Re: [OCLUG-Tech] News: About Computer Books for Less
Robert Echlin <[email protected]>
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Hi Bruce, I will miss your book section. But I only buy 3 or four books a year so I don't affect your sales much. Rob ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bruce Harding <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: bruce harding <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:20:19 PM > Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] News: About Computer Books for Less > > I knew the was coming for some time. But I can now announced that we will no > longer be carrying books at Computer Supplyhouse. They will still be > available via our website as a order only item. > > Last I check we where the last store in Canada to carry a full line of > computer books. Once the full impact of the tech crash of 2000ish hit Ottawa, > sales of technical books never recovered. Between the availability of online > documentation, pirated books and Amazon/Chapters we seen our sales drop by > 90%. 2009 saw us only bleed red, so the decision was made. __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug