On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 5:42 PM Venkatesh H R <hrvenkat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> IMHO > There are 3 types of bookstores: > 1. Big chain stories, like Crossword, landmark etc. Where you have > best-seller lists, best fiction, best non-fiction so on. They're > predictable places. I once visited Landmark in Chennai and bought some > great stuff there. I remember finding a Matt Rees book there I hadn't found > anywhere else. > Landmark was not always a chain. In their heyday (IMO, before they sold to Tata and became a chain) they still had a superb selection. > 2. Stores with haphazardly put together books. You need to search these > stores for gems, but you'll definitely find them - like Blossom in B'lore, > Midlands in Delhi, nagashri in B'lore, etc. > Blossoms was truly marvelous. The Chennai equivalent was the used bookstore wallah in Luz corner. > 3. Stores with carefully curated books. These, I find to be the best. Fact > & Fiction was one such. The Bookshop in Delhi too, and maybe Lotus in > Bombay at one point. Unfortunately these tend to be passion-driven, > independent bookstores which don't make money. I miss them the most. Strand > bookstore in NY is probably the last such big store anywhere in the world. > Bookbuyers - a used bookstore in downtown Mountain View (Udhay, remember when I took you there?) was of a similar caliber. Unfortunately, they have recently had to move to the boondocks of Silicon Valley. While we are on the topic of bookstores, other excellent bookstores that come to mind: 1. Kinokunia's flagship store in Shinjuku, Tokyo. 2. Powells in Portland, Oregon 3. White Lotus press' bookstore on Sukhamvit road in Bangkok Thaths > > Alas. > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 5:27 PM Suresh Ramasubramanian <sur...@hserus.net> > wrote: > > > She was doing a going out of business sort of sale a while back – the > > Connemara was damaged by the floods and they used that as an excuse to > boot > > her. > > > > Pity – excellent if rather idiosyncratic collection crammed into a > > surprisingly small place. And she knew what she was talking about. > > > > On 04/08/16, 5:18 PM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" > > <silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus....@lists.hserus.net on behalf of > > ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > There used to be this store inside (I think) The Connemara hotel in > > Madras. > > Reminded me of the late lamented Premier Bookstore in Bangalore. Any > > idea > > if it is still around? > > > > Udhay > > > > > > > > > > >
