From: Dave Date: 2002-06-08T00:56:10+09:00 Subject: Re: Barnes & Noble putting on the squeeze On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:48:08 GMT, "Sean O'Dell" wrote: >"Edward Wilson" wrote in message >news:5174eed0.0204132051.56055781@posting.google.com... >> > Portland, Oregon there's Powell's Technical Books - I was in there last >> >> Powell's must be world famous, I hear about it once a month down here >> in LA. They are supposed to be strong in used books as well as >> on-line orders. > >Out here in Los Angeles there's OPAMP, and there's another one in El Segundo >(I forget the name). I haven't been to OPAMP in a few years, but it sounds >a lot like Powell's...they pretty much have everything on everything >technical. OpAmp is great. Up here in the SIlly Valley, there *used to be* Computer Literacy Books. But then they started an on-line division called FatBrain, and sold out to Barnes and Noble. And shortly thereafter B&N closed the retail CLBooks outlets. Fsckers.