Books & Bookselling

History of Books & Publishing
In Print / New Books

General & United States
Other Countries

Out of Print / Used Books

Internet Bookselling

Helpful Resources
Handy Tools
Metasites ("One-Stop Shopping")
Direct Retailers

History of Books & Publishing

AcqWeb's Library and Book Related Glossaries.: Collection of online dictionaries and glossaries related to books and printing.
American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking : Containing a History of These Arts in Europe and America, with Definitions of Technical Terms and Illustrated. 1970. (Ref. Z 118 A6 1970): Reprint of the 1894 edition. Dictionary format, detailed entries and articles onbook production, technical terms, significant printers, etc., since the 15th century. Many illustrations. Dated but still useful.
American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638-1899. 2 vols. (Ref. Z 479 A448 1986): Edited by Peter Dzwonkoski, these works are part of Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography series. They consist of short but scholarly histories of US publishers since the first book printing in 1638 "that have had some literary impact on American culture" (including firms who published in other fields as well), with many illustrations. Entries discuss the growth in publishing and technology; mergers, splits, and other changes over time; the nature of their publishing interests; and the major writers and works connected with the firms. Unique works of this type, useful for American literary studies and other fields.
British Literary Booktrade, 1475-1700. 1996. (Ref. Z 325 B74 1996)
British Literary Booktrade, 1700-1820. 1995. (Ref. Z 326 B666 1995)
British Literary Publishing Houses, 1820-1880. 1991. (Ref. Z 326 B67 1991)
British Literary Publishing Houses, 1881-1965. 1991. (Ref. Z 326 B673 1991): Also in the DLB series and with various editors, these works cover printing and publishing in England since Caxton, and are similar in format and purpose to the American literary publishers set . Unique and useful for English literary studies and other field as well.
Bodian's Publishing Desk Reference : a Comprehensive Dictionary of Practices and Techniques for Book and Journal Marketing and Bookselling. 1988. (Ref. Z 282.5 B63 1988): Dictionary format, brief entries; the emphasis is on terminology and jargon in the contemporary commercial bookselling world.
The Bookman's Glossary. 5th edition, 1975. (Ref. Z 118 B75 1975): Standard handbook with very brief entries, intended to "reflect the expanding and changing terminology of the book trade."
Glaisters Glossary of the Book : Terms Used in Papermaking, Printing, Bookbinding and Publishing with Notes on Illuminated Manuscripts and Private Presses. 2d edition, 1979. (Ref. Z 118 G55 1979): A British work in origin, a useful and more modern equivalent of the American dictionary of printing and bookmaking. Dictionary format, with several detailed articles and many illustrations.
The Language of the Foreign Book Trade : Abbreviations, Terms, Phrases. 1962. (Ref. Z 1006 O7 1962): Compiled by Jerrold Orne. Alphabetically arranged by language; consists of glossaries of terms with their English-language equivalents.
Multilingual Dictionary of Printing and Publishing. 1981. (Ref. Z 118 I86): Interlingual glossary of terms in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. For each term the equivalents in the other languages are given. Each equivalent term is separately listed as well, once for each language, providing equal convenient access to speakers of any of the six languages.
Type Specimen Book : 544 Different Typefaces With Over 3000 Sizes Shown in Complete Alphabets. 1974. (Ref. Z 250 V115 1974): Alphabetically arranged by name of typeface with a wide array of different font sizes and special characters, and with specimen examples of text. Shows the appearance of the printed typeface but does not have textual information about each one.

In Print / New Books

General and United States

Books in Print. 52d edition, 1999-2000, 9 vols. (Ref. Z1215 P972): BIP is the standard source for identifying books in print in the US. It currently lists over 1.5 million titles in print in hardcover or paperback (primarily in English), as reported by over 60,000 publishers or distributors of non-US-published books. The library keeps only the latest edition of the print version. The 1999-2000 edition includes 9 vols: Authors (4 vols), Titles (4 vols), and Publishers (1 vol).

Two electronic versions of BIP are also available:
Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information. 44th edition, 1999. (Ref. Z 731 A47): Latest edition kept in Reference; previous editions, 1984-date, kept in UWF Book Stacks. A standard source for library and book trade information. Each edition contains reports on the year's work by Federal libraries and library organizations; special reports; library and book trade statistical and research reports on book production and prices, etc., for the US and other countries; literary award-winning and other "distinguished" books during the past year; a directory of organizations; and other information.
Literary Market Place (LMP). 2000 edition, 2 vols. (Ref. PN 161 L5): Latest edition kept in Reference. Similar in format and content to the International Literary Market Place, but concerns only the US and Canadian publishing industry, in all subject areas. Many indexes.; NB: Free online access to much of the combined LMP and ILMP database is available at the Literary Market Place web site (user registration required).
Publishers, Distributors & Wholesalers of the United States. 1999/2000 edition, 2 vols. (Acq. Dept. Z 475 P86; ask at the Information Desk): The latest edition is kept in the Acquisitions Dept. Comprehensive listing of more than 100,000 active US publishers of all types, distributors, wholesalers, and software, video cassette, and audio cassette producers and distributers.
Publishers' International ISBN Directory. 26th edition, 1999/2000, 3 vols. (Acq. Dept. Z 282 P8; ask at the Information Desk): The latest edition is kept in the Acquisitions Dept. Each edition is in 3 vols: Worldwide listing of publishers by country (vols. 1-2), and Numerical ISBN directory (vol. 3). The PID is the standard directory of publishers throughout the world.
Writer's Market. 2000 edition. (Ref. PN 161 W83 2000): Classified directory of book publishers and other outlets in all fields, "to help you decide where and how to submit your writing to appropriate markets." Several indexes.

In Print / New Books — Other Countries

International Literary Market Place (ILMP). 2000 edition. (Ref. Z 291.5 I5): Latest edition kept in Reference. Directory of nearly 11,000 publishers worldwide in all subjects (not just literary). Arranged by country. Entries include publisher info, subject interests, and key personnel. Other sections include related book trade information, major book dealers by country, major literary prizes by country, and important libraries by country. Various indexes.; NB: Free online access to much of the combined LMP and ILMP database is available at the Literary Market Place web site (user registration required).
Non-US books-in-print PRINTED sources (Kept in the Acquisitions Dept.; ask at the Information Desk): The Acquisitions Dept. keeps a selection of recent printed books-in-print sources from other countries. These currently include Australian, UK, French, and Italian editions.
Non-US books-in-print ONLINE sources:: For many countries, printed books-in-print tools are not available. The following is a list of ONLINE books-in-print, bookseller, or semi-official book distribution web sites for several countries, through which books and other products may be obtained.
AcqWeb's Verification Tools: In Print and Price Listing Resources: Has links by country to several leading online books-in-print tools and major booksellers worldwide.
University Co-operative Bookshop Limited (Australia): "Australia's First Online Academic and General Bookshop," the leading online source for Australian books and educational software, "over one million titles." "The Co-op Bookshop is the largest academic book retailer in Australia. Opening our doors at Sydney University in 1958, we how have more than forty-five branches on and off campus nationally and can provide a comprehensive range of general and specialist titles." Also links to Co-op Subscriptions, "the largest wholly Australian-owned subscriptions agency."
ChaptersGLOBE.com (Canada): A joint venture by Chapters Bookstores and the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper. "Featuring more than two million book titles, extensive book news, reviews and other information for book lovers, ChaptersGLOBE.com is Canada's largest online bookstore. This site also offers a definitive selection of Canadian titles many of which are not currently available on U.S. Web sites." Prices in Canadian dollars. Functionalities are similar to Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com sites. Also operates online discussion lists and contains a "Booksellers Centre" which locates Chapters bookstores across Canada.
China International Book Trading Corp. (China): Located in Beijing. A major exporter of books, periodicals, and other materials. It exports "mainly books, cassettes, CD-ROMs in English [and other languages]. Subjects include Chinese learning, traditional Chinese medicine, health care, martial arts, qigong, politics, social science, natural science, history, geography, culture, Chinese cooking and tourism. Also on its export list are dictionaries, general reference works, children's readers and art books." It is possible to order directly, but the web site is still under construction.
China Books and Periodicals (China): Located in San Francisco, long-established importer of books, magazines, CD-ROMs and software, and other materials from China. Has new web site, still under construction.
Livres Disponibles (France and French language): "French Books in Print," available through alapage.com. Navigation in French or English. "Created in 1996 and run by Patrice MAGNARD, the son of a successful publisher and bookseller, alapage.com is the first French Website offering online sale of cultural products." "More than 2,000,000 products": new and used books in French published in France and abroad (e.g., Canada), magazines, music, CDs, videos, museum exhibitions, tickets, etc. Includes links to Planète Livre (books) and Novalis (music, videos, and CDs)."
Verzeichnis Lieferbare Bücher (VLB) (German-speaking countries): Navigation in German. "German Books in Print," access to books and reviews when available for books in any language published in the German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and German-language books published elsewhere, plus ordering functionality. Also links to its related databases VLM (Music), VLS (Textbooks), and VLZ (Periodicals), with combined search option VL* (All databases).
DK Agencies (India): DK Agencies is a long-established leading supplier of publications from India both in the native languages and English. The booksearch web page seems to list English-language publications only. Prices in US dollars.
K.K. Agencies (India): "Largest cyberstore for Indian books." Source for publications from India in English only. Prices in US dollars.
Internet Bookshop Italia (Italy): Navigation in Italian. Online since 1998, affiliated with the Internet Bookshop in Oxford, England. In-print books only. "The largest online Italian bookstore," over 250,000 titles. "La nostra ambizione � di offrire tutti i libri pubblicati in Italia con il miglior livello di servizio reperibile in rete."
Kinokuniya Company, Ltd. (Japan): Navigation in Japanese only. Kinokuniya is a well-known Japanese bookstore chain. "Sales of Japanese/foreign books, journals (including electronic journals), magazines, CD-ROMs, audio-visual software, stationery, and educational and library equipment/systems; electronic information services; publishing; production of audio-visual software; production of bibliographic databases; management of theaters and an art gallery." Stocks over 1.2 million Japanese books and 1.8 million foreign books. Not all Japanese booksellers have web sites yet. Many Japanese books in English can be obtained through metasites or direct retailers listed in those sections further below.
New Zealand Books: The leading online source for new Zealand publications. "New Zealand Books Ltd is an independent bookstore selling New Zealand and Pacific books over the Internet. We aim to promote New Zealand and Pacific literature, writers and publishers by offering the widest possible choice of reading matter at the best possible prices." Prices in NZ dollars.
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga (Russia & CIS): Navigation in English or Russian; all book information is Russian only (in transliteration or Cyrillic). MK is the semi-official, major book exporting and importing agency in Russia, established in 1923 under the USSR. ""Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga" deals in export of books, albums, periodicals, CD-ROM discs, audio- and video recordings,stamps, modern fine art works." Ordering materials is possible. MK materials can also be ordered through a long-established US distributor, Victor Kamkin.
Agencia Española del ISBN: Libro, Archivos y Bibliotecas (Spain): Navigation in Spanish. Produced by the Spanish ISBN Agency. Contains citations for books, music, maps, etc., published in Spain since 1972, either in print or out of print, or both combined. Can limit searches by format as well as language, including all languages and dialects in Spain. No ordering functionality.
Leer: Libros en Español (Spanish and Portuguese; covers Latin and South America, Spain, and Portugal): Navigation in Spanish or English. Produced by NISC Puerto Rico and NISC Chile. A combined database of books in and out of print, videos CD-ROMs, multimedia, and periodicals available in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds, with ordering functionality. Free but requires user registration.

Out of Print / Used Books

American Book Prices Current. 1896-1908 (inc.), 1918-1946, 1948, 1961, 1965-68, 1977-81, 1984-date, annual. (Ref. Z 1000 A51): "A dependable guide in determining the value of old and out-of-print books." Arranged by author or other main entry, it gives prices realized or autographs, MSS, books, maps, and other rare material during the year at major auction houses in the US, Canada, UK, and some other countries.
Bookman's Price Index. vols. 1-2, 5-42 (1964-1991), annual. (Ref. Z 1000 U8): Similar to ABPC in format, but is limited to books only, as determined from books which were available for sale during the year by about 120 leading antiquarian/rare book dealers in the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland.
Book Lover's Guide to Florida. 1992. (Ref. PS 266 F6 1992): Edited by Kevin McCarthy. Discusses sites in Florida with significant associations with a literary genre or with other fields, grouped geographically into ten regions in the state. (The Panhandle section was written by Dean DeBolt, Head of Special Collections in Pace Library.) Has appendix of bookstores in Florida plus general index of authors and places.
Used Book Lover's Guide to the South Atlantic States : Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. 1998. (Ref. Z 478.3 S64 S57 1998): Compiled by David S. and Susan Siegel. Directory of over 950 dealers by state and city, with a specialty index and alphabetical lists of dealers by state and by city within a state.

Internet Bookselling

Bookselling on the web is highly interconnected with selling other media such as music, videos, DVDs, etc., in parallel with the regular bookstore market. Many online booksellers handle both new and used books, plus, there are numerous multi-listing services (metasites) through which new and used books and other products can be obtained through simultaneous "one stop shopping" searches across all the participating dealers' inventories. The larger metasites work with many thousands of individual retailers. Most metasites search both major retailers such as Amazon.com as well as hundreds or thousands of smaller traditional used book dealers. The smaller dealers frequently list themselves with multiple metasites to increase their exposure.

This section pertains to internet bookselling as a whole, i.e., web sites for bookselling across all subjects and specialities. It is divided into three parts: Helpful Resources, Metasites, and Direct Retailers, but excludes the specialized non-US booksellers listed under "Other Countries" in the In Print section above. To help keep these lists up to date and useful, your comments, suggestions, corrections, and information on errors, omissions, changes in web site functionalities, or on new bookselling web sites, are both welcome and solicited.

Internet Bookselling — Helpful Resources

AcqWeb: The resource site for library acquisitions and collection development (hence also for anyone interested in books and publishing), including worldwide books in- and out-of-print information, online access to publishers, booksellers, library catalogs, specialized information, and a wealth of other useful links.
AcqWeb's Verification Tools: In Print and Price Listing Resources: Worldwide listings of in-print and out-of-print sources on the web, including listings by country and format. Also provides links to major library catalogs on the web and to collections of full-text and other electronic information.
AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors: Worldwide listings of publishers and library materials vendors, including web sites, online publisher catalogs, and email addresses.
AcqWeb's World Wide Web Collections and Resources (Electronic books and publishing links): Links to several useful resources relating to electronic publishing on the web, including electronic books and journals, LC's Electronic Texts and Publishing Resources, the On-line Books Page, Writer's Net, and others.
AcqWeb's Other Links to Publishers and Books: Miscellaneous links to a wide variety of web sites related to book publishing, such as Alternative Press Center, BookWire, Remaindered Bargain Books Online, Yahoo's List of Publishers on the Web, etc.
American Association of University Presses Online Catalog (AAUP): Permits online book and journal searching and ordering from the combined online catalogs of member university presses, or from an individual catalog. "The Association of American University Presses Online Catalog began business in September 1995 and has been growing ever since. We currently list over 75,000 book titles from over 60 presses." Also links to about 40 other scholarly non-AAUP presses' catalogs.
Best Big On-Line Bookstores (McOrphan): Not a metasite, this is a classified directory of booksellers on the web which evaluates and links separately to each featured site. The list is divided into useful categories: Big Bookstores, Midsized Bookstores, Antiquarian Books, Foreign Books,Book Publishers, Book Reviews, etc. A useful site even if it means digging, as the entries are not alphabetized.
"Bookshops" link on BUBL LINK 5.15: General Reference (UK): BUBL LINK= BUlletin Board for Libraries, LIbraries of Networked Knowledge. "BUBL is an Internet-based information service for the UK higher education community," founded in 1990. BUBL LINK 5.15 contains categorized links to more than 11,000 resources worldwide in all academic disciplines and is a valuable resource for academia in general. "Bookshops", an item in the Ready Reference section, takes in online metasites and booksellers as well as bookshops per se. "Ready Reference" concerns "books, data, images, journals, maps" and includes links to huge numbers of specialized research sources in these areas around the world.
Electronic Texts and Publishing Resources (Library of Congress): A large, enormously rich site with links to several categories of resources, of which many are full-text: General, full-text Electronic Texts and Collections, full-text Works by Specific Authors, Government and Legal Documents, Poetry Sites, Etext Newsletters, Commercial Electronic Booksellers, and Electronic Publishers and Publishing.
Internet Library for Librarians: The Acquisitions/Serials/Collection Development portion of the Ready Reference page of this site provides a variety of links to online information such as publisher catalogs and book award and book review sites. Other segments on the page link to other useful items such as postage and shipping rate sites, various online directories, language dictionaries, and other kinds of information sources similar to those on the AcqWeb site.
The On-Line Books Page: A directory to currently over 10,000 full-text books "that can be freely read right on the Internet". Founded in 1993 by John Mark Ockerbloom at Carnegie Mellon University, now hosted at the University of Pennsylvania Library. Actively maintained, the site seeks information from anyone as to new books which become freely available on the web.

Internet Bookselling — Handy Tools

Xenon Laboratories Currency Converter and Tables: An up-to-the minute means of converting prices from one currency to another, either at the current rate or at any historical day rate from Jan. 1, 1995 to date.
AcqWeb's Reference Resources: Postal Information: Handy links to FedEx, UPS, and the US Postal Service, US ZIP code information, and German ZIP codes.

Internet Bookselling — Metasites ("One-Stop Shopping")

Multi-listing bookseller sites, or metasites, are indispensable in internet bookselling. They range in size from a few dealers up to more than 15,000. Listed below are several of the most well-known metasites, which are excellent sources for new and used books as well as other media, as noted above. This list EXCLUDES the national bookseller sites listed under "Other Countries" in the In Print section above.

ABAA Booksellers Directory: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, access to member dealers geographically or by specialty. Permits searching for books from the combined online listings of member dealers or from their own catalogs.
AddALL: Very easy to use. AddALL currently links to 45 new, used, and new/used bookseller sites and metasites, including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Border's, BookCloseOuts, Powell's, ABE, Alibris, Bibliofind, etc. There are separate new books and used books pages. The site also provides links directly to participating dealers' own online catalogs.
The Advanced Book Exchange (ABE): A large metasite with over 5,700 participating dealers worldwide. Source for used, rare, and out of print books. "Abebooks.com (ABE) is the world's largest web-based network of independent booksellers, owned and operated by its founders from Victoria, BC. Established in 1995." Customers may buy direct from the dealer or may use ABE's secure server service. A book auction service for ABE dealers is located on eBay's Great Collections site.
Alibris: (Formerly known as Interloc.) Another metasite for used and out of print books. Similar to ABE, except that all ordering and shipping are centralized through Alibris. Over 1,000 participating dealers. Also maintains online discussion email groups on various topics, and provides links to book-oriented newsgroups. Alibris has absorbed Bibliocity, which was another metasite.
Antiqbook: Maintained by NAN (Netherlands Antiquarian Booksellers Network). The participating dealers are mainly European. From the Searchable Databases page it is possible to search all the catalogs at once (more than 1.5 million titles are listed). There are three separate subset databases: Old & Rare Books (pre-1900 imprints), Prints & Maps, and Illustrated London News, but the coverages overlap considerably with the general database. Ordering is direct to the specific dealer.
Bibliofind: The second largest used and rare book listing service, founded in 1996. Owned by Amazon.com since 1999. Very easy to use. Primarily used, rare, and out of print books; access to over ten million titles stocked by several thousand dealers worldwide. Some current in-print publishers also post their titles. Ordering is direct to the specific dealer. Customers may create want lists for titles not found through searches. The site also hosts various email lists for customers and sellers.
Bibliophile Bookshelf: Currently has 367 participating dealers. "Online Resources for Out-of-Print Books" links to other metasites and dealers worldwide, but the site was last updated in 1997. Also provides links to dealer catalogs and collectors' want lists, and hosts an email list service for booksellers and/or collectors.
BookFinder.com: (Formerly MX Bookfinder.) New and used books. The largest metasite, currently providing simultaneous access to new books from ten major discount booksellers such as Amazon.com, Powell's, Barnes & Noble, and BookCloseOuts, plus to seven other metasites for used and rare books such as ABE, Alibris, Bibliofind, Global Book Mart, and others. Ordering is direct to the specific dealer. "BookFinder.com connects readers to over 15,000 booksellers from around the world with a real open marketplace for all their online book shopping needs." Does not post search results to a single consolidated list; rather, the variants are listed separately and the customer needs to click on each variant to see which dealers have it (e.g., if some dealers don't include the subtitle of a book, their titles will be listed separately from those where the subtitle is included). Therefore less convenient to use than AddALL, Bibliofind, and other sites.
Bookavenue.com: A new metasite begun in 1999, it is the "multidealer search engine" for Gutenberg Holdings Company, an internet bookseller. Currently about 50 dealers participate. Similar to other metasites in functionality, and also has a separate book auction site.
DealTime: (Formerly Acses.com.) New books and other media. "DealPilot.com is a leading online comparison shopping service for books, music and movies." A subsidiary of Bertelsmann, founded 1997. DealPilot is a metasite which currently searches about 40 book sites, ten music store sites, and ten video store sites, including Amazon.com sites, Barnes & Noble, Bertelsmann sites, Borders, CD Universe, Reel.com, Angus & Robertson, Fatbrain, and many other metasites and direct retailers worldwide (including non-US affiliates of US-based metasites such as ALIBRIS). Ordering is direct to the specific dealer. Prices in US dollars.
Steve Trussel's Books and Book Collecting: A unique trove of information and links for book collectors. Books and Book Collecting is "dedicated to providing a convenient interface to the many resources available on the Internet focusing on books for collectors. Here you'll find tools, information, and access to information -- tools, such as search forms to locate books, a service for linking sets with missing volumes, or a cm to inch converter -- information, such as a pseudonym database, explanations of book size nomenclature, or a mini-history of the Britannica -- and access to information, in the form of links to newgroups, maillists, out-of-print magazine dealers, guide to book collector's references, etc. This site is intended to serve as a kind of home-base for the bibliophile." The site does not support simultaneous searching of other sites, but it does provides "input forms" that will link to particular sites. Some links to dealers may be outdated.

Internet Bookselling — Direct Retailers

Amazon.com Books: The leading internet bookseller, founded July 1995, sells new and used books and media format materials, and also maintains an auction site for books, movies, and other items. "We're very proud that 13 million people in more than 160 countries have made us the leading online shopping site. We have Earth's Biggest SelectionTM of products, including free electronic greeting cards, online auctions, and millions of books, CDs, videos, DVDs, toys and games, and electronics." Amazon.com operates exclusively on the internet and owns a diverse family of other web businesses. Amazon also maintains separate UK and German web sites: www.amazon.uk, and www.amazon.de.
Barnes and Noble Bookseller Online: The second-largest internet distributor of books, music, software, magazines, and other materials; 750,000 items in stock, "the largest standing inventory of any online bookseller." Since 1998 B & N online has been a 50%-50% joint venture with Bertelsmann AG. B&N is also the largest US chain bookseller, operating "520 Barnes & Noble and 470 B. Dalton bookstores."
BOL (Bertelsmann online): Navigation in German. Bertelsmann AG is the world's third largest multinational publishing and media company and the largest publisher in Germany. Bertelsmann also owns Random House, the largest US publisher. Bertelsmann's German site (BOL.de) sells in-print German and international books and music CDs. The site also links to Bertelsmann's sites in other countries--UK, France, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and the US (Barnes & Noble, with whom Bertelsmann has a 50%-50% online joint venture relationship since 1998). Navigation on each site is in the language of that country.
BookCloseOuts.com: "BookCloseOuts.com is the online division of one of the largest "closeout/remainder" bookstores in North America. The parent company (Book Depot) has been in business for more than 8 years." Stocks over 5 million as-new books "discounted by 50%-80%" which were returned unsold to the publishers by large bookstore chains. A leading internet bookseller of this type.
Books-A-Million Online: Large distributor of new and used books, music, and other materials with about 175 stores nationwide.
Border's Online: One of the largest book and music retailers in the US, with about 300 stores worldwide.
Fatbrain.com
: (Formerly known as ComputerLiteracy.com.) Founded 1995, a well-known online professional and technical bookstore with emphasis on computing and technology and applications in business and other fields. Also sells "general interest" books. Fatbrain also sells "eMatter," which is self-published works submitted electronically by authors to Fatbrain. The author sets the price, which is split 50-50 with Fatbrain as the works are purchased. "eMatter" material is listed separately when searching, or, all available eMatter may be searched as a separate category. Search results may be sorted by several categories such as title (default), publisher, pub date, subject, availability, "recommended", or "best sellers". Titles are listed in standard computer filing order, an inconvenience--all numbers and dates before words; initial articles are NOT disregarded so that "The hidden history" appears under T, not H; and titles whose first word is preceded by a symbol such as a quotation mark file even before numbers and dates.
Powell's Books (Powells.com): Good source for new and used books in all subjects. The online version of the giant Portland, Oregon bookstore, "the largest used and new bookstore in the world," with "more than 1.5 million books accessible to the public every day of the year."

Dan North, Acquisitions Librarian
with revisions by
Dan North
University of West Florida Library
Date Last Updated: August 2000