Taipei
Linking Books
Chinese Name: 聯經出版
Chinese Address: 106臺北市新生南路三段94號
Phone: (886-2) 2362-0308
Web: http://www.linkingbooks.com.tw/
Notes
Close to Taiwan National University. Has a good sized section on Chinese and Taiwanese history. Check at nearby 唐山書店 around the corner as their discount prices may be cheaper on the part of their offerings that overlap. - Visit: June, 2008 kmlawson
SMC Publishing Inc.
Chinese Name: 南天書局
Address: F, No.14, Alley 14, Lane 283, Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan, 106
Chinese Address: 台北市(106)羅斯福路三段283巷14弄14號1樓
Phone: (886-2) 2362-0190
Web: http://www.smcbook.com.tw/main.php
Notes
The bookstore is a short walk from Taiwan National University. A mix of books in Chinese, Japanese, and English, much if not most of it on history and anthropology. SMC has reprints of many Western academic works on Taiwan and China, available for a fraction of the price. Their full catalog is online. The bookstore also has a lot of materials on Taiwanese history, including rarer reference works in Japanese and Chinese on the colonial period - Visit: June, 2008 kmlawson
Student Book Co., Ltd.
Chinese Name: 學生書局
Address: 198 Ho-Ping East Road, 1st Section Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Chinese Address: 台北市(106)和平東路一段九八號
Phone: (886-2) 23631097, 23634156
Web: http://studentbook.web66.com.tw/
Notes
The bookstore is a short walk and across the street from Taiwan Normal University. Lots of books on religion, history of thought, history, and I saw some on political science. A few SMC reprints of western works and a few books in Japanese. - Visit: June, 2004 kmlawson
Tangshan Shudian
Chinese Name: 唐山書店
Chinese Address: 10647台北市大安區羅斯福路三段333巷9號地下室一樓
Phone: (886-2) 2363-3072
Web: http://blog.yam.com/user/tsbooks.html
Notes
Located very close to the main entrance of Taiwan National University and the Gongguan MRT station and just around the corner from Linking Books. This bookstore has 10-20% discounts on books from many publishers and has a more heavy academic selection than most bookstores. Definitely worth a visit. - Visit: June, 2008 kmlawson
漢國冊府
Address:
Chinese Address: 台北市大安區溫州街４８巷１５號１樓
Phone: 02-23623410
Web:
Notes
The bookstore, which sells books from mainland China can be reached by walking from Taiwan National University. Lots of books on literature, classics, and also a fair amount of history related books. The price is determined by multiplying the RMB price by four. - Visit: June, 2004 kmlawson
明目書社
Address:
Chinese Address: 台北市溫州街６４號
Phone: 02-2366-0712
Web: http://www.laisbook.com.tw/
Notes
This bookstore sells books from mainland China, India, and Germany. Lots on religion, philosophy, with some books on history and other topics. Short walk from National Taiwan University. Price for mainland Chinese books calculated by multiplying RMB price by four. - Visit: June, 2004 kmlawson
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