donatello Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 I have just found this forum and currently live in Warsaw, Poland. I am not Polish, but an American and my native language is English. It has been somewhat difficult to find good, rich sources of English Language books that I would like to read. Recently, on a business trip to Singapore, I wandered into the greatest bookstore on Earth. It was called Kinokunaya, and is run by a Japanese concern. I have never seen a better stocked, nor larger bookstore anywhere on Earth. Best of all, it was almost all in English! I thought I had died and gone to heaven! Here's a link to their site. If you are ever in Singapore, it's a MUST SEE! (The website is nothing special though... ) Quote
Kylie Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Hi Donatello and welcome to the forum! We have a branch of Kinokuniya in Sydney. I've only been there a couple of times but will be going much more frequently in future! It's so well-stocked and great to find books that are usually difficult to find. On the website for the Sydney store, you're able to look up a book and it will give you a map and exact shelf number of where it can be found in the shop! I tried it out and printed the map off to take to the shop; I found the book in about 5 seconds. I was most impressed! Quote
Karen1 Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Welcome to the board Donatello. On the website for the Sydney store, you're able to look up a book and it will give you a map and exact shelf number of where it can be found in the shop! Wow! That must be some sized store if they have a map available on their website. Great idea though! Quote
Bella Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Hello ! Hope you enjoy the forum - have you tried BookMooch as an alternative source of EL books ? Quote
poppy Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Hi Donatello and welcome We have a branch of Kinokuniya in Sydney. I've only been there a couple of times but will be going much more frequently in future! It's so well-stocked and great to find books that are usually difficult to find. I went to this shop while in Sydney, it was brilliant ....I nearly asked you at the time if you had been there Kylie Quote
SaraPepparkaka Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 I'm sure you will have fun here. Quote
Kylie Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Wow! That must be some sized store if they have a map available on their website. Great idea though! It is fairly big but probably no bigger than Borders or those other huge book stores around the place. It's just very well organised, I think! Quote
Renniemist Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 Hello Donatello and welcome to the forum! Quote
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