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songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5201 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map
| Message 17 of 18 09 April 2013 at 6:44am | IP Logged |
lecavaleur wrote:
In addition to Renaud-Bray, which others have mentioned, the other major bookstore
chain in Québec is Archambault. They usually have an identical inventory as Renaud-
Bray, but you may find a better deal by always checking both websites....
If you're in Mtl, hit up the used bookstores. Just outside of the Grande Bibliothèque,
on the south side of the building, there's the Allée des bouquinistes, where you can
buy used BD's for like $8 apiece. It sure beats the usual $15 to $30 you'll pay for new
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Thanks for the info; I'll keep both in mind for my next trip to Montreal. Googling "Allée des bouquinistes", it
seems that it won't open till later in the season: last year's Allée ran from 18 May to 14 October.
I may post something on my log later, about my visit to Planète BD, as part of a short series on the (mainly
second-hand) bookstores I visited during my Montreal visit last week.
Edited by songlines on 09 April 2013 at 6:49am
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| Anomi Newbie Austria Joined 4683 days ago 20 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 18 of 18 09 April 2013 at 7:24am | IP Logged |
lecavaleur wrote:
In addition to Renaud-Bray, which others have mentioned, the other
major bookstore
chain in Québec is Archambault. They usually have an identical inventory as Renaud-
Bray, but you may find a better deal by always checking both websites.
You can also consider purchasing used BD's from Abebooks.ca.
If you're in Mtl, hit up the used bookstores. Just outside of the Grande Bibliothèque,
on the south side of the building, there's the Allée des bouquinistes, where you can
buy used BD's for like $8 apiece. It sure beats the usual $15 to $30 you'll pay for new
ones.
I love the Fnac when I'm actually in France; it's the most amazing store ever. But
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Thanks so much for the tips ;)
It's too bad I don't live closer to Mtl, I'd love to visit more often, and more
casually when I do.
And yes, Fnac has most items at almost half the price of the chains in Quebéc, at least
the ones I've discovered, so sometimes I can convince myself the shipping is worth it.
It's on a case-by-case basis though :P
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