Fri 30 Nov 2007
Where are the bookshops in Tunis ?
30 11 2007Today I noticed something odd and worrying. It’s the first time I make a deep tour around the university of Tunis (Faculté de Tunis). I used to know the area due to the rapid-post office there. But today it was a special tour. Besides going to grab a letter I received, I wanted to buy a book. Yes a book. And guess what ….. it wasn’t so easy.
It is evident to find a business/shopping center close to any university area (Campus) which comprises so many schools and teaches thousands of students everyday. What is odd is that, while looking for the book to buy, I was able to find only ONE bookshop in that center. Not being able to find the book in French, I decided to have a tour in the center in order to find another bookshop. These are my non-accurate statistics about what I found instead: 6 coffee-shops, 1 smoky “salons de thé” (tea saloons), more than 20 copy-centers, 6 fastfood restaurants, 5 “bureaux de gravure” (CD burning shops). I’m wondering if the cyber-café is still there because I can’t see its signs anymore.
The copy-centers were full of students, with copies of book covers in the windows advertising the copies of books they have ready for “sale”: Maths, computing, accounting, law …. The “Gravure” shops advertising the last DVD of games, movies, ‘Lost’ and ‘Dr. house’ season, software packages ….
I’m not going to say that I never printed a book or bought a CD when I was student and before the democratization of the invention called “Internet”. What really makes me sad is to notice that, having a bookshop close to the university became a failing business. Tomorrow I’ll have to go downtown to one of the rare bookshops still standing the ‘cloning’ fashion.
Hi, I have just moved to Tunis and I am desperately trying to find somewhere where i can buy english novels. Do you know of anywhere please? i would be gratful for your help. Thanks, Claudia
have never been to Tunis, but from what I heard it's rather difficult to find a bookshop there, especially for not a native speaker( so I guess the best solution will be to download some books from internet.
I am certainly going to bookmark this page in case I need your help in the future.
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Bookshops are usually clustered in areas frequented by expats.
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You might try the local Yellow Pages to search book shops in Tunis.
I would like to find English novels in Tunis.
I've been to Tunis once, and I'd have to agree that it was rather difficult to find a bookshop there.
Bookshops are usually clustered in areas frequented by expats.
It can be a challenge to find a book shop in that part of the world. You can read many books online while you travel.
Bookshops can be hard to find in foreign countries. You can download many books into your Kindle or ipod and take them with on your travels.
It can be a challenge to find a bookshop in Tunis. You might want to carry a few of your favorite books with you while traveling.
Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. We infact are working on a few features that would make the experience even better.
the comment about merging I don't think it will happen it's more lucrative to have them seperate.
close to the university became a failing business. Tomorrow I’ll have to go downtown to one of the rare bookshops still standing the ‘cloning’ fashion.
Finding a bookshop in a foreign country can be a challenge. You can download many books on your PDA and take them with you on your trip.
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You should try the university bookstore.
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