A BOOKMARK HELPS YOU FIND US AGAIN Midsize Bookstores · Canadian Bookstores · Bargain Books · Antiquarian Books · Foreign Books · Bookstore lists · Book Publishers · Book Reviews · Libraries · Book Gossip · Bestseller Lists · Bookstore FAQ · Bookstore Cribsheet · Bookstore Chart · Library Book Search · Music Stores · Video Stores Do you just love to read books, well what do you want? Recommendations, book reviews, a sense of content, size, price. Fast response, secure server, cheap shipping. A good selection of new and used books. A book powerful search engine to help you pinpoint titles or subject browse. A quality specialty bookseller who really knows the turf. To walk in the door and page through the books. Fine old books and a traditional book search capability. A list of best selling book titles to choose from. Where to find book publishers, book reviews and libraries on-line. Here's the Online Bookbuying FAQ In a hurry? Try The Bookstore Cribsheet or The Bookstore Chart You've Come to the Right Place Note that 'virtual' bookstores are often book brokers with very little 'real' inventory. Basic shipping from bookstores is usually about $4 for the first book. Response times were done with a 33.6K modem and should be considered as relative values. All of the featured bookstores mentioned have a basic title and author lookup capability, the real test is their subject lookup and wild card strategies. Toll-free support numbers to call bookstores are listed when mentioned on the site. The virtual stores usually expect you to place your order over the internet. The links to featured bookstores below are to their search page when possible, so you can try it without fluff delays. Really BIG On-line Bookstores Typically discounted 30% for hardbacks, 20% for paperbacks College Bookstores toll free support or orders (800) 708-5603 The largest retail on-line discount college book site (1,000,000 titles). Based in Santa Monica, CA, this site allows you to search by title and author or ISBN. A detail screen is available for each book giving title, author, publication date, publisher, format, new price, used price and ISBN. The site specifically caters to students and handles both new and used books which you can rent or purchase. This is the only site with free shipping. Hard working students can get free books via a referral program explained on the site. It took 35 seconds to return a short list of titles. Toll free support: (800) 201-7575 The largest retail on-line discount book site (2,800,000 new and used titles) which now also has extensive offerings of music and video as well. A lot of money has gone into building this virtual bookselling site and it shows. This site shines as the top runner general purpose booksite. Based in Seattle, WA, this site definitely has the most sophisticated book search engine available. Not only can you search by title, author, subject, keyword, ISBN and publication date, you can also utilize their advanced Boolean query screen. The search engine uses the standard Books in Print subject breakdown. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publication date, publisher, ISBN, the binding format, series, page count (sometimes), physical dimensions, a list of the Books in Print subject categories and occasional annotations or cover shots. Unfortunately censorship by Amazon is rampant. There is a very good chance that a thoughtful well-crafted review of a product will never be seen unless you monitor its status and persistantly gripe to staff members up the chain of command. Reviews are censored by Amazon even if you are careful to stay on topic and not to mention competing products. For a really popular book, you may may find a synopsis or two from the publisher, a card catalog comment from the library of congress, personal remarks from the author, a review from an amazon staffer, several evaluations from readers and maybe even a table of contents! Recently Amazon initiated an innovative Look Inside feature which allows a reader limited access to the contents of a book allowing you to simulate the experience of picking a book off the shelf in a store and flipping through it. Really annoying popup windows sometimes obstruct the view of the screen. The Eyes notification service which would send you e-mail about new items that come in for narrow search criteria you establish, has been cancelled. The site also has best seller lists, a chat room, special offers, prizes, etc. The response time varies from 5-25 seconds to return a short list of titles, definitely the fastest book shop on the web. Amazon also has sites in Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Japan. Toll free support or orders (800) 878-7323 One of the world's truly great bookstores. Don't ever visit Portland, OR without a stop at Powell's. There are over 1,000,000 new and used books in 200 major subject areas and further subdivided into over 6300 subsections in the main store. You can search by title, author, subject, keyword, ISBN, and publisher! There is no detail screen for each title, so you see the author, price, publisher, ISBN, binding, store location and subject displayed in a concise list format. Powell's has a notification capability, but it has to be done by phone, not via the web. There are no inventory-wide discounts, but since Powell's sells both new and used books, substantial savings may still be had if a used copy is available. The response time varies from 20-25 seconds to return a short list of titles. The only major bookstore rated in the BizRate Guide Top 25 Toll free support or orders (888) 880-1030 This discounted virtual bookstore (1,000,000 titles) specializes in 24-hour delivery. Searches are possible by title, author, subject, keyword, ISBN, format and publisher, but the subjects are not the standard Books in Print variety. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publication date, page count, publisher, ISBN, the binding format and occasional annotations for popular titles. Based in the Nashville, TN this company has extra shipping points in Europe for fast delivery abroad. The response time was about 25 seconds to return a short list of titles. The company also sells videos, music, games, electronics, computers and software. They claim to accept reader reviews, but the evidence is sparse.. Toll free support (800) 668-7053 This is the well known discount bookseller online with over 1,000,000 titles based in a suburb of Hackensack, NJ. There is no subject search in the traditional sense. Main subject categories fall in 54 groups and are then further broken down into smaller but often unworkably large categories.A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publication date, publisher, ISBN, the binding format and occasional annotations for popular titles. Members do not get a special discount. Bestseller lists are included on the site. There is some concern about spamming from B&N and really annoying popup windows obstruct the view of the screen. The response time varies from 35 seconds to several minutes to return a short list of titles and it definitely tested at this writing as the slowest of any large bookseller site we have checked. The returns policy is the most generous of any bookstore, a book can be returned anytime as long as it is in saleable condition. Barnes and Noble acquired Ingram and the independent bookstore sites hosted by Ingram have now disappeared. B&N reserves the right not to accept returns of computer books! B&N also owns another book site called FatBrain. Bargain Books Antiquarian Books Foreign Books Bookstore lists Book Publishers Book Reviews Libraries Book Gossip Bestseller Lists Bookstore FAQ Bookstore Chart Mid-Sized Bookstores Tattered Cover - This full service Denver, CO (800) 833-9327 bookstore (500,000 books) has a title database that is searchable by title, author and ISBN. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publisher, ISBN, the binding format and store location. No discounts were seen. The response time was about 15 seconds to return a short list of titles. A1Books - This virtual bookstore near Newark, NJ (973) 316-8269 FAX with 500,000 titles has a title database that is searchable by title, author, keyword and ISBN. The search can be limited to one of about sixty different subject categories. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publisher, publication date, ISBN, and the binding format. The discounts are typically 22% for paperbacks and 32% for hardbacks. The response time was about 15 seconds to return a short list of titles. Ordering more than one book cuts down on the shipping cost per book. The site used to solicit reader reviews. 1bookstreet.com - A new Ukiah, CA site (800) 301-7567 which is searchable by author, title, keyword and ISBN. The detail screen lists title, author, descriptive annotation, ISBN, format, page count, and price. Free UPS shipping for online orders! Open Group Books - This Phoenix, AZ company (800) 329-6736 offers more than 2,000,000 books titles. You can search by author, title, keyword and complete or partial ISBN. Free shipping on orders of $50 or more and discounts of 21-25% with a come back soon extra 5% discount. They also have offices in Sydney and ship worldwide. Varsity Books - a source for discounted college textbooks and bestsellers from over 400,000 titles. Based in Washington D.C. (202) 667-3400, this new company which allows you search by title, author, keyword, ISBN, professor and course name. Students can browse title based on campus name as well. Books-A-Million - with "hundreds of thousands" of books, this Florence, AL company 800-201-3550 offers paid membership in the Millionaire's Club that will give you an additional 10% off the price of purchases. Their normal discount appears to be 10% on both paper and hardback books. The search engine is very basic as is the detail screen. The response time is fast! The site includes reference to bestsellers and reviews. New Stores - unevaluated Bartleby.com - "Great Books Online" (free ebooks) Large Canadian Bookstores bookshelf.ca - A new site in Guelph, Ontario at 519-821-3311. A powersearch allows you to look by keyword, author, title, publisher, ISBN, year of publication or some combination of these to give a detail screen from a database of 2,500,000 titles. Aaronbooks Online - 50,000 Canadian titles are available from this online Sudbury, Ontario discount bookseller at (888) 452-2766. Midsize Bookstores · Canadian Bookstores · Bargain Books · Antiquarian Books · Foreign Books · Bookstore lists · Book Publishers · Book Reviews · Libraries · Book Gossip · Bestseller Lists · Bookstore FAQ · Bookstore Cribsheet · Bookstore Chart · Music Stores · Video Stores Bibliophile Tidbits Antiquarian Books Abracadabra Booksearch - Leave them a list, they will look for the items. Advanced Book Exchange - Free online searchable database of over 1,000,000 general used and antiquarian books from many smaller book dealers. Alibris - A searchable database of over 3,700,000 books, maps, and ephemera. Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) - Lots of links Alibris - Rare & collectible books from antiquarian booksellers (searchable 300,000) Bibliofind - Old, used, rare and/or new books wholesale to the book trade accessible by a search engine. (3,500,000 books) ILAB-LILA - International League of Antiquarian Booksellers McWilliams & Chee - Old and rare books, book search service. (2,500,000 by e-mail) Messrs Berkelouw - Australia's largest stock of antiquarian books (800,000 books) MX BookFinder - Searches on-line bookstores (antiquarian emphasis) using agent by author, title or ISBN. The best selection around! Virtual Bookshop - Virtual Booksellers of first editions, antiquarian, collectible and fine books via a search engine accessing titles for a consortium of stores. John T. Zubal - 500,000 antiquarian and rare books browsable. Phil Nel's Literary Links Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature Glossary of Antiquarian Terms - Book Grading Reference rating - Glossary of Book Grading Terms Booktore lists including the walk-in kind Book Buyer's Index to WWW Book/Magazine sellers - Annotated list of 350 key sites BookSense.com - type in your zip code to find a store BookWeb - American Booksellers Association, lists bookstores and much more Book Search and Online Bookstores - Convenient annotated list of sites Evelyn C. Leeper's Bookstore Lists - A set of six worldwide lists by region. Dreamagic Walk-in Bookstores - A set of 121 unannotated lists of bookstores Canadian Book Sites - Links for antiquarian and new book sites from Deanna Ramsey Yahoo - Lots of sites for regular bookstores and college bookstores BooksOnline Book Clubs - Membership prices for books on Antiques, Architecture, Astronomy, Behavioral Science, Computers, Gardening, Nature, Nursing, Science. 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Recommendations, book reviews, a sense of content, size, price. Fast response, secure server, cheap shipping. A good selection of new and used books. A book powerful search engine to help you pinpoint titles or subject browse. A quality specialty bookseller who really knows the turf. To walk in the door and page through the books. Fine old books and a traditional book search capability. A list of best selling book titles to choose from. Where to find book publishers, book reviews and libraries on-line. Here's the Online Bookbuying FAQ In a hurry? Try The Bookstore Cribsheet or The Bookstore Chart
Toll free support: (800) 201-7575 The largest retail on-line discount book site (2,800,000 new and used titles) which now also has extensive offerings of music and video as well. A lot of money has gone into building this virtual bookselling site and it shows. This site shines as the top runner general purpose booksite. Based in Seattle, WA, this site definitely has the most sophisticated book search engine available. Not only can you search by title, author, subject, keyword, ISBN and publication date, you can also utilize their advanced Boolean query screen. The search engine uses the standard Books in Print subject breakdown. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publication date, publisher, ISBN, the binding format, series, page count (sometimes), physical dimensions, a list of the Books in Print subject categories and occasional annotations or cover shots. Unfortunately censorship by Amazon is rampant. There is a very good chance that a thoughtful well-crafted review of a product will never be seen unless you monitor its status and persistantly gripe to staff members up the chain of command. Reviews are censored by Amazon even if you are careful to stay on topic and not to mention competing products. For a really popular book, you may may find a synopsis or two from the publisher, a card catalog comment from the library of congress, personal remarks from the author, a review from an amazon staffer, several evaluations from readers and maybe even a table of contents! Recently Amazon initiated an innovative Look Inside feature which allows a reader limited access to the contents of a book allowing you to simulate the experience of picking a book off the shelf in a store and flipping through it. Really annoying popup windows sometimes obstruct the view of the screen. The Eyes notification service which would send you e-mail about new items that come in for narrow search criteria you establish, has been cancelled. The site also has best seller lists, a chat room, special offers, prizes, etc. The response time varies from 5-25 seconds to return a short list of titles, definitely the fastest book shop on the web. Amazon also has sites in Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Japan.
Toll free support or orders (800) 878-7323 One of the world's truly great bookstores. Don't ever visit Portland, OR without a stop at Powell's. There are over 1,000,000 new and used books in 200 major subject areas and further subdivided into over 6300 subsections in the main store. You can search by title, author, subject, keyword, ISBN, and publisher! There is no detail screen for each title, so you see the author, price, publisher, ISBN, binding, store location and subject displayed in a concise list format. Powell's has a notification capability, but it has to be done by phone, not via the web. There are no inventory-wide discounts, but since Powell's sells both new and used books, substantial savings may still be had if a used copy is available. The response time varies from 20-25 seconds to return a short list of titles. The only major bookstore rated in the BizRate Guide Top 25
Toll free support or orders (888) 880-1030 This discounted virtual bookstore (1,000,000 titles) specializes in 24-hour delivery. Searches are possible by title, author, subject, keyword, ISBN, format and publisher, but the subjects are not the standard Books in Print variety. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publication date, page count, publisher, ISBN, the binding format and occasional annotations for popular titles. Based in the Nashville, TN this company has extra shipping points in Europe for fast delivery abroad. The response time was about 25 seconds to return a short list of titles. The company also sells videos, music, games, electronics, computers and software. They claim to accept reader reviews, but the evidence is sparse..
Toll free support (800) 668-7053
This is the well known discount bookseller online with over 1,000,000 titles based in a suburb of Hackensack, NJ. There is no subject search in the traditional sense. Main subject categories fall in 54 groups and are then further broken down into smaller but often unworkably large categories.A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publication date, publisher, ISBN, the binding format and occasional annotations for popular titles. Members do not get a special discount. Bestseller lists are included on the site. There is some concern about spamming from B&N and really annoying popup windows obstruct the view of the screen. The response time varies from 35 seconds to several minutes to return a short list of titles and it definitely tested at this writing as the slowest of any large bookseller site we have checked. The returns policy is the most generous of any bookstore, a book can be returned anytime as long as it is in saleable condition. Barnes and Noble acquired Ingram and the independent bookstore sites hosted by Ingram have now disappeared. B&N reserves the right not to accept returns of computer books! B&N also owns another book site called FatBrain.
Tattered Cover - This full service Denver, CO (800) 833-9327 bookstore (500,000 books) has a title database that is searchable by title, author and ISBN. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publisher, ISBN, the binding format and store location. No discounts were seen. The response time was about 15 seconds to return a short list of titles.
A1Books - This virtual bookstore near Newark, NJ (973) 316-8269 FAX with 500,000 titles has a title database that is searchable by title, author, keyword and ISBN. The search can be limited to one of about sixty different subject categories. A detail screen is available for each book giving author, price, publisher, publication date, ISBN, and the binding format. The discounts are typically 22% for paperbacks and 32% for hardbacks. The response time was about 15 seconds to return a short list of titles. Ordering more than one book cuts down on the shipping cost per book. The site used to solicit reader reviews.
1bookstreet.com - A new Ukiah, CA site (800) 301-7567 which is searchable by author, title, keyword and ISBN. The detail screen lists title, author, descriptive annotation, ISBN, format, page count, and price. Free UPS shipping for online orders!
Open Group Books - This Phoenix, AZ company (800) 329-6736 offers more than 2,000,000 books titles. You can search by author, title, keyword and complete or partial ISBN. Free shipping on orders of $50 or more and discounts of 21-25% with a come back soon extra 5% discount. They also have offices in Sydney and ship worldwide.
Varsity Books - a source for discounted college textbooks and bestsellers from over 400,000 titles. Based in Washington D.C. (202) 667-3400, this new company which allows you search by title, author, keyword, ISBN, professor and course name. Students can browse title based on campus name as well.
Books-A-Million - with "hundreds of thousands" of books, this Florence, AL company 800-201-3550 offers paid membership in the Millionaire's Club that will give you an additional 10% off the price of purchases. Their normal discount appears to be 10% on both paper and hardback books. The search engine is very basic as is the detail screen. The response time is fast! The site includes reference to bestsellers and reviews.
Bartleby.com - "Great Books Online" (free ebooks)
bookshelf.ca - A new site in Guelph, Ontario at 519-821-3311. A powersearch allows you to look by keyword, author, title, publisher, ISBN, year of publication or some combination of these to give a detail screen from a database of 2,500,000 titles.
Aaronbooks Online - 50,000 Canadian titles are available from this online Sudbury, Ontario discount bookseller at (888) 452-2766.
Abracadabra Booksearch - Leave them a list, they will look for the items.
Advanced Book Exchange - Free online searchable database of over 1,000,000 general used and antiquarian books from many smaller book dealers.
Alibris - A searchable database of over 3,700,000 books, maps, and ephemera.
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) - Lots of links
Alibris - Rare & collectible books from antiquarian booksellers (searchable 300,000)
Bibliofind - Old, used, rare and/or new books wholesale to the book trade accessible by a search engine. (3,500,000 books)
ILAB-LILA - International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
McWilliams & Chee - Old and rare books, book search service. (2,500,000 by e-mail)
Messrs Berkelouw - Australia's largest stock of antiquarian books (800,000 books)
MX BookFinder - Searches on-line bookstores (antiquarian emphasis) using agent by author, title or ISBN. The best selection around!
Virtual Bookshop - Virtual Booksellers of first editions, antiquarian, collectible and fine books via a search engine accessing titles for a consortium of stores.
John T. Zubal - 500,000 antiquarian and rare books browsable.
Phil Nel's Literary Links Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature
Glossary of Antiquarian Terms - Book Grading Reference rating - Glossary of Book Grading Terms
Book Buyer's Index to WWW Book/Magazine sellers - Annotated list of 350 key sites
BookSense.com - type in your zip code to find a store
BookWeb - American Booksellers Association, lists bookstores and much more
Book Search and Online Bookstores - Convenient annotated list of sites
Evelyn C. Leeper's Bookstore Lists - A set of six worldwide lists by region.
Dreamagic Walk-in Bookstores - A set of 121 unannotated lists of bookstores
Canadian Book Sites - Links for antiquarian and new book sites from Deanna Ramsey
Yahoo - Lots of sites for regular bookstores and college bookstores
BooksOnline Book Clubs - Membership prices for books on Antiques, Architecture, Astronomy, Behavioral Science, Computers, Gardening, Nature, Nursing, Science. A detail screen for each title shows a table of contents and writeup for about 1,000 titles.
Bargain Online Remainder Book Stores
Subscription services: Cascade Magma Paragon
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