UPDATE on Pattaya Beach Books - 15-Jan-2018

 

Finally managed to speak to Mike, the erstwhile owner of PBB.

Apparently he's moving up-country permanently and would like to sell his books for 180,000 Baht. He might accept sensible offers. As he’s not on the ’net at present,  he’s asked me to suggest people call him.

 

If you PM me, I'll forward details.

 

Mods: hope this is OK - this is not a business but just me doing a favour for an old mate. 

Glad to hear that he's OK.  I just hope somebody buys them and they are as good as running a book shop as he was.

Are there any other places apart from the one just off beach road?

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On 1/17/2018 at 4:59 PM, i claudius said:

Are there any other places apart from the one just off beach road?

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what one just off Beach Road?

2 hours ago, roger101 said:

what one just off Beach Road?

I was wondering that but didn't bother to ask seeing as I now use an eReader as I mentioned earlier. 

There is DK Book Mart just off Beach Road on Klang. They have English and German second hand books for sale. Not an enormous choice or range but you should be able to find something.

15 minutes ago, champers said:

There is DK Book Mart just off Beach Road on Klang. They have English and German second hand books for sale. Not an enormous choice or range but you should be able to find something.

Ah yes - I do know that one.

The reason I didn't recall it earlier, is that it sells mainly new books and they're quite expensive, as are their second hand ones. As you rightly say, they don't have a massive selection.

The other shops being discussed in this thread are actual second-hand book shops, some of which do (or did) part-exchanges.

Yes, book exchanges are thin on the ground.

I miss a good library. I would patronise one but I think it would need to run on a commercial basis here.