while I don't know if Jarir bookstore is facing the same pressures, the book stock on their shelves seems pretty poor as well lately. When I was there a month ago, they had so few books, they had two and three year old Guinness Book of World Records on the shelf, i assume to fill the space.

My friends and I have resorted to ebooks via Kindle or Sony, or using Amazon for print materials. It's the only way to get good reading material in Doha.