the best bookstore....where and why?

[BadGiRL]

hmm.... ?????

[Jonny]

well.. personally for me.. Barnes and Noble in Skokie, IL. at the Old Orchard Mall.. awesome ambience.. across from the movie theater.. restaurants all around... ppl that go there.. (the girls) hot hot hot! ;)

[Yoshi]

Powerbooks, because they really have a nice selection of books.

[annemac]

Try Bibliarch. There's one in Rockwell and one in Glorietta. I'm not sure if they have a new outlet. They carry unique books on various subjects and catergories. Mostly (if not all) hardbound. Quite expensive but you they only sell a maximum of 3 copies of each book.

[Soleil]

Powerbooks Megamall, large selection of books which you can read to your heart's delight. And you can place orders and reserve books. Tops sa service!

Online, it's Amazon for me.

[kiray]

Powerbooks Pasay Road. Its because they have a really wide selection of books. They also have chairs where you can take a peek at the book before deciding to buy it. At least you don't just buy the book and end up not really liking it once you get home.

[Kaboom!]

I agree with Jonny, the best bookstore I've ever been to was the Barnes and Noble at Old Orchard in Skokie. It's complete with coffee shop (Starbucks), Computer Software section, Music CD's section along with one of the largest selections of book titles. You can really lose yourself for a whole day just checking out the great titles they have. Helpful and knowledgable pa yung staff. Actually, Old Orchard might very well be the best mall I've been to although a little on the expensive side.

In the Philippines, Powerbooks in Pasay Road and Bibliarch in Rockwell are pretty good.

Peace.

[bLaCk]

Powerbooks in Megamall.... para malapit sa mga clothing stores...

[bLaCk]

Powerbooks in Megamall.... para malapit sa mga clothing stores...

[bLaCk]

Powerbooks in Megamall.... para malapit sa mga clothing stores...

[cbie]

powerbooks in megamall. interesting selections and kinda cheaper too! plus, dami pang chiks! hehehe!

[acridmouth]

Ako, laking National Book Store...kaya National Book Store pa rin! =) Hindi ba supermahal ang mga libro sa Powerbooks?

[Ira]

acridmouth: Pareho lang ang prices ng books in National Bookstore and Powerbooks, because they have only one owner, the Ramos clan. Xandra Ramos and her cousins run Powerbooks, while Xandra and co.'s lola is the head honcho of NBS. Powerbooks just stacks more high-end books than NBS, that's why it seems more expensive.

[alemrac]

powerbooks in alabang. it's really neat and clean, plus they let you read the books in the store. less chances of buying a book and finding out that you don't like it pala. and i get to look through those really nice (but expensive) books i wouldn't (and couldn't) actually buy...

[batang uliran]

Ira:

Unless I'm mistaken, Socorro Ramos has yielded much of the day to day management of NBS to her sons. She sure has been there a long time - she's been a publisher of my dad for 40 years now!

[acridmouth]

Ira: Ganun ba? Thanks for the information. Maybe I ought to check Powerbooks sometime soon.

[Ira]

Bu: You're right. But Socorro Ramos is still overseeing NBS and has the last say with regards to things.

[bugsbunny]

I love Barnes and Noble! Every book I want is there and you can even sit down on the floor enjoying it without anyone bothering you... :)

Dito sa Pinas, I love the Filipino Bookstore. Im really hooked on Filipino books right now kaya I love going there kasi lahat ng magaganda naandon...

[Moiraine]

I love the atmosphere in Barnes and Nobles and Borders(?). You could lose yourself amidst all those wonderful books. However most of my books were bought at National Book Store, so it's National for me I suppose :)

btw my brother bought this hardbound book in Powerbooks and it was surprisingly cheaper than the one sold in National.

[tRiStAn]

powerbooks, naturally. it's the best.

[Dan Blaze]

Overall, i'd say Powerbooks because of it's large collection and great ambiance...but the National Book Store in Katipunan is not so bad either, not that many books, but definately has great ambiance.

[mint]

I love going to Border's in "The Marketplace" in Glendale, Galleria. They have a wide selection of books and the place is soooo cozy.

[Eterna]

whenever i have the chance to visit manila the first store i go to is powerbooks.
:)

[Lush]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Bibliarch specialize in coffee table type books? They're not for me... too flashy with too little content. I like buying magazines from them, though.

When I was a kid, I used to hang out in National Bookstore, but now I spend hours in Powerbooks. It has a wider selection of books, and hey, they actually provide seats and allow you to browse the book before buying! Sweet.

[doink]

powerbooks megamall and why? its cool, u have space, a lot of resources, music to listen to and coffee to drink too

[kingofpain]

Going to Powerbooks or even National Bookstore is often frustrating for people like me who don't have enough money to buy those good books they have. I'd have to endorse Booksale outlets because they're cool in a Forrest Gump kind of way: you never know what you're gonna get. It's very rewarding when you find a truly good book at an absurdly low price among those stacks of secondhand romance novels and cheap thrillers. Where else can you get books by Kurt Vonnegut, Woody Allen, Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, F.Scott Fitzgerald, and many others for less than fifty pesos. Sometimes, even less than twenty bucks.

[Lightspeed]

Powerbooks on Pasay Road is a good refuge from the maddening crowd.

[Lush]

I used to frequent Booksale too, when I lived on a measly school allowance. But it's like looking for a needle in a haystack - and you don't even know if there IS a needle!

[steph]

barnes & noble
powerbooks (megamall or pasay road)
pag-online naman, amazon.com
:)

[PurpleRain]

Is there any chance that there will be a Barnes and Noble branch here in manila? How i wish!!

[unashamedusher]

I like everything in Powerbooks Alabang except for the price. If you're looking for cheap ones... National Bookstore of course.

[Elaine B]

The original Strand Book Store in NYC is a bargain hunter's dream come true; it boasts of 8 miles of books. Barnes & Noble across from the Lincoln Center, also in NYC, is open until midnight. In Metro Manila, Powerbooks and The Filipino Bookstore are not bad.

[ZaZeL]

Strand Bookstore (Manhattan) Elaine B, totally agree with you! I loved that bookstore! They even have books all lined up in a cart outside the store. Too bad they don't have one here in L.A. that is similar to that. Other one that I like is Barnes & Noble. In Manila, that small lil bookstore in Glorietta. And National Bookstore!

[nadesico]

Borders, Barnes and Nobles, Power Books

[dagny]

Definitely Powerbooks on Arnaiz (why do they call Pasay Road Arnaiz anyway?). The Megamall branch is okay, but more often than not it's too crowded and there's nowhere to sit. Powerbooks Makati has a good selection and it's quiet enough to read in.

Surprisingly enough, I've found that Goodwill Bookstore has the best selection of Photography books (instructional and compilational). But since they're always wrapped in plastic, it's a good idea to know what titles you're looking for ahead of time.

[Gilbey]

National Book Store!! laking NBS ako, which is why they do give me a courtesy card na... sawang sawa sa mukha ko 8)

[Trevor]

san yung Barnes...?

mas maganda naman ang National Bookstore, pa sosi lang yung iba? admit it guys?

[walangdila]

powerbooks pa rin!!! my marxist professor once remarked that national bookstore is not really a bookstore in that it sells capitalistic and consumer-oriented books.

pero para sa'kin sana mas marami pang bookstores like powerbooks that offer lots of hard-to-find books - especially literary books. :D

[Jacob]

I've heard Borders is putting up a shop in the now-being renovated area of Greenbelt.