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Date:	Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:21:47 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: OS/2 books

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Butch Langel wrote:

> I've discovered some books are very, very difficult, if
> not impossible to secure.

Hmmm -- given the fate of OS/2 in the marketplace, you would think these books would be gathering dust all over the computer section shelves of used
bookstores . . . and perhaps they are. If you are coming to any more SCOUG sessions, there is a humongous establishment not all that far away, over in Long
Beach, called Acres of Books. I think they have a website, and you can always just call them, though my experience with such places is that they don't always
have a complete and up to date knowledge of everything they may have in stock. There are a number of lesser (smaller) used bookshops all over town, and if I
happen to be passing one of these and have the time, I'll make an effort to stop in for you. I also have some online used book dealers and search services
bookmarked, so I'll dig out some URLs for you.

I bought my copy of the Stokes W4 book a couple years ago, from Amazon I think, and it was strictly at cover price -- not the ridiculous figure they quoted
you. At that time, it was still readily available. I guess these things go out of print fairly quickly.

In regard to OS/2 related websites, I have so many bookmarked that you could visit 10 a day and not run out for a few weeks ! (That's _after_ weeding out
quite a few that are defunct, something I've been meaning to get around to for quite some time.) There is an abundance of info and programs, a preponderance
of it now available for free.

Jordan

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