L'Échange

Great spot for music, books, and excellent help! Huge selection of items from many genres. Friendly staff, always helpful. Will visit again soon! Update - I checked out other parts of the store, and there is much more to see. A lot more reference materials, and the CD selection, upon a second view, is quite impressive! The prices, for the most part, are reasonable - an MJ album Thriller was 18$ used, Kate Bush 15$. Not bad! Books, there are a lot of options! I think you need a good day to browse, read, and enjoy the selection to see what's there, and what might you want.

What I like the most about this place is the great condition the CDs are in. I never seen a place like that. Prices are reasonable. Some CDs could be cheaper though. They also have a lot of vinyls. Everything is organized in alphabetical order and by musical genre. They have reggae, pop, soul, blues, metal and jazz albums.

L'Échange is one of the most pleasant used bookstores to shop at in Montreal. Nicely laid out and modern, it is a great place for afternoon book shopping. The store features robust arts, architecture, photography, fiction, theatre, philosophy, non-fiction, and kids sections. There are also CDs and vinyls on hand, but this is not the shop's specialty. A quick note: like other bookstores on Mont-Royal, the selection is mostly in French the province's main language, and foreigners might not have a lot to select from. Overall, it is a wonderful stop for arts, culture, and especially book lovers. Here, all the greats are present, from Richard Avedon to Plato, Mies van der Rohe to Dickens.

One of my preferred bookstores in Montreal. In the 90s, I used to go there every weekend to buy used music CDs. Nowadays, it's where I go to replenish my collection of used vinyls and French books most of their books are in French as others have already pointed out.

Lovely place for readers. Sadly most collection was in French, though I still found a piece or two for my collection.

Love it for what it is.reasonly priced music and books.been around for forty years.

I have been shopping here since 1995, when I was 13. My grandmother still lives a block away and I would always stop in when visiting her as a kid, teen, adult etc. In the mid 90s, this was the only place I could find all the punk tapes and CDs I was looking for. It was a mecca for me and I am forever thankful that I had such a wonderful place to really find myself musically. After I moved from punk to Brit pop in the late 90s, early 2000s, this was the first place I'd go to find all the records I'd read about in NME, Q, etc. They always had them and they were always well priced. A true gem that I'm glad to see is still kicking.

I met with the owner to sell some 45rpm and 33rpm records from the 1980s. Most other record stores offer $1 to $2 per 45rpm and $2 to $5 per 33 rpm. L'Échange offered $6 for 21 45rpm which comes to .28 per record. That is quite cheap. If you have some records or any other products to sell, I recommend go to any other record stores in Montreal. You will be treated with more respect.

Not a bad bookstore but I've never really liked it that much. They don't have many books by diverse authors but they do have most of those ''classic'' books everyone likes to read. The service has always been alright, but I don't go out of my way to visit.

An excellent sélection of used books in the heart of the Plateau. Most of the works for sale here are in French, as one would expect, but there is also a surprisingly good selection of works in English as well as other languages as well. It's worth checking out, particularly if you are interested in literary, artistic or scholarly books.

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