Books, Sellers, Publishers & related resources

Books/Sellers

Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/

Great source for learning about current books on various topics.

Barnes&Noble.com

http://barnesandnoble.com/

This online bookstore can be useful for locating current and out-of-print books.

BookWeb (American Booksellers Assn.)

http://www.bookweb.org/

Information on the publishing industry, author tours and media appearances, bookstore directory and links to bookstore home pages, and links to related "bookports" (sites).

BookWire

http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/

Offers a calendar of book events, news regarding book awards, and links to electronic texts, publishers and booksellers, and review sources.

Chapter One

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/front.htm

Browse the text of first chapters from fiction and nonfiction.

Wired for Books

http://wiredforbooks.org/

Online sound and video recordings of fiction, essays, interviews, and other works, some performed by their authors, from WOUB radio and television broadcasts. Links to interviews by Don Swain with important writers of the twentieth century.

Publishers

AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors

http://www.acqweb.org/pubr.html

International listing with links to web sites and email addresses if available. Can search by publisher name or subject.

PubList.com

http://www.publist.com/

Quick and easy access to publishing information for over 150,000 U.S and international magazines and journals. Information includes title, format, address, editor, circulation and ISSN. Subscription prices are not given.

Out-of-Print Dealers

Advanced Book Exchange

http://www.abebooks.com/

Searchable database of listings from out-of-print, used, or antiquarian booksellers. Can search by author, title, etc., or browse broad subject areas. Includes information on lost or stolen books.

Alibris

http://www.alibris.com/

Lists out-of-print, used and rare books. Can search by author, title, or keyword.

Bibliofind

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/books/misc/bibliofind.html/103-1996948-3324647

Lets you search for out-of-print books and provides you with a list of available copies and links to book dealers' websites. You can also inquire about titles not found in the database.