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Book and Journal Buying on the Internet

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Joe Ryan

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Table of Contents

  • Guides
  • Directories
  • Reviews
  • Book and Journal Sellers
  • Book Publishers
  • Journals on Books and Industry
  • Out of Print

    Guides

    Alternatives In Print Task Force of SRRT. Bibliographic tools for the alternative press.

    Albee, John. Books site navigator

    Book Sale Finder

    Cambridge history of English and American literature: An encyclopedia in eighteen volumes. (1907-1921).

    Eaglen, Audrey. (2000). Buying books: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians, 2nd ed. Neal-Schuman.

    International literary market place.

    Hennepin County Library. If you like.

    A reference guide to authors and genres.

    Library Journal. Best books of 1999.

    Libraryland. Book arts/book history.

    Literary market place.

    NewPages - Alternatives in print and media

    Resource central: Book Resources.

    Shutt, Michelle C. Miller. Book lover's resource page.

    Trussel, Steve. Books and book collecting.

    Verheyen, Peter D. Book arts web.

    Waterman, Blaine. Best books of 2001

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    Directories

    AB Bookman's Yearbook .

    Booksellers (including address, proprietor, phone, e-mail, hours, subject focus) arranged by state then city.

    AddALL Book Searching and Price Comparison.

    Alternatives In Print Task Force of American Library Association Social Responsibilites Round Table (ALA/SRRT).

    Anderson, Byron. (Ed.). (1999).Alternative publishers of books in North America. Gainesville, FL : CRISES Press. Information about.

    Anderson, Margaret Vail. Digital Librarian: Book Collecting .

    Association of American University Presses.

    Best Book Buys.

    Muenchhoff Janz GmbH. Asces (Yes, spelling is correct!)

    Compare prices among major online booksellers see also AddALL above

    Virtual Booksellers Association

    Womens Presses Library Project.

    These presses produce books that address a range of subjects and concerns for women and girls not regularly dealt with by the mainstream houses.

    Yahoo. On-line Books Page

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    Reviews

    American Library Association. Booklist.

    American reference books annual. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. Bird-Reference, 1st floor Z1035.1 .A55

    CARL. NoveList: Electronic Readers' Advisory

    Bookhive.

    Searchable database of brief reviews of children's books.

    Book forager.

    Know the kind of fiction you like and want to find more? Developed for public library staff.

    Choice. Middletown, CT: Association of College and Research Libraries. Bird-5th floor Z1035 .C5 and Choice web reviews

    Chronicle of Higher Education. News of books.

    Cornell University Library. How to Critically Analyze Information Sources.

    Edwards, Paul N. How to read a book: Guidelines for getting the most out of non-fiction reading.

    Kirkus reviews. NY Kirkus. Bird-5th floor Z1007 .B931

    Journal of academic librarianship. Has a regular feature: A Guide to the Professional Literature.

    Library and information science annual. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. 1987 to present Bird-5th floor Z666 .L451

    Library Journal(LJ). NY: Bowker. Bird-5th floor Z671 .L69

    London Review of Books

    Minnesota Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. MSRRT Newsletter.

    One facet of this progressive newsletter is its reviews of alternative press sources.

    MIRAGe. Readers' Advisory Links

    Monument Information Resource (MIR). FacultyOnline

    An online source of critical textbook information for the university community, must register.

    New York Books (New York Review of Books, Granta, and n.b.)

    New York Times Book Reviews

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    Book and Journal Sellers

    Advanced Book Exchange.

    Alexandria Digital Literature

    Alibris out-of-print book electronic market

    Amazon.com

    ALA Editions.

    Barnes and Noble

    Bibliocity agent for rare book dealers and buyers.

    Bibliofind

    "Seven million old, used and rare books offered here for sale by three thousand booksellers around the world..."

    Bookshelf list of out-of-print book sites.
    Borders

    Virtual Bookshop for rare books.

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    Book Publishers

    Association of American Publishers

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    Journals on Books and Industry

    AB Bookman's Weekly - For the Specialist Book World

    Book Collector (1992 to present). via BUBL. (ToC)

    BookWire - Inside the Book Business

    Out of Print

    Advanced Book Exchange.

    ALIBRIS.

    Antiqbook.

    Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA).

    Bibliocity.

    Bibliofind.

    MX Bookfinder.

    Powells.

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