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While getting digital books doesn't seem to be a big thing with our group, there is a community built around it. In fact, this author is helping you pirate his book:

http://piratecoelho.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/

I've never found that I could get into a book I had to scroll.

For technical manuals, I love 'em. Soooo much easier to lug around a USB pen than a huge stack of books. With my puny arms, the USB pen is bother enough

Compare book prices easily between a slew of online stores:

http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/index.html

While not totally related to computer books, there is a comic book store of interest right near the Eaton Centre. It's right beside World's Largest Bookstore. It has ooooodles of comic books for cheap. It's especially good for the collection books. I browsed by today and all of Dark Empire II was selling for $7. Not just one book--the entire collection.

I won't say how cheap I saw the DC Encyclopedia for because it just might make Dempsey cry

Google will allow you to buy a printed version of books on their site:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/17 ... art_pos=22

Comic book cartography:

http://comicbookcartography.posterous.com/

Movie posters that are pretty awesome:

http://postercabaret.com/alamodrafthouse.aspx

http://io9.com/5527578/iron-man-2-poste ... l/gallery/

Some award winning science fiction authors you may want to check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Novik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Brust

Retro posters:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/03/sp ... propa.html

Not your everyday comics:

http://www.oddee.com/item_96960.aspx

Retro ( ie. classic glam ) shots of celebs from magazines:

http://www.stellasmagazine.com/retro-ph ... lebrities/

A look at the man who made comics evil in the eyes of America:

http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2010/08/papers ... t-library/

Switching up the gender of comic stars:

http://www.weirdexistence.com/crossdres ... heroes/#34

Why e-books could be the end of the education system we know:

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html