Books
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Vendors | Miscellaneous
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information on our book clubs, click here.
Book
Collecting
Rare Book Dealers & Organizations
Alibris -http://www.alibris.com
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
of America - http://abaa.org/-
Bibliophile - http://www.bibliophile.net/
- lists over three million rare and
used books for sale by independent booksellers worldwide. The system
"puts you in direct contact with the booksellers so there are no
price markups."
Includes
fine press volumes, rare editions, old books, new books, maps, autographs,
manuscripts.
Bibliopoly - http://www.bibliopoly.com/
- A database of rare and antiquarian
books which provides the ability to search in 250 subject categories
and date range field and includes an extensive multilingual dictionary
of author and place names. Users may also search for books by the language
in which they were written. All dealers on Bibliopoly must either be
members of an ILAB affiliated organisation or recommended by those booksellers
who are.
Bookfinder -http://www.bookfinder.com/-
BookFinder.com is a one-stop search site that lets users view the collections
of over 40,000 sellers of new, used, rare, and out-of-print books.
Book
Reviews
New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/
Full text of selected articles from the current issue, plus a
full-text archive of reviews and articles that have appeared
in this influential journal since November 1996. Provides an
index of contents from 1993 to date. Site has an excellent search
engine.
New York Times Books
http://nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html
The database contains the full text of more than 50,000 book reviews
that have appeared in the New York Times since 1980. The site also gives
the full text of the daily book review and selected reviews from the
most recent issue of the paper's Sunday Book Review. Other features
include author interviews, first chapters of new books, audio of literary
readings, bestseller lists, and book forums. Free service, but first-time
visitors must register.
E-Books
Free e-booknet
- http://www.ebooknet.com/ According
to their Web site "free e-BookNet's mission is to build the eBook
community. We aim to be the best-known and highest quality place on
the Web for people interested in electronic books to exchange news,
information, ideas, and writings. eBookNet is both a clubhouse for the
eBook-aware and a welcome center for those new to the technology. Our
news and feature pages cover all aspects of electronic books, including
hardware, software, writing, publishing, and business developments."
Full
Text Online
These sites offer full-text versions of classics
which are no longer under copyright. (usually nothing published after
1923).
Bibliomania
- http://www.bibliomania.com/
Included here are fully searchable full-text editions of classic
works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even a few reference
titles. The complete plays of Shakespeare are featured, as well
as major titles from Austen, Dickens, Twain, Freud, Benjamin
Franklin,Vatsyayana, and a host of others. New titles are being
added. The search function is quick and easy, and the layout
clean and uncomplicated, making the site accessible to visually
impaired readers. Although predominately limited to English language
authors, Blbliomania is a valuable addition to literature on
theWeb
Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Volunteers have created this well known site which includes "classic
books from the start of this century and previous centuries, from authors
like Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, as well as well-loved favorites like the
Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Tarzan and Mars
books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alice's adventures in Wonderland as told
by Lewis Carroll, and thousands of others.
Internet Public Library Online Text
Collection - http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/
The IPL Online Texts Collection contains over 13,000 titles that
can be browsed by author, by title, or by Dewey Decimal Classification.
Knowledge Rush Book Directory
http://www.knowledgerush.com/index.html
On-line
Vendors
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com
Best Book Buys
- http://www.bestbookbuys.com/
This site compares prices at 28 ("and growing") independent
and chain online bookstores. Your search will show whether a book is
in stock or back-ordered, how soon it will be shipped, and the approximate
shipping cost. The site searches for all kinds of books, including new
and used books, textbooks, audio books, and out-of-print books.
Booklist
http://www.ala.org/booklist/
Each year Booklist reviews nearly 4,000 books for adults, more
than 2,500 titles for children, more than 500 reference books
and electronic reference tools, and 1,000 other audiovisual materials.
They also publish a wide variety of feature articles including
author interviews, bibliographies, and book-related essays by
well-known writers.
Booksense
- http://www.booksense.com
- The independent bookseller's response to Amazon.com. You can
have the convenience of online shopping and still patronize your
favorite independent bookseller.
Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
Borders - http://www.borders.com/
Student Textbooks
Buy, sell, trade and rent textbooks
online. A nice alternative to the often overpriced college bookstores.
Miscellaneous
Banned Books
- http://www.ala.org/bbooks/challeng.html
This American Library Association's Web site includes lists of
challenged and banned books, quotes about censorship, and links
to many articles and other sites on the topic of censorship.
Best Books Of The Year http://www.libraryjournal.com/
This on-line version of the Library Journal has links to book
reviews including the "Best Of" for the year.
BookArts Web - http://www.philobiblon.com/
- Information is available on letterpress printing, typography,
hand book binding and paper making, rare book dealers and conservation
of library materials. Included are home pages of individual book
artists, printers, and bookbinders and their organizations, several
listservs with searchable archives, specialized bibliographies
and links to a variety of arts organizations.
Bookspot
- http://www.bookspot.com/
BookSpot.com "simplifies the search for the best online
texts, book reviews, reading lists, author and publisher information,
book stores, book news, events and more."
all links were valid
as of 12/13/06
To make suggestions about this site,
to report dead links, or for information related to book resources
you may contact Ms. DeLaughter at:
William K. Sanford Town Library
629 Albany Shaker Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
Phone: (518) 458-9274
Fax: (518) 438-0988
E-mail: delaughterm@uhls.lib.ny.us
last updated 6/4/02
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