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Booksellers in East Asia

The following is a selection of book shops in East Asia, including comments of ZO members who have first-hand experience of going there.

China

Beijing

Beijing Bibliophile

This is a report on bookstores in Beijing, published on The China Beat [http://www.thechinabeat.org/] by Eric Setzekorn on June 16, 2010.

Part I: Beijing's Book Landscape

Part II: Market Change and New Technology


汇缘书店 Hui Yuan Bookstore

Address:

A1 Qinghua Donglu (inside Jingyu Hotel), Haidian District, Beijing, China

中国北京海淀区清华东路甲1号(京裕宾馆内)

Tel.: 6232 9778

Open: 9.30am-7.30pm

"Chinese learning material, HSK courses, abridged versions of Chinese novels, bilingual textbooks on Chinese culture and the like. Offer discount for learning material."

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Timezone 8

Address:

4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Beijing, China

中国北京酒仙桥路4号

Tel.: 5978-9917

Mail:  sunduo1980 [at] yahoo.com.cn

WWW:  http://www.timezone8.com

Open: 8:30am-9pm

"Timezone 8 is a Hong Kong-based publisher of books on contemporary art, architecture, design and photography from GMT+8 (China). Founded in 2002, the company works with top designers, editors, critics, historians, artists, art and media institutions to publish between 10 and 15 new titles per year. To date, Timezone 8 has published more than 100 English and bi-lingual book publications.

The publisher's mission: to produce and distribute well-designed English and bi-lingual books that offer a worldwide readership a unique and culture-based perspective on the changes taking place in China as expressed in compelling texts and images by the people working on the frontline of 'one of the world's youngest civilizations: China.'

To this end, timezone 8 recently worked with China-based magazines Urban China and +0086 to translate and publish their groundbreaking content in the fields of urban planning and street culture respectively. It also worked with the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art to publish three new titles on contemporary art and artists. For details on these and Timezone 8's other 12 front list titles, as well as its 40+ recent titles still in print, please browse this site or download our .pdf catalog on this page.

With offices in Hong Kong and Beijing and a worldwide distribution network that includes warehouses in London, New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong and Beijing and freight forwarders in New York, London and Hong Kong, as well as agents around the world, Timezone 8 is now recognized as the leader in its field. Its titles continue to top the bestseller list at independent art bookstores in Beijing and can be found in the world's leading contemporary art libraries, institutions, bookstores and websites, including amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com."

"[…] für Kunsthistoriker mit Interesse an Gegenwartskunst/Architektur/Design unentbehrlich. Bücher auch online bestellbar."

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Nanjing


先锋书店 Librairie Avantgarde

Address:

中国江苏省南京市鼓楼区广州路173号

"Großes Angebot an Literatur, vor allem auch Kunst. Spezielle Lage in einer ausgedienten Tiefgarage, schöne Non-Book Abteilung mit Notizbüchern und so Sachen (Mehr..) Existierte auf jeden Fall noch 2010."

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Shanghai


Shanghai Foreign Language Bookstore

Address:

福州路390号 (近山西南路)

390 Fuzhou Lu (near Shangxi Nan Lu)

Tel.: 23204994

"Areas: Literature, Teaching English as a second language."

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Timezone 8

50 Moganshan Rd., near Zhongtan Rd.
中国上海莫干山路50号,近中潭路

Mail:  rbernell [at] timezone8.com

WWW: http://www.timezone8.com

Open: 10am-6pm

"Timezone 8 is a Hong Kong-based publisher of books on contemporary art, architecture, design and photography from GMT+8 (China). Founded in 2002, the company works with top designers, editors, critics, historians, artists, art and media institutions to publish between 10 and 15 new titles per year. To date, Timezone 8 has published more than 100 English and bi-lingual book publications.

The publisher's mission: to produce and distribute well-designed English and bi-lingual books that offer a worldwide readership a unique and culture-based perspective on the changes taking place in China as expressed in compelling texts and images by the people working on the frontline of 'one of the world's youngest civilizations: China.'

To this end, timezone 8 recently worked with China-based magazines Urban China and +0086 to translate and publish their groundbreaking content in the fields of urban planning and street culture respectively. It also worked with the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art to publish three new titles on contemporary art and artists. For details on these and Timezone 8's other 12 front list titles, as well as its 40+ recent titles still in print, please browse this site or download our .pdf catalog on this page.

With offices in Hong Kong and Beijing and a worldwide distribution network that includes warehouses in London, New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong and Beijing and freight forwarders in New York, London and Hong Kong, as well as agents around the world, Timezone 8 is now recognized as the leader in its field. Its titles continue to top the bestseller list at independent art bookstores in Beijing and can be found in the world's leading contemporary art libraries, institutions, bookstores and websites, including amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com."

"[…] für Kunsthistoriker mit Interesse an Gegenwartskunst/Architektur/Design unentbehrlich. Bücher auch online bestellbar."

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Japan

Kyoto

大書堂 Daishodô

Address:

604-8045 Kyoto, Chûkyô-ku, Teramachi-dôri, Nishiki Koji-agaru.

〒604-8045京都市中京区寺町通錦小路上る

Tel.: 075-221-0685

Fax: 075-255-6463

Opening hours: 11.00 to 19.30, except Wednesdays. They take all major credit cards.

"This fabulous two-storeyed shop, located close to Shijô-Dôri and Kawaramachi Stations, can be found in the middle of the Teramachi shopping mall in Kyoto. Truly delightful - even if only to browse; many wonderful woodblock prints of a good quality, some are even affordable!"

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Tokyo


ジュンク堂 [originally 淳久堂] JUNKUDO

Address:

2-15-5 Minami- Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tel.: 03-5956-6111

WWW: http:// www.junkudo.co.jp

"In general, but particularly for humanities, this is one of the best supplied stores in the whole land, keeping stock of many complete works series, old editions of various sources collections as well as many specialised monographs from small academic presses. Branch stores (Shinjuku or Kichijōji in Tokyo, as well Kyōto and Ōsaka and other large cities) can be found from the website."

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紀伊国屋 Kinokuniya

Address:

Shinjuku Minami Kinokuniya

Takayshimaya Timesquare

5-24-2 Sendagaya

Shibuyaku

Tokyo

Tel.: 03-5361-3301 (there are, however, phonenumbers for each floor)

WWW: http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/ (all stores in Japan)
http://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/store/Shinjuku-South-Store/ (Website from above mentioned store)

"There are several stores in Japan and the East, but I only stayed in Tokyo a couple of times, so I can only recomand the Shinjuku South-Kinokuniya Store (Shinjuku Minami Kinokuniya 新宿南紀伊国屋.

The Bookshop has a wide range of books, unfortunatly I can not really say how the Japanese section is, because I only spend time in the section of fiction books and historical novels. However I really can recomand the English Section. There is a huge Section for Political Science and Art (e.g. Reference Books for University Work)."

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Korea

Seoul

Seoul Selection

Address

B1 Korean Publishers Association B/D 105/2, Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-190, Korea
Mail:  hank [at] seoulselection.com

WWW: http://www.seoulselection.com/bookstore/

"Areas where the book shop is good in : Korean books (various subjects, Art, History)."

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Taiwan

Buchempfehlung (von Lin Chunping):

台灣書店地圖

作者:陸妍君/著

出版社:晨星

出版日期:2004年07月13日

ISBN:9574556980

http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010264437

Taipei


Artland Books Co.

Address:

B1, No. 122, Jen Ai Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan

Tel.: +886-2-2784-5166

Fax: +886-2-2784-5111

WWW: http://www.artland.com.tw/BIG5/Default.asp

"Book shop specializing in art books."

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Caves Books

Address:

(Head Office) No. 54-3, Zhongshan N. Rd., Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan

Tel.: +886-2-8792-5024

WWW: http://www.cavesbooks.com.tw/mainpage/ecmr_mainpage.aspx

"Book shop specializing in language learning."

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Eslite Book Co.

Address:

2F, No. 245, Dunhua S. Rd., Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan

Tel.: +886-2-2775-5977 

WWW: http://www.eslite.com/

http://www.eslitecorp.com/TW/Index.aspx

"Book shop for books of a wide range of topics."

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汗牛書店 Han-niew Books

Address:

台湾台北市信義路3段147巷17弄7-2号

7-2, Alley 17, Lane 147, Sec.3, Sinyi Rd., Taipei, TAIWAN

Tel.: +886-2-2706-8860

Fax: +886-2-2706-8861

WWW: http://www.hanniew.com/

Mail:  hanniew [at] tpts5.seed.net.tw

"Exklusive Auswahl von Büchern zur Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens. Das National Palace Museum kauft regulär von dort, und auch ich war begeistert. Er gibt anscheinend regelmässig Saisonkataloge heraus."

From their web page:

"With over 4,000 titles, Han-niew Bookstore offers you most complete collection of Asian arts books in Taiwan, including museum, antique shop and auction catalogues on sculpture, ceramics, bronze, painting, etc."

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樂學書局 Lexis

Address:

臺北市金山南路2段138號

10F-1, 138, Sec. 2, Chin-Shan South Road, 106 Taipei

Tel.: +886-2-23219033, +886-2-23935835

Fax: +886-2-23568068

Mail:  lexis [at] ms6.hinet.net

K.M. Lawson, Blog "井底之蛙"

"Thanks to a tip shared by a fellow graduate student I met here yesterday, I learnt about another excellent academic bookstore here in Taipei which is, I'm told, a favorite among those "in the know." Its owner, a legendary Ms. Huang (who was out when I visited today) is apparently well-loved among scholars all over East Asia as well as sinologists in the United States. This was confirmed by two elderly Korean philosophy professors I had a chat with, from two separate Korean universities, who said that they had been visiting and ordering books from the place for many years. One of these professors yelled the owner's name affectionately as he disembarked the elevator and seemed very disappointed to see she wasn't around.

樂學書局, or the "Lexis Book Co." as it is known in English has one of the most unusual locations of any bookstore I have had the chance to visit. Whereas the 學生書局 is conveniently located on 和平東路 near the entrance of the Shida night market and
唐山書店 is just out of view in a basement locale near Taiwan National University, this book store is found in what looks like a converted residence on the 10th floor of an apartment complex on 金山南路(Chin-shan S. Road), perhaps 10 minutes walk from Guting station. There are no signs at the street level suggesting that this residential high rise houses a bookstore with one of the greatest collections of academic Chinese language works in Taipei. However, as I passed the security guard at the entrance to the grounds, he stopped me and immediately asked with a knowing smile, "樂學書局?" When I responded in the affirmative he told me to go to the apartment complex to the right and take the elevator to the 10th floor. The whole experience felt like that scene in the movie "The Matrix" where the band of adventurers go to visit the mystical "Oracle" in her hidden home.

Inside the apartment/bookstore every room is filled with books, including the shelves above the kitchen sink. History books can be found in its own room in the back corner. There is a great selection of both pre-modern and modern history but look through all the shelves since their semi-sorted nature can be deceiving. While almost all the books are in Chinese, there was a series of shelves with dictionaries and publications in everything from Manchu to the various languages of Central Asia. Another one of the rooms also has a good collection of the English language publications of SMC Publishing."

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