Dr. Korcz's Bookhound Page
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus
Looking for books online? Here are some links to useful resources: places you can read about and purchase books. I've found these resources invaluable in looking for good books, doing research and stretching my book-buying dollars. For a list of book I'd recommend, see my Favorite Books page.
A bookstore joke: "I went to a bookstore today. I asked the woman behind the counter where the self-help section was. She said, "If I told you, that would ruin the whole point, now, wouldn't it?""
N.B.: I can't vouch for the content of others' web sites. Use reasonable caution when ordering anything online!
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Bookfinder.comSellers of Used Books
Searches the databases of ABE Books, Amazon.com and many other online bookstores for your title. Over 150 million new and used books available!
bookfinder4u
Two search engines, one for new books and one for used. Compares 80,000 booksellers, 90 million books.
Bublos.com
Compares prices from 48 bookstores, including half.com, alibris and many new bookstores.
Fetchbook.info
Compares prices from 143 bookstores.Dealtime.com
Formerly Evenbetter, which was formerly DealPilot, which was formerly Acses. Over 1.3 million books. Also features many other products!Isbn.nu
Search 14 online sources of books, mostly new books. Over 3 million titles.
BestWebBuys - searches for books (over 17 online bookstores), including publisher's closeouts.
Allbookstores.com - Compare prices at 36+ online book outlets.
Tidbit: The smallest printed book is Anton Chekhov's Chameleon and measures .035 by .035 inches. It was published in Russia in 1996.
The following are sites in which you can search the inventories of thousands of used bookstores around the world. In most cases, you order directly from the bookstore.
ABE BooksSellers of New Books
Lists over 110 million used books from 13,500+ booksellers around the world!Half.com
Lists books, movies, music and games, often at incredibly low prices.
Alibris
Formerly Interloc.com, now merged with Bibliocity. Over 60 million books.AntiQbook
Specializes in antiquarian books. Over 9 million books from over 900 booksellers around the world.Bibliofind
Absorbed by Amazon - millions of used books.
Biblio.com
50 million + used books.Tidbit: The highest price paid for any book was $11.9 million for a 226 page manuscript of The Gospel Book of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, illustrated around 1170CE. For comparison, the most ever paid for a rough diamond was for a 255.1 carat stone, which sold for a mere $10 million.
A1 BooksPublisher's CloseoutsAmazon.com
The big one!Barnes & Noble
The other big one!Borders Books - Absorbed by Amazon.
Chapters.com - Canadian online bookseller.
Tidbit: The bookstore with the most titles in the world, W. & G. Foyle Ltd., has over 30 miles of book shelves. An eccentric place, books are organized by publisher rather than author, and the owner refused to install computers.
Basementbooks.com
Heavily discounted books from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, University Press of America, Cooper Square Press, Derrydale Press, Scarecrow Education, and Scarecrow Press.
Daedalus Books
Relatively small selection, but fancy website. They carry music too.HamiltonBooks.com
Huge selection and very cheap shipping!Labyrinth Books
They specialize in academic and university presses. 40,000+ books in their Sale Annex!
Tidbit: The oldest handwritten book still intact is a Coptic Psalter dated to about 300AD, found in 1984 in Egypt.
NOTE: most of the sellers of new books include online reviews.
Award Winning Books (Amazon.com list)
BookWire
All about the book business, also contains reviews.ReviewOfBooks.com
Links to free reviews on the net
Overbooked
Reviews of fictional and some non-fiction works.
Booklist Online
Reviews from the American Library Association.
Better Book Titles
Renames classic books to concisely indicate their contents.
Tidbit: The best-selling copyright book is the Guinness Book of World Records, which has sold over 80 million copies.
Book Related SitesAntiquarian Bookseller's Association of America
Levenger
Sells nice book related items such as book weights, book stands, etc.BookMates
Specializes in cloth book covers.Gigabooks
Instructions and supplies for binding your own books!
CSNBookcases
Over 800 models to choose from!Tidbit: The most overdue book ever borrowed from a library was borrowed in 1667-1668, and not returned until 1955, a span of 288 years. The book was about the Archbishop of Bremen.
AcademicAmerican Association of University Presses List
Banned Books -- read banned books!!!
ALA Banned Books Site
Includes lists and info. about banned book week.
Beat GenerationThe Beat Generation CatalogCity Lights bookstore
Audio BooksTextbooks Online
EmergenciesEmergency Books and TrainingMusic
MysteriesPartners and CrimeNature
Great URL!!!Microcosm.comNiche Books
Books for "aquarists" and underwater ecologists.
PhilosophyDisinformation Headshop
The lone gunmen's favorite.Powell's.comRobots
Specializes in used philosophy books.Timothy Wilder Rare Books
Best place to find things like early, 17th century editions of books by Descartes, etc.Erratic Impact Philosophy Bookstore
Guide to series' of philosophy books, university presses, and books by subject.RobotBooks.comSci-FiInfinite WorldsGreat Bookstores I Have Known
textbookland.com
Searches 20 on-line bookstores & compares prices.eCampus.com
Textbooks & lots of other stuff.efollett.com
Books, clothing, etc.BigWords - compares prices on textbooks.
StudentMarket.com
Books, furniture and more!
Book House of Dinkytown (Minneapolis, MN)John K. King Books (Detroit, MI)
Moe's (Berkeley, CA)
Powell's Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
Tidbit: If you ever wondered what might be done with old books, check out Brian Dettmer's page!
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