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[email protected] · September 3rd 09, 09:43 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 3 Sep 2009 09:15:57 GMT
Huge wrote:
On 2009-09-03, Ian Jelf wrote:
In message , writes
On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:54:21 +0100
Ian Jelf wrote:
The problem I'm starting to find now is that a lot of shops simply don't
have the range of things I want. For some reason, I've particularly
noticed that with books where I think the wind of Amazon really is
starting to blow.

Next time you're down in London visit Foyles in Charing Cross Road.

Oh I've certainly done that! Indeed, I recently had quite a spending
spree in there, ostensibly buying a couple of books for SWMBO's birthday
but ended up buying a bit of stuff for myself, too!

It really
is the most superb (and large) bookshop

Foyles? Superb? Have they stopped indexing the books by publisher, got some
helpful assistants and refurbished the place, then?

Yes, about 10 years ago.

B2003