Books

Books  in Print                                                                         

AddALL
Allows book searching and price comparison; find the best price for the book you want to buy, whether in print or out-of-print.  Best used in conjunction with Abebooks and Bookfinder.

Amazon  
Internet bookseller (also music, toys, etc.)

Bublos
"The Web's Favorite Book Price Comparison Site."

Global Books in Print   (Duke only)
Covers English-language books from around the world. More Info

Gothic Bookshop (Ordering online)

 Used & Out-of-print Books

AddALL
Allows book searching and price comparison; find the best price for the book you want to buy, whether in print or out-of-print.  Best used in conjunction with Abebooks and Bookfinder.

AbeBooks
A source for out-of-print, out-of-stock, and rare books.  Booksellers can be contacted directly through this site.  Make sure to note condition and edition descriptions. Best used in conjunction with AddALL and Bookfinder.

Alibris
Used books - more expensive than others and doesn't identify dealers

Bookfinder
A source for out-of-print books; "Over 40 million new, used, rare, and out of print books at your fingertips."  Best used in conjunction with Abebooks and AddALL.

Books on Demand
From UMI, this site includes 150,000 out-of-print titles.

Bublos
"The Web's Favorite Book Price Comparison Site."

Rare Books

AbeBooks
A source for out-of-print, out-of-stock, and rare books.  Booksellers can be contacted directly through this site.  Make sure to note condition and edition descriptions. Best used in conjunction with AddALL and Bookfinder.

BookSpot
Designed to bring together some of the best book-related resources on the web and insightful editorials in one spot. Links to many books sites, including the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America's search service for rare (not just used) books (click Antique Books on sidebar and then ABAA).

 Online Books

Manybooks.net
Contains nearly all the e-books from the Project Gutenberg Archives, which can be opened in pdf format or downloaded to e-book readers.

The Online Books Page
An index to books (all located at other sites) that are full text, free, and not copyrighted. Search by author and title, or browse by author, title, subject.

 Book Lists

The Booklist Center
An extensive collection of booklists that contains "award-winning books complete from the first year of the award to the present," as well as several lists of top-ranked books in various categories.

Bestseller Lists, 1900-1998
Bestselling hardcover books of  the Twentieth Century

 Book Reviews

New York Times On the Web: Books
A searchable archive of over 50,000 book reviews, author interviews, and book news articles from the newspaper and the New York Times Book Review since 1980, plus the full text of the weekly Book Review. This site, while free, requires registration.

 Publishers

Association of American University Presses (AAUP)
In addition to news of the association, includes bibliographies of university press publications on topics recently in the news.

BookWire 
Publishers, booksellers, authors, book statistics, etc.

Publishers' Catalogues
Catalogs from publishers around the world.

PubList  
Provides information about domestic and international periodicals and their publishers.

 Other

BookSpot
Designed to bring together some of the best book-related resources on the web and insightful editorials in one spot. Links to many books sites, including the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America's search service for rare (not just used) books (click Antique Books on sidebar and then ABAA).

BookWire 
Publishers, booksellers, authors, book statistics, etc.

The European Library
Browse the collections of European libraries by subject or location, or search by topic.

whichbook.net
An electronic reader's advisory service that allows the reader to choose books by emotional level, length, plot, character, or setting.