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[Rick O'Shea]

Does anyone know if there are any second hand book shops in Pattaya? I tend to get a couple of paperbacks from a charity shop at home and when I have finished them, swap them on my travels. As yet I not yet found one in Pattaya - can anyone tell me if they exist?

I am putting it under places to eat etc as the most logical place - but feel free to move it if it is in the wrong place

[69billy]

Rick O, on 07 January 2011 - 08:26 PM, said:

Does anyone know if there are any second hand book shops in Pattaya? I tend to get a couple of paperbacks from a charity shop at home and when I have finished them, swap them on my travels. As yet I not yet found one in Pattaya - can anyone tell me if they exist?

I am putting it under places to eat etc as the most logical place - but feel free to move it if it is in the wrong place

Yes there is one..
At the top of the Tops Supermarket at Pattaya Klan (next Rd. to soi7)You can buy a book read it then you can take it back n get your next book in reduced price...

[travis bickle]

There is of course Canterbury Tales bookshop/cafe /guesthouse.....new and seconhand books-thousands of em.....soi chaiyapoon ,offf soi bukhao

[thaidave]

Thanks Travis, yes we have a huge A to Z of fiction, and sections on just about most things from there, also most of the Thailand related books, some new most used thus a fraction of the new prices.
We do also trade books giving credit on them or buying for cash on books from anywhere depending on age, condition, Author etc.

[Jason_Bourne]

thaidave, on 07 January 2011 - 09:53 PM, said:

Thanks Travis, yes we have a huge A to Z of fiction, and sections on just about most things from there, also most of the Thailand related books, some new most used thus a fraction of the new prices.
We do also trade books giving credit on them or buying for cash on books from anywhere depending on age, condition, Author etc.
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Dave, one of my regrets from previous trips to Patts, is that I did not know about your shop. And I never got farther north than Soi Buakhow when wondering around.

About the only thing that turns me on more than a used bookstore is my GF!

Next time in Patts, I will definitely look you up.

Edited by Jason_Bourne, 07 January 2011 - 10:51 PM.

[solite]

the is one on soi dianna as well

[joiama]

solite, on 08 January 2011 - 12:17 PM, said:

the is one on soi dianna as well

If you are refering to the one near the pool and beer bar complex it's closed.

[thaidave]

solite, on 08 January 2011 - 12:17 PM, said:

the is one on soi dianna as well

Yes this shop had a lot of really old stuff and went belly up over a year ago.

[Swine Canine]

InSouth Pattaya there is Thais for Life near the Yensabai Condo.

[Rick O'Shea]

Many thanks for your replies - you will spot me in one or all of these in the week beginning 11 February. I'll be the pervert in the corner....

[chris2004]

There is also one Soi 2 Jomtien

[thaidave]

Some great reads available.

[Up2You]

Canterbury Tales is also one of the best guest houses in Patts!

[Rick O'Shea]

I've just returned from the Canterbury Tales and it is one of the best second hand bookshops that I have come across.

And, joy of joys, they also serve breakfasts which include proper black pudding, so you can read whilst eating congealed pigs' blood mixed with rusks! As close to nirvana as I am likely to get. If only they could have told me who wrote the Dexter novels, my happiness would have been complete. Never mind, now I have googled the answer, I'm going to have to go back (probably without my tilak - she ordered black pudding once in the mistaken belief it was a cake; after she had eaten half of it with a slightly puzzled expression on her face, I told her what it really was. Almost as good a result as when she had mushy peas for the first - and last - time. Well, you've got to take your amusements where you can find them).

[thaidave]

HI Rick
Yes Jeff Lindsey, I normally like to stay one step ahead but this time you caught me out, I am glad you liked the breakfasts and I am a particular fan of the black pudding too, I will make sure I save you some.
All the best Dave

[thaidave]

[SomTom]

If you are in Bangkok there's Elite Books opposite The Emporium with many used travel guides, fiction and non-fiction books.

[Rick O'Shea]

The Emporium? Where dat? Or in English - where is the Emporium and what is the Emporium?

[SomTom]

Rick O, on 22 May 2011 - 09:38 PM, said:

The Emporium? Where dat? Or in English - where is the Emporium and what is the Emporium?

The Emporium is a large shopping center on Sukumvit Road, Phrom Phong Skytrain station. It was perhaps the first upscale mall in Bangkok. Plenty of GG and LB eye candy there. It's in a area where many Japanese live.

[thaidave]

Always on the lookout for more books, if you have unwanted books to sell or trade please drop by, if your looking for a good read we have the best choice in Pattaya and as they are mostly used are a fraction of the price of new books.