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Book Sources(Book Sellers,
Publishers, etc.) (We list the
following sites for the convenience of our library users, without endorsing
any particular book vendor or service.) [Reference
Tools] [Top] [Bottom] AcqWeb's
Directory of Publishers and Vendors "An
international directory of publishers and vendors used by libraries" AddALL: Book Comparison and Price Comparison Searches for used
and out-of-print books--locate and compare books and prices at over 40 book
vendor sites Advanced
Book Exchange (abebooks.com) Has a database of
over ten million books--users may create a free account and place requests
for books wanted A source for
used, rare and out-of-print books--"books you thought you'd never
find" The "leading
online shopping site," offering millions of books for sale via the Web American
Bookseller's Association Bookstores Directory A directory of
bookstores belonging to the A.B.A., primarily independently owned bookstores
with store front locations Antiquarian
Booksellers' Association of America Booknet Can search to
find books within the inventories of all the ABAA members who have included
their books in the ABAA database Association
of American University Presses Provides links to
the webpages of the AAUP member presses Audio
Books and Tapes, Publishers and Vendors An AcqWeb
resource for with information on where to buy or rent books-on-tape and other
audio books Claims to offer
the "largest selection of any online bookseller" "Search
dozens of bookstores to find the lowest price" "Nine million
used, antiquarian and rare books, periodicals and ephemera offered for sale
by thousands of booksellers . . . ." Book Fairs and Other Literary Events "A selection
of events across the U.S.A. and around the world." Provided by The
Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. "This is a
book shopping search engine that scans bookseller databases to find new,
used, rare, and out of print books." Offers over 250
booklists for more than 60 subject categories. "Includes lists prepared
by authorities in dozens of fields as well as comprehensive listings of
award-winning books complete from the first year of the award to the
present." Books in Print (Vanderbilt users only) Lists in-print
and forthcoming books published or distributed in the U.S. Books
& Book Collecting (S. Trussel) Contains links a
wide range of book related resources Bookstore
Hall of Fame List (Robert Teeter) One librarian's
collection of favorite book resources Allows users to
search a subset of the WorldCat database for works of fiction--by characters,
imaginary places, categories of fiction, subjects, etc. A Project of OCLC
Research. Literary Market Place (Vanderbilt
users only) One of the very
best resources for book publishing industry information--includes listings
for publisher (U.S. and International) Modern Library, a
division of Random House, presents two list of recommended book--one from the
publisher and one from readers Lists of
recommended books; "hot lists" of books; and, lists of books that
received positive reviews in major journals Online access to
Powell's City of Books, "the largest used & new bookstore in the
world" Publishers'
Catalogues Home Page (Northern Lights) Provides links to
the websites of over 7200 book publishers located in the U.S., U.K. and
Canada Searchable Booksites (S. Trussel) Search book sites
selling new, used and out-of-print books via a single web site that includes
links to Alibris, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, BookFinder.com
and an impressive list of other online bookstores and book related websites Indexes thousands
of online books and allows keyword searches of the text within these books A book search
database owned by a cooperative of independent book dealers. Allows detailed
searching, including browsing by subject categories and subcategories. |
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Last revised: January 11, 2006