I love the Central Market bookstore, been there since I was a teen. There are more romance, chick lit, Mills & Boons books, and a much smaller section for the general fiction / fantasy / scifi etc. Their biggest draw (to me) is if a book has been rented a few times, the price goes down and then you can keep them. It is a thrill to discover a book I have longed for years somewhere in the heap. Not so good when it comes to serial fantasy titles, but they tend to stock up a lot on popular titles like Harry Potter and T Prachett.

For those that are interested in the Golden Age scifi, pulps like Moorcook, Burrough, Piers, Asimov short stories, classic stuff, they recently acquired a huge range of the original editions. You have to dig and the books smelt musty & brown with age .... but these are the originals! It's like a treasure hunt.

AM wondering whether popular bookstore sell any hard disk?

Hi guys I just like to ask if there are any Comic book store here in Malaysia that sells DC and Marvel weekly/monthly issues?
I've only been in MY for only a month and so far I haven't seen any. Also any local online comic book store that i cna order from would be ok as well.

Well if you don't mind, I know of this really good eBook site called Project Gutenberg. You can download classic ebooks and text/HTML files for free.

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

Where is it in CM?

BTW, Borders Bookstore website link is Borders Malaysia

It is a bit hard to describe but I will try. It is on the ground floor. When you come in through the main entrance from the car park, go straight down the main thoroughfare. As you move along, you can turn right at the second right-turn amongst the shoplots (this is the part I am not sure as I don't count them!). Go down the alley a bit and you should then see the shop on your left.

It is somewhere on the right side of the mall and given the small size of CM, you can easily find it. Otherwise there is always a friendly concierge at the entrance as this is a tourist spot.

You will see shelves and shelves of books piled inside. I really hope you manage to find it without any trouble. I just borrowed Greg Egan's Halo - THe Forerunner Trilogy, I hope they get Bk 2 next. And somehow I managed to find a copy of The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht.

There's a new online bookstore in town called Lazada Malaysia.

Link: Lazada Malaysia Online Bookstore

Okay, first of all, I work here but no intention of spamming. Just sharing with you guys because the prices are low for some popular titles.

*sigh* im frm taiping,perak.. not considering big city, but city of heritage.. but there is only POPULAR bookstore in my area... sometimes i just cant find books that i longed... when its going to open new bookstore like MPH,KINOKUNIYA. BORDERS and more....

Will definitely go try out this weekend...
always looking for book rental place but hard to find one.
didnt want buy anymore new book or 2nd hand, house full of books oredi.
in fact try to offload some whenever i can, some juz giveaway.

This morning , while in a bus I unexpectedly discovered a second hand bookstore at Jalan HS Lee called the Junk Book Store . Impressive second hand book shop ... but I am quite dissapointed with the book prices . Quite expensive compared to new books . I was the only customer while in the shop for an hour ! ... I'm sure more ppl would be more interested in visiting this book store if they can lower the prices of those books .

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This online bookstore is actually quite good as it provides Artbooks at a cheaper rate. Artbook lovers will be able to find nice books here.

http://www.facebook.com/TheArchiveExpress (Official webpage)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key...1MdEM4RVE#gid=0
(The booklists currently they sold)

It normally took 4-7weeks to get the books deliver from UK to Malaysia if the book is out of stock.
If you do not spot the ones you want, you can request to them.

Since I've been to the Junk Bookstore recently, I'll give some feedback.

The positives:

1. If you're looking for books on the Asian side, such as history, politics and economy - they have quite a good collection. These are usually out of print books which is rarely available elsewhere in KL.

2. They also have quite a good collection of fiction books but I didn't really look into these. One good thing is that these fiction are not the typical ones sold elsewhere, but more on the British ones and old novels.

3. Books are reasonably well stacked. There are actually 3 floors. The ground floor has more on non-fiction and the 1st floor are more on fiction. The 2nd floor is what they call the library which contains the more valuable and historical books - which is a treasure trove if you're interested in Malaysian and Asian history/politics.

The not-so positives:
1. Browsing around is definitely not too great an experience because some of the books are stacked vertically. You would need to move it around a bit which is inconvenient. Also, maybe because the Junk Bookstore may have some bad experience, they tend to hover around you at times, especially if you're not a familiar customer. Makes it a bit uncomfortable.

2. The prices are not that cheap. I think they're catering more for people that want to find out-of-print books that they can't find anywhere else. Hence the prices are not that heavily discounted. It's not a problem for someone that WANTS to buy the books, even at retail price but CANNOT get them anywhere at all since they're out of print. But if you're looking for great bargains, it might not be your cup of tea.

Conclusion:
Overall, if you treat the Junk Bookstore as a repository of long out-of-print books or an antique library, you can have a very enjoyable experience there. However, if you're hoping for it to be a bargain bin with cheap novels/books, you might be disappointed. Perhaps, one of the main grouses I have is that some out-of-print books are really expensive, especially those up in the library in the 2nd floor.

Overall, I'd give the Junk Bookstore a 7/10.

how about www.got1shop.com? They sell lots of taiwan & local chinese books.

I found this website a few days ago, and haven't order anything yet. But the price I think is quite ok~

Guys, do u think Borders book is a bit overpriced compared to Popular and MPH? And also I noticed their book collections quite less compared other bookstore

which popular bookstore has more choices in english novels?the one at wangsa walk mall or petaling street?

where can i buy translated books ( from english to bahasa ) like enid blayton/hardy boys etc?

need some for my kids

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For me personally... Borders over MPH and popular any day. Even if the price is higher they have a better selection of books and with my borders card I get 10% all yr round. I guess it's personal taste. I never am able to find anything in MPH. Popular.. let's not even go there. I only read English books and I find popular caters mostly to Chinese titles...

Actually, best variety is Kinokuniya but prices higher than anywhere else...

Thanks so much for sharing!

I've seen this store so many times but never went in.

If you don't mind... how much are the books generally?

1. Well, there's 2 aunties there, generally they're ok but they tend to be suspicious the first time they see you, so they'll follow you around a bit as your browse. A bit annoying, but guess they must have faced some pilferage before.

2. Those books generally range between RM25-75 on average. You can expect most books to be close to their retail price or slightly discounted. Novels etc. could cost about RM30+...

Usually, I buy those books that I can't find it in local bookstores anymore because they are out of print. This is especially true for books on local interest like on Malaysia and Singapore. Depending on the demand, you can expect them to be between RM25-100, largely based on their original retail price.

Some older books are even more expensive and those are located on the 2nd floor. You can ask them to show you. This are usually historical/antiquarian books or books on Malaysian politics.

You can usually bargain a bit, but really depends on the mood of the aunty there. Maybe if you are leng-chai, you can charm there to get a bigger discount.

Rgds