Comments on: For Hardcore Book Lovers Only: A Book Lover’s Love Story & A List of My Favorite Secondhand Bookstores

By: Coie

Coie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:37:28 +0000

Lori,

Lurve DCC!
You should publish your own book….(: just my 2 cents…

ur # 1 reader from OC (:

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:21:01 +0000

I feel the same way when hearing the price of things, especially clothes. “WHAT??? I could buy 3 books with that! Or 5 even, depending on the book. ”

By: neckromancer

neckromancer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:58:15 +0000

I found out about your blog from serious eats, but I have to reply to this article.

I am a booklover from childhood and only recently found out we are many. I started with used books from MSM Surplus in Cubao (using part of my weekly allowance), and just rooting out good buys. When I discovered Book Sale, I became a regular visitor. I like fantasy and sci-fi, and looking for specific titles to complete a series is a challenging work for me.

One good BookSale branch you might want to go to is the Philcoa branch near UP Diliman (beside McDonald’s). I got a sourcebook for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (early 80′s publishing) there for 90 pesos!

By: Manggy

Manggy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:02:05 +0000

Chapter and Pages is one of my favorites- I’ve spotted two Pierre Herme books there, and bought my favorite baking book ever, Tartine, for a steal. Oh, and two Jamie Oliver books, and a Nigella Lawson one. Among the publishers they seem to stock Chronicle (of San Francisco) quite a bit.
The value of booksale to me is primarily in their magazines, but I’ve had great finds there- The French Laundry Cookbook, Nick Malgieri’s books, Martha Stewart, Joy of Cooking.
Books for Less hasn’t yielded any particularly interesting finds, unfortunately, and the interesting used cookbooks at National Bookstore in Sct. Borromeo have been depleted. They were primarily British-published books (think Gary Rhodes and Ainsley Harriott, meh), but occasionally an older book from their main stock will make it there (like the excellent Oxford Companion to Food). National Bookstore’s main stock is great because they source books also from the UK, Singapore (Periplus), and Australia, some of which take a long time to get to Fully Booked. Powerbooks’ selection for some reason has stagnated, but they always have a good selection of locally-produced cookbooks.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:06:18 +0000

hey! it’s good to hear somebody raving about booksale. This is my favorite used books bookstore too! I’ve purchased A LOT from this store.

I just love a good bargain

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:36:25 +0000

Buy The Book is owned by National Bookstore. Their branch in Waltermart Makati never had qualms about admitting that fact.
When they first opened, they had an incredible collection of cookbooks. I was able to buy about 13 of them. they used to have an offer that after buying 4 books you could get one free. You can make the most expensive one the freebee. I was able to buy the Foie Gras book at 600 pesos when it was 3000 pesos is Fully Booked. Their selection has definitely seen better days.

By: Vera

Vera — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:22:36 +0000

Books for Less – Roces, and the POB section of NBS Cubao were my favorite haunts until Pick-a-Book at ABS CBN THe Loop, opened! Hehe. I’ve just promised to stay away from acquiring more books though. My to-be-read pile is already too high!

By: giselle

giselle — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:47:29 +0000

Thanks for the post, Lori! What a list! I go to Booksale a lot, especially for their children’s books. I hope I can check out the other stores you mentioned.

Scholastic occasionally holds warehouse sales in Pasig. They have good deals there too. It’s not as comfortable as shopping in a mall, but to booklovers, that’s okay, right?

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:50:15 +0000

I love, love, love this post. Bibliomaniacs unite!

By: millet

millet — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:56:15 +0000

hi lori,
yes, i looove books, too, so i was really happy when booksale opened a branch here in davao last year. we have two NBS branches here, too, but i still go and check out booksale and nbs stores, and other bookstores whenever i’m in manila. my books ahve taken over the space reserved for my husband’s books. and yes, i have 3 to 6 books by my bed at any given time – i read them simultaneously – i mean, one chapter here, and another chapter there…somehow, it’s better than sticking with just one book from start to finish.

love your posts, lori! when are you coming to davao? durian cheesecake, durian sans rival and other things durian await you.