity of ordering non-hardbacks from the USA.  I had 6 books sent
> 	from WordsWorth recently, 3 bestseller and 3 trade paperbacks (of
> 	which 2 were "special order" and took 4--6 weeks to appear in the
> 	bookstore), of a nominal value of US$55, but the total cost to me,
> 	after postage and Swedish custom duties have been paid, was close
> 	to US$110.  For the bestseller items cost per-book was more than
> 	what I'd be paying here over the counter."
> 
> [Note 5: There is a well-known mail-order company, Edward R. Hamilton,
> 	Falls Village CT 06031-5000 (no street or post office box), which
> 	deals in remaindered books.  You cannot request specific books, but
> 	they send out a catalog every month or so and their prices are very
> 	good.  I don't know if they ship overseas, but if you are ouside
> 	the US and write and ask for a catalog and they don't send you one,
> 	they probably don't.]
> 
> ============================================================================
> General (see also Academic):
> 
> WordsWorth Books (30 Brattle Street, Cambridge MA 02138-3761,
> 	800-899-2202 or +1-617-354-4223, FAX +1-617-354-4674,
> 	info@wordsworth.com).  The flag-ship of Harvard Square book
> 	shops with 100,000+ titles.  Has been offering their book store
> 	service through e-mail for quite a while.  "Their staff have
> 	managed to locate and send many books for me (in Sweden) via UPS
> 	Express at costs equal or less than buying at a real store
> 	(hardcovers especially).  What's more, the book search costs only
> 	one dollar.  Their collection is really huge, too."  Mon-Sat
> 	8:30AM-11:30PM, Sun 10AM-10:30PM).  GMT-5h
> 
> The Tattered Cover (2955 East First Avenue, Denver CO 80206, [mail address
> 	is Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1536 Wynkoop, Denver CO 80202],
> 	800-833-9327 or +1 303-322-7727, TT/V (303) 320-0536,
> 	FAX +1 303-399-2279, books@tatteredcover.com [for individual
> 	ordering], corporate@tatteredcover.com [for corporate ordering]).
> 	Huge--4 floors.  Over 400,000 books in stock.  Considered to be
> 	the best independent bookstore in the U.S.  Also ships worldwide.
> 	Free gift-wrapping.  Hours: 9:30AM - 9PM M-Sat; 10-6 Sun.  GMT-7h
> 
> Powell's City of Books (main store) (1005 W Burnside, Portland OR,
> 	+1 503-228-4651, FAX +1 503-228-4631).  Truly a national treasure,
> 	one of the wonders of Portland.  Powell's has new and used books by
> 	the millions.  Its depth and coverage exceeds most large-city
> 	libraries.  Ships worldwide.  To receive an automated reply on how
> 	to browse the technical books database via email, send any message
> 	to ping@technical.powells.portland.or.us.  GMT-8h
> 
> Cody's (2454In article <CqnzoG.HM9@nntpa.cb.att.com>, <ecl@mtgpfs2.mt.att.com> writes:
> Xref: netman-gate rec.arts.books:75773 rec.arts.sf.written:50190 
rec.answers:4893 news.answers:20082
> Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,rec.arts.sf.written,rec.answers,news.answers
> Path: 
netman-gate!psinntp!psinntp!uunet!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!swr
inde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!att-in!gw1!nntpa!no
t-for-mail
> From: ecl@mtgpfs2.mt.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper)
> Subject: Books by Mail
> Message-ID: <CqnzoG.HM9@nntpa.cb.att.com>
> Followup-To: rec.arts.books
> Keywords: monthly
> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration)
> Supersedes: <CotnCH.1oE@nntpa.cb.att.com>
> Nntp-Posting-Host: mtgpfs2-bgate.mt.att.com
> Organization: AT&T
> Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 11:24:16 GMT
> Approved: ecl@cbnewsj.att.com, news-answers-request@MIT.EDU
> Expires: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 11:24:16 GMT
> Lines: 370
> 
> Archive-name: books/stores/ship-by-mail
> 
> Last change:
> Fri Apr 29 11:23:37 EDT 1994
> 
> Additions:
> 	Note 5 (Edward R. Hamilton)
> Changes:
> 	Other Change of Hobbit
> 
> This is a listing of stores which ship worldwide.  It cannot possibly be
> all-inclusive, so I will probably limit it to the major stores in each area
> of specialization and in each country.  To keep the length down, I have
> omitted lengthy descriptions of the physical store.  If you want to know
> what these are like to visit, check the various bookstore-by-city FAQs that
> are also posted and available from rtfm.mit.edu.
> 
> Copies of this article may be obtained by anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu
> under /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail.Z.  Or, send
> email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send
> usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail" in the body of the
> message.
> 
> The companion listings for bookstores may be found in:
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc.Z
> 	/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western.Z
> or requested via email with "send X" in the body of the mail, with X being
> one of the following:
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc
> 	usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western
> 
> Contents of this list:
> 
> General__________________________       Computer_______________________
>    WordsWorth Books, Cambridge MA          Book Scientific, New York NY
>    The Tattered Cover, Denver CO           Reiter's Scientific and Techn.
>    Powell's City of Books, Portland OR        Bookstore, Washington DC
>    Cody's, Berkeley CA                     Computer Literacy Bookshops, 
>    Moe's, Berkeley CA                         San Jose CA
>    Duthie's, Vancouver BC (Canada)         Quantum Books, Cambridge MA
>    Heffers Booksellers, Cambridge (UK)     Softpro, Burlington MA
>    Barnicoats, Falmouth Cornwall (UK)      OTS Books Direct, (Holland)
>    BOOKS.COM, Cleveland OH?                
> 
> Science Fiction______________________   Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual__________
>    Dangerous Visions, Sherman Oaks CA      A Different Light Bookstore, 
>    Other Change of Hobbit, Berkeley CA        New York NY
>    Future Fantasy, Palo Alto CA            A Different Light Bookstore, 
>    DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis MN           West Hollywood CA
>    Science Fiction Shop, New York, NY      Giovanni's Room, Philadelphia PA
>    At the Sign of The Dragon, London (UK)  Lambda Rising, Washington DC
>    [Mystery] Murder One, London (UK)
> 
> Children's_______________________       Theater_____________________
>    Children's Book & Music Center,         French's Theatre Bookshop, 
>       Santa Monica CA                         London (UK)
> 
> Academic_____________________________   Religion___________________________
>    Seminary Coop. Bookst., Chicago IL      Pinsker's Bookstore, New York NY
>    Hatchards, Kingston, Surrey (UK)        Jerusalem Books Ltd, (Israel)
>