BOOKS support note for local bookstores and libraries.  

BOOKS NEW find almost any new book or author by going to these sites.  Remember just like that new car, a book is used as soon as it leaves the store.  So with any search start with the used ones first.

http://www.addall.com/Used/index.html Addall with this service you can check 40 plus booksites and it not only tells who has the book you are looking for but lists them by price including shipping.   Part of the list: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, ABE Books, Antiqbook, Bibliofind, BookAvenue, Half.com, Alibris,  Book Close Outs, Gutenberg Holdings, Yourbooks and Powells

http://www.amazon.com Amazon has the graphics, with reviews by Book Lists magazine. Site is easy to get around. You can search by author, title or subject. You can also search by readers' age, ISBN, or by publication date. Boolean searching is possible in their Power Search option. Search Tips and a Subject Browse are also available. Great site for reviews, Illustrations, finding the information you are looking for.

http://www.bn.com   Barnes and Noble.com

http://literaryleaps.com/leapaisle.cfm?aislenumber=2 BookZone Literary Leaps, Bookstores, Booksellers for a listing of links to new and used resources.

http://www.shopping.com  Dealtime now Shopping.com checks out price, availability, not just books anymore.  When shopping for other items, arms you with reviews and comparison tools to make a wise decision.

http://www.disney.com/DisneyBooks/ Disney Books, new books. 

http://www.powells.com/ Powell's is one of the most famous independent bookstores on the American West Coast, and one of the earliest bookstores online. They're prominent in offering large selections of both new and used titles at a range of prices.

 

BOOKS support note for local bookstores and libraries. We advise the development of a relationship with your local library and local bookstore, for that way both you and your source know your needs and expectations, and can come to share your knowledge and interests. This holds especially true when you deal with one particular librarian or with an independent book store.

If you can not locate a book at one of your local sources then by all means use the independent online sources, and if they can not meet your needs go to the big guns. Remembering that the big chains are in a position to end the existence of the independents and that they have already had a major effect on the publishing trade. Currently there is only one big gun aimed at them: Amazon.Com. For more on the subject of the ever-shrinking number of independent bookstores, check out this PBS program.  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/books_8-18.html

Or read this article from the June 8, 1998 Business Journal:   http://www.amcity.com:80/sanjose/stories/060898/smallb1.html

The pending law suit against Barnes & Noble and Borders by ABA, Independent Bookstores is covered in detail here: http://www.bookweb.org/pressroom/

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