Where is the biggest bookstore in the lower mainland?

Unfortunately, Amazon and high rents/property taxes, redevelopment have pretty much killed off independent bookstores in the city.

You can blame Indigo for some of that:

The Indigo/Chapters chain has been criticized over what some perceive as a virtual monopoly over retail-based book sales in Canada. In 2002, the company strongly opposed the entry of Amazon into the Canadian marketplace with accusations the U.S.-based company was skirting regulations about foreign ownership of Canadian booksellers.[27] Indigo's expansion has been blamed, among other factors, for the financial difficulties of some independent booksellers in Canada. In particular, its rise coincided with the bankruptcy of Lichtman's, once Canada's largest independent bookseller.[28]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_Books_and_Music

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