Eric Theriault wrote in a message to All:

 ET> A little while ago, I asked about compiling ASM code under
 ET> OS/2, and someone asked what I was porting.  I mentioned
 ET> that I was porting my User Interface that came mainly from
 ET> User Interfaces In C and C++, and he suggested that I get
 ET> User Interfaces In C and C++ for OS/2 by Mark Goodwin.  I
 ET> remembered looking into that book, and so I ran down to
 ET> Barnes And Noble's, and they couldn't order it, so I called
 ET> the publisher, and they said it was out of print and didn't
 ET> know where I could get it, so I wrote netmail to the author,
 ET> and he said that he didn't have a copy, and wasn't overly
 ET> helpful on where to get one. 

 ET> To make my long story much shorter, does anyone out there
 ET> have any idea where I might be able to snag a copy?

You can often find out-of-print computer books in the remaining stocks of
the largest computer bookstores.  Try searching Computer Literacy
Bookshops, http://www.clbooks.com, and Profitable Marketing,
http://www.intertain.com.  Profitable is actually in eastern Massachusetts,
about halfway between us, and UPS Ground shipping usually takes only a day.

Barnes and Noble also tends to give up easily.  If they cannot get stock
from a jobber, they will just tell you that the book is unavailable.  If
you ask a specialist such as Computer Literacy, they will often try to get
it directly from the publisher if you are willing to wait 4-8 weeks.
 
-- Mike


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