• General Book Sites
  • Book: The Magazine for the Reading Life  http://www.bookmagazine.com/
  • BookBrowse  http://www.bookbrowse.com/
    Includes excerpts and reviews of best-selling books
  • BookBrowser  http://www.bookbrowser.com/
  • Bookreporter.com  http://www.bookreporter.com/brc/index.asp
    Note: The formatting on this page becomes jumbled when viewed with Netscape Navigator; best viewed in Internet Explorer.
  • BookSpot  http://www.bookspot.com/

• Book Lists
  • ALA Best Books  http://www.ala.org/rusa/bestbooks.html
  • BookBrowser Reading Lists  http://www.bookbrowser.com/ReadingList/
    Probably the premier reading list site on the internet, including series lists and readalikes
  • The Fiction-L List of Lists  http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklistmenu.html
  • Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers List  http://www.publishersweekly.com/bestsellersindex.asp
  • USA Today's Top Best Sellers  http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/books/leb1.htm

• Book Reviews
  • Amazon  http://www.amazon.com
  • BookPage  http://www.bookpage.com/
  • BookReporter  http://www.bookreporter.com/brc/index.asp
  • New York Times: Books  http://www.nytimes.com/books/
    Includes a searchable archive of over 50,000 book reviews, dating back to 1980

• eBooks
  (books sold in electronic format)
  • Barnes & Noble eBooks  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebook/
  • Books2Read.com  http://www.books2read.com/servlet/ssitest
  • CyberRead  http://www.cyberread.com/
  • eBook Connections  http://www.ebookconnections.com/
    A multitude of information about eBooks, including reviews.
  • eBookNet.com  http://www.ebooknet.com/
  • Rocket eBook  http://www.rocket-ebook.com/enter.html

• Electronic Text Collections
  (books available to read or print free from the Web)
  • Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/alex/
  • Bartleby.com  http://www.bartleby.com/
    Includes a number of reference works, such as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, as well as select fiction, poetry, and non-fiction titles.
  • Bibliomania  http://www.bibliomania.com/
  • The On-line Books Page  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
  • Project Gutenburg  http://www.promo.net/pg/

• New Books
  • Amazon.com  http://www.amazon.com
  • Barnes and Noble  http://www.bn.com
  • Booksamillion.com  http://www.booksamillion.com/
  • Borders  http://www.borders.com/
  • Christianbook.com  http://www.christianbook.com/
  • Powell's Books  http://www.powells.com/

• Textbooks
  • Classbook.com  http://www.classbook.com/classbook/default.asp
  • eCampus.com  http://www.ecampus.com/homepage_flash.html
  • Sac Book Rac  http://www.mtsac.edu/auxiliary_svcs/bookstore/
    Mt. SAC's book store
  • Textbooks.com  http://www.textbooks.com/
  • TextbookSource.net  http://www.textbooksource.net/
  • VarsityBooks.com  http://www.varsitybooks.com/defaultNoCookies.asp

• Used/Out of Print Books
  • abebooks.com  http://www.abebooks.com
  • AddALL Used and Out of Print Search  http://www.addall.com/Used/ Alibris  http://www.alibris.com/
  • Bibliofind  http://www.bibliofind.com/
  • Bookavenue.com  http://www.bookavenue.com/index.html
  • BookFinder.com  http://www.bookfinder.com/
  • New and Previously Owned Books  http://www.readertoreader.com/
    Romance, mystery, and fantasy books
  • Powell's Books  http://www.powells.com/
  • Rereadables  http://www.rereadables.com/
  • Vintage Books  http://www.vintage-books.com/
    Site includes helpful articles, as well, including one on buying books online.

Library & Learning Resources - Mt.San Antonio College 1100 North Grand Avenue, Walnut, CA 91789 (909) 594-5611 x4260   Meghan Chen, Dean, Library & Learning Resources

This page last updated August 5, 2008

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