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.
N.B.: I can't vouch for the content of others' web sites. Use
reasonable caution when ordering anything online!
Table of
Contents
Book Search Engines
Sellers of Used
Books
Sellers of New
Books
Publisher's
Closeouts
Book
Reviews
Book Related Sites
Book Sites By
Topic
Textbooks Online
Great
Bookstores I Have Known
Book
Search Engines
Bookfinder.com
Searches the databases of ABE Books, Amazon.com and many
other online bookstores for your title. Over 150 million new
and used books available from over 100,000 sellers!
Booksprice.com
Searches the inventory of over 50 on-line bookstores,
specializing in textbooks.
bookfinder4u
Two search engines, one for new books and one for used.
Compares 130 bookstores, 200 million books.
Isbn.nu
Search 14 online sources of books, mostly new books. Over 3
million titles.
Allbookstores.com
Compare prices at 36+ online book outlets.
Addall
Books
Compares prices from 100,000+ booksellers.
Tidbit: The smallest printed book is Anton Chekhov's
Chameleon and measures .035 by .035 inches. It was published
in Russia in 1996. Much smaller books have been created (not
on paper) with things like ion beams that require scanning
electron microsocpes to read.
Sellers
of Used Books
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 Books
Lists over 140 million used books from 13,500+ booksellers
around the world! Also sells art!
ebay
Books and everything else!
Alibris
Formerly Interloc.com, now merged with Bibliocity. Over 200
million items including books, music, and movies.
AntiQbook
Specializes in antiquarian books. Over 9 million books from
over 900 booksellers around the world.
Biblio.com
50 million + used books from over 5500 independent
bookstores around the world.
Tidbit: The highest price paid for any book was $30.8
million, by Bill Gates, for the Codex Leicester, a notebook of Leonardo Da
Vinci.
Sellers of
New Books
Amazon.com
The big one!
Barnes & Noble
The other big one!
Indigo
Canadian online bookseller.
Google Play -
Books
Many are free!
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.
Publisher's
Closeouts
BookOutlet
Books-A-Million.com -
BAM!
Daedalus Books
Relatively small selection, but fancy website. They carry
music too.
HamiltonBooks.com
Huge selection and 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.
Book
Reviews
NOTE: most of the sellers of new
books include online reviews.
Award
Winning
Books (Amazon.com list)
New York Times
Book Review
Booklist Online
Reviews from the American Library Association.
Goodreads
Can give recommendations based on your past favorites!
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 Sites
Antiquarian
Bookseller's Association of America
Levenger
Sells nice book related items such as book weights, book
stands, etc.
Wayfair
Bookcases
Over 13,000 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.
Book
Sites By Topic
Academic
American
Association
of University Presses List
Banned Books -- read banned books!!!
ALA Banned Books Site
Includes lists and info. about banned book week.
Banned
Books
available on-line
Beat Generation
The
Beat Museum
City Lights bookstore
Audio Books
Audio Editions
Mysteries
Partners and Crime
Great URL!!!
Philosophy
Powell's.com
Specializes in used philosophy books.
Timothy Wilder Rare
Books
Best place to find things like early, 17th century
editions of books by Descartes, etc.
Robots
RobotBooks.com
Textbooks
BigWords
- compares prices on textbooks.
chegg.com
Buy or rent books.
eCampus.com
Textbooks & lots of other stuff.
efollett.com
Books, clothing, etc.
textbookland.com
Searches 20 on-line bookstores & compares prices.
Valorebooks - over
15 million titles.
Great
Bookstores I Have Known
Book House in 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!
