Re: [tlug] O'Reilly Books in English

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:

>I am looking for some O'Reilly titles in English. Poking through the
>archives, I found an email from 1998 (!) that said:
>
>"Kinokuniya, next to the Takashimaya dept. store, next to the Shinjuku
>South eki (JR) has all that stuff on the 6th floor.  In English, even."
>  
>

Still there - do note that once you cross the street from the South Exit 
of Shinjuku Station that you are then in Shibuya address-wise.  Also 
remember3r that the Shinjuku East Exit Kinokuniya (the only one there 
was in Shinjuku before they built the new one in Shibuya by the Shinjuku 
Station South Exit), only carries Japanese language material now (I 
think), so be sure to go to the South Exit one.  Walk along the Southern 
Terrace, cross the big pedestrian bridge, and... you can't miss it!

>"The big Laox near the Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank has a good selection of
>computer books (most of O'Reilly book are there, seems they have even
>more than at Kinokuniya) T-Zone Minami has also quite a few English
>Computer books."
>  
>

T-Zone Minami is gone I think.  There was one in Shinjuku (West Exit) 
that they closed and they definitely closed their large store in 
Akihabara - which used to be a great store for new stuff.  They do still 
have a small store on "Used Alley" (my name - sorry), which is just down 
the street from Otto, but I don't think they carry any books there.

>Or better yet, can someone recommend a good place to buy O'Reilly
>titles in English? I am looking especially for "JavaScript: The
>Definitive Reference, 4th Edition", but I am sure I will have other
>O'Reilly needs in the future. Bonus points if someone (Nikolay?)
>steers me to a bookstore in Central Yokohama! :)
>  
>

The thing is - books are usually priced on the high side here, so it's 
generally the same or even cheaper to order them from US Amazon, in 
spite of shipping costs.

There are also a couple of used English language bookstores, BTW:

The Blue Parrot - in Akihabara and Takadanobaba:
http://www.blueparrottokyo.com/

Bondi Books in Kichijoji.  Josh sometimes special orders things, or at 
least he can be on the lookout for something you're looking for:
http://www.bondibooks.com/

Lyle