Toronto Photography Meetup Group

(I was going to post this in Photography Resources, but only moderators can post there.)

These are some of my favourite photography bookstores, but I'm posting these in hopes that you may have more. And please limit it to places that sell either used, clearance, or discounted photography books (not Indigo/Chapters locations):

ABC Book Store - 416-967-7654 (small selection)
662 Yonge Street , Toronto , ON M4Y 2A6

Acadia Art & Rare Books (large selection)
232 Queen St. E (416) 364-7638
http://www.acadiabooks.com/

Ayerego Books - 416-536-6880 (small selection)
928 Queen Street West , Toronto , ON M6J 1G6
http://www.ayerego.com

Balfour Books (large selection, not open mornings)
601 College Street , Toronto , ON M6G 1B5, 416-531-9911

Book City (small-medium selection, but only a few dollars off regular prices on some books)
Various Locations around the city

BMV Books (medium selection at this location)
10 Edward St, Toronto, ON, M5G 1C9, (416) 977-3087

BMV Books (small selection at this location)
2289 Yonge St, Toronto 416-482-6002

BMV Books (large selection at this location, 2nd floor)
471 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M5S 1X9 - (416) 967-5757

Eliot's Bookshop (large selection, on 2nd floor)
584 Yonge St.(416) 925-0268

Orion Book Store (medium selection, in back)
544 Yonge St (416) 923-5537

ooooooo...totally my weakness...photography books in cozy bookstores...i've been in three in your post, Balfour book and the two BMVs...quite a find...i'll visit the others too for sure!

Thanks for sharing

do they also have magazines, not just books?

My favourite one to visit is Acadia because it's like walking into an old library...LOTS of art books; they used to have a second location, but not anymore.

And Balfour has been featured in a few TV commercials, one is for a chocolate bar where the person is lying on piles of books.

BTW, don't take any books I'd want!




Most on the list do not...due to the turnover of magazines stores get credit for unsold magazines; they cut off the covers and send that back to the publisher, while the rest of the magazine ends up in the landfill.

However Orion has a FEW (60-90) esoteric photography magazines, I picked up an interesting one from France once.

If you want a back issue of a particular magazine the best thing to do is go to that magazine's website and see if you can order it from them.

I just remembered another one, it's just south of Honest Ed's (on Bathurst south of Bloor), but I'm not sure of the name of it, I think it's called:

Willow Books (small selection)
758 Bathurst St Toronto, ON M6G (416) 534-2665‎

Just a note, chapters online has actually fantastic selection of used, inexpensive books, trick is you actually have to buy it, not read and put it back on the shelf

At least buying it online theoretically increases the chances someone disease-ridden person hasn't perused it while in the washroom.....