Bookstores, Journals and Other Book Info


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abebooks.com

  • The world's largest source of out-of-print books!

Academic Press Journals

  • Search for all number of academic journals, from Economics, to Mathematics, to Science & Psychology.

AddALL

  • Book search and price comparison. A great service to bargain-shop for books.

Alibris

  • Books You Thought You'd Never Find. Used, Rare, and Out-of-Print Books. This is an especially good site to find old mystery books.

Amazon.com--Earth's Biggest Selection

  • This is it - the huge corporate behemoth that most people go to for books. Check out their book rating to see how popular certain titles are. It's a good indicator of what's hot.

Bibliomania

  • Read entire e-texts from classic works of literature.

BMD Books First Editions

  • Discover the value in collecting first edition books. Modern 1st Editions and Collectible books, often in slipcases or with artwork not to be found in most editions.

BOOK TV.ORG

  • Discover the value in collecting first edition books. Modern 1st Editions and Collectible books, often in slipcases or with artwork not to be found in most editions.

Bookfinder

  • Bookfinder is the biggest and best search engine for used books. It aggregates the inventories of well over 70,000 booksellers.

Booknotes.org

  • You've watched them on C-SPAN, now find out more. Get transcripts or check out the archives for what you missed.

First editions from DEILTAK.COM

  • First Editions Worldwide. Suppliers of Modern First Editions, fiction, biography and non-fiction, particularly UK firsts.

Garden District Book Shop

  • This is the STARVING WRITER'S favorite New Orleans bookstore. They carry a large collection of regional titles - new and used; design, art and gardening books; fiction and non-fiction; children's; and signed first editions and limited editions by many regionally and nationally acclaimed authors.

jstor.org

  • This is my personal favorite to search for scholarly writing on literary or other topics in the humanities.

Legends Books

  • Legends Books is an excellent site to order signed first edition hardbacks, especially from authors who've done book signings in the greater Los Angeles area.

Northwestern University Press

  • Prestigious authors first published by Northwestern University Press have been the recipients of numerous prizes, including the Nobel Prize for Literature and the National Book Award. From its inception Northwestern University Press has striven to be at the forefront in publishing not only scholarly works in different disciplines, but also quality works of fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism.

Old Pueblo Books

  • Signed 1st Edition Hardcover Mysteries. The site also has a monthly column on collecting.

Project Gutenberg

  • Read entire e-texts from classic works of literature.

Strand Bookstore

  • This is the STARVING WRITER'S favorite New York Bookstore. They feature the largest rare books collection in New York City, containing first and signed editions of many modern books, a large assortment of hard-to-find art and photography books, and collectibles in every field.

The Illiad Bookshop

  • The is the STARVING WRITER'S favorite used bookstore within driving distance of Los Angeles. It's also one of the largest. They specialize in Literature and the Arts. They also offer new-book ordering, out-of-print searches, and shipping via USPS.

ThePulp.Net

  • Long before TV, when movies were silent and radio was rarely heard, the pulp magazines burst onto the scene. The cheaply produced magazines offered an eager populace adventures far beyond their everyday lives. Collected on these virtual pages of ThePulp.Net are articles and information about the pulps and scores of links to sites with even more details.

U.S. Government Printing Office

  • This is a great place to do research. Want to read about the economic report of the President or find obscure government reports? Check back frequently, though, because some agencies have only small printings, and if you don't grab it, you may not have a chance.

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