 Bookstores in Taiwan
You will be able to find large bookstores in cities such as Taipei and Taichung that have an English book section. Here you can find your favourite novels, magazinese, non-fiction books etc.. that you are used to seeing back home. Little more expensive than back home but not too ridiculous in price.
You have to weigh up the costs of buying in Taiwan or buying in the UK and lugging the stuff over. I would personally buy before you come, and that way it saves you having to look around for bookstores.
If you can't remember the below list, just take a walk in any city in Taiwan and ask a foreigner where an English book store is. They'll surely point you in the right direction.
HERE ARE A LIST OF BOOKSTORES IN TAIPEI
Bookman Books
Room 5, 2F, 88 Hsinsheng S Rd, Sec 3
(02) 2368-7226
Cafe Bookzone
2, Lane 93 Songjiang Rd
(02) 2509-5085
Crane Publishing Company
6F, 109 Hoping E Rd, Sec 1
(02) 2393-4497, 2394-1791
Take the elevator to 6th Floor (can't see from the road)
59 Chungching S Rd, Sec 2
(02) 2322-5437
Just south of Nanhai Rd. Big publisher of educational books. Lots of good classical English literature.
Eslite
Asiaworld Department Store in front of the Taipei Train Station
Gu Jin Bookstore
146, Dingzhou Rd, Sec 3
(02) 2367-1797
Lai Lai Book Company
4F, 271 Roosevelt Rd, Sec 3
(02) 2363-4265
has many foreign books.
Lucky Bookstore
129-1 Hoping E Rd, Sec 1
(02) 2392-7111
Same building as the Mandarin Training Centre of Taiwan Normal Univ.
Good for Chinese language study students (few English titles...)
Scholars Book Company
103 Chungching S Rd, Sec 1
(02) 313-0545
Lots of computer books
HERE ARE A LIST OF BOOKSTORES IN TAICHUNG
Kinokuniya Books (Sogo I)
12F, Sogo Department Store
Best foreign magazine section in Taichung
Caves Books
12, Kuanchien Rd
(04) 2326-5559
Just down from Natural Science Museum |