Book Sources

 

Updated Feb. 11, 2003 by Lianne Hanson.

 

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Inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement; I will only say that many of these places have helped me feed my addiction to books…

Abebooks  Great source for used, out-of-print or hard to find titles.
Acorn Books  Antiquarian books.
AddALL  Books search and price comparison.
Alibris  Used, out-of print titles.
Amazon  New books, videos and music; out-of-print search service.
AntiQbook  Antiquarian books, primarily from Europe.

Barnes and Noble  New books and videos; out-of-print search service.
Best Book Buys  Price comparison.
Bibliofind  Rare and used book division of Amazon.
Blackwell's  The famous English bookshop, great for finding titles unavailable in the U.S.
BookDepot.com  Publishers' overstocks.
The Book Depot  Independent bookstore located in Oregon.
Bookfinder  Price comparison.
The Book Garden Gallery  Used, rare.
Bookradar.com  Price comparison.
BookSite.com  Independent used book dealer network.
Book Trove   Ex-library copies available from the British Library.
Borders   New books, videos and music; out-of-print search service.
Buckingham Books  Antiquarian books.

Chapters  A Canadian seller of "stuff", much like Amazon.
Contentville  Source for all sorts of stuff, including disserations and magazines.
Crime In Store  Mystery bookstore.
Cusack Books  Out-Of-Print Book service from England.

Dartmouth Bookstore  New, mostly academic titles.
Digital Bibliophile Community  "A place for booksellers, collectors, and readers."
Dorling Kindersley  One of my favorite publishers.
Dover Publications  Publisher of those great, cheap editions of random stuff.
Dun and Powell Books  Used, out-of-print titles.

Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller  Publishers overstocks.
Elephant Books  Out-of-print, rare, and used books.

Grave Matters  New and used mysteries.

Half Halt Press  New equestrian books.
Half Price Books  Discount books.

Just Books  Used books from the U.K.

Ken Lopez, Bookseller  Antiquarian bookseller.

Murder By The Book  Mysteries
Mysterious Bookshop  Mysteries.

Northshire Bookstore

Odyssey Bookshop   Great bookstore located across the street from my alma mater, Mt. Holyoke College.
1 Bargain Book Street  New, publisher's overstocks.

Poisoned Pen Bookstore  Mysteries.
Powell's Books  Used, out-of-print titles.

Second Story Books  Antiquarian books.
Strand Books  The famous New York books tore, boasts 8 miles of books.

Tattered Cover  Bookstore in Denver, CO.
21 North Main  Used, rare, out-of-print and antiquarian.

Used Book Central  Used books.