Ottawa Book Stores

Chapters
47 Rideau St. Tel: (613) 241-0073
2210 Bank St. South Keys Tel: (613) 521-9199
2735 Iris St. Pinecrest SC Tel: (613) 596-3003
400 Earl Grey Dr. Kanata Centrum Tel: (613) 271-7553

Formed in 1995 by the merger of Coles and Smithbooks, Chapters sells books, videos, magazines and all sorts of book-related merchandise. Some locations even offer a Starbucks, so you can combine your reading and caffeine pleasures.  The atmosphere is homey and inviting, and one can easily spend an afternoon casually browsing through thousands of titles. If you're in a hurry, ask one of the friendly and knowledgeable sales staff for help. Amazingly, they know how to locate every single thing you're looking for.

Book Market
374 Dalhousie St Tel: (613) 241-1753
2690 Alta Vista Dr. Tel: (613) 526-3277
1910 St. Laurent Blvd. Tel: (613) 526-5856
1534 Merivale Rd Tel: (613) 226-3672
1675 10th Line Rd. Tel: (613) 824-3198
52 Northside Rd. Tel: (613) 820-0520
Web Site: www.bookmarket.ca

If you love reading or collecting books, then you shouldn't miss seeing The Book Market in Ottawa. Situated in the heart of the new downtown Rideau Area Development, the sprawling Book Market houses four floors of used books. Its location on Dalhousie Street, at the corner of Rideau, has over 7,000 square feet of space devoted to books and magazines.  The Book Market is one of the best organized bookstores anywhere, with over 100 different categories of books, ranging from light romance and mysteries to philosophy, botany and sociology. If you're a book lover, then come spend some time browsing through the four floors, you may just find that book you've been searching for!

• We are the largest chain of used bookstores in North America.
• We have Gift Certificates available.
• Our prices vary between 40% to 80% off the regular retail prices.
• We have friendly and knowledgeable staff to assist you in locating your favourite author or subject.
• For retail bookstores looking for volume orders, we export 40 foot container loads of used books world wide.

Grand & Toy
Rideau Centre, 3rd level
50 Rideau Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Tel. (613) 563-3533
Fax (613) 563-3302

With our 117 years in the office and school supply business, we offer more than 40,000 different products! At all our stores, knowledgeable staff will provide quick and “no pressure” assistance to help you save time and money. Check out our everyday low prices, take advantage of our monthly commercial sales, or simply present your business card and get 30% off regular price items and 10% off net and sale items. We provide free next day delivery on purchases of $25 or more and same day rush delivery. We also offer photocopying, faxing and other office support services.

Octopus Books
116 Third Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1S 2K1  
Tel: (613) 233-2589
Web Site:www.octopusbooks.ca
E-Mail: octopus@octopusbooks.ca

Aiming to encourage analytical thinking about the social, political, and economic world, The Octopus Bookstore specializes in books with a critical, social justice focus. Books on economics, class, gender, race, national politics, and international affairs are well-represented, as well as both Canadian and International fiction. Many of the books they regularly carry are those used by both Ottawa universities for their social and political curriculum. In addition to books, Octopus also carries politically aware gift items, such as the New Internationalist product line. They also have an excellent line of politically aware non-book gift items, including New Internationalist products.  Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun closed

Ottawa Public Library
120 Metcalfe St.
Ottawa, ON K1P5M2
Tel: (613) 236-0301

The mission of the Ottawa Public Library is open access to recreational, informational, educational and cultural library materials and resources in response to the needs of the community. In the context of service in both official languages and the public's freedom of access to information, the major components of this mission are:

• timely access to accurate and useful information in a variety of formats and technologies
• access to resources to support/allow life-long learning. 
• access to enhanced local and global communications and information networks 
• access to recreational materials offering opportunities for creative use of leisure time.