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Booksellers - New

Amazon 
Major online bookseller.

Barnes and Noble 
Online companion to the retail store.

Borders 
Online companion to the retail store. 

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Booksellers - Used, Old, Rare

ABAA: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America 
Rare and antiquarian books, maps and  prints.

Advanced Book Exchange 
A consortium of used bookstores accross the US. Searchable by authors, titles, keywords, editions and more.

Alibris 
World's leading supplier of hard to find books.

Bookfinder 
Search for new, used, rare and out of print books.

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Reviews

BookPage 
Monthly book reviews.

BookReporter 
Reviews, feature articles, and author interviews.

New York Review of Books 
In depth reviews from this literary magazine.

New York Times Book Review 
Full text reviews back to 1980. Free registration required.

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Booklists, Literary Awards  and Reader's Advisory

AllReaders.com
Browse reviews or search for books based on your preferences for plot, setting, character, and writing style.

Bestseller Lists 1900-1998
Nearly a century of bestsellers from Publishers Weekly.

BookBrowse 
Fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles & author interviews.

Genrefluent 
Book reviews and genre links.

LibraryThing
This site helps you create a library-quality catalog of your books and then helps you share information about books and authors with other users.
Reading recommendations can be made based on books you own or have read.

Literary Prizes and Awards 
Links to sites that list prizewinners for children and adults.

NoveList Plus From the Library 
An electronic reader's advisory which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles.

NoveList Plus From Home 
Enjoy this subscription database from home. Just type in your valid library  card number.

Reader's Robot 
Reading lists in 21 genres.

What's Next?
Search series fiction. From Kent District Library

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Reading Groups

Oprah's Book Page
Oprah Winfrey's book infomation page with a link to join her Online Book Club.

Reading Group Choices 
A resource center for book groups that includes title selections and tips on starting and leading groups.

New York Times Book Forums 
Book discussions from The New York Times. Free registration required.

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Genre Fiction

Dark Echo Horror 
Lots of links to writers, reviews, interviews & associations.

Historical Novel Society
News, information and reviews for lovers of historical fiction.

Mystery Writers of America 
Premier organization for mystery writers and other profesionals in the mystery field.

Sisters in Crime 
Organization devoted to promoting women mystery writers.

Romance Reader 
Thousands of book reviews plus author interviews and special features.

Romance Writers of America 
This profesional educational association's web site provides info on author appearances,
book releases and includes a title database searchable by geography, genre, or time period.

Fantastic Fiction 
Comprehensive bibliographies of science fiction, fantasy and horror authors.

Locus 
An award winning journal of science fiction, fantasy and horror literature with interviews, reviews and recommended reading lists.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 
This non-profit organization provides links to member's fiction, reviews, recommended reading lists as well as info on the craft and business of science fiction and fantasy.  Also provides Nebula Award information.

Read West 
An online magazine of western literature with featured authors, book reviews,  news and author directories.

Western Writers of America 
Author contacts and Spurr award winners.

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Online Book Publishers/Self Publishers

AuthorHouse
Print-on-demand publishing.

BookSurge
A print-on-demand online publisher owned by Amazon.com.

iUniverse
iUniverse offers comprehensive online book publishing services in the self-publishing industry, which uses a technology known as print-on-demand publishing.

Xlibris
Print-on demand publishing

Vantage PressTraditional vanity, self publishing press.

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E-Books and Online Literature

eBooks.com
A digital bookstore.

Bartleby 
Access the full text of books from Shakespeare to Emily Post.

Google Book Search
Search Google for full text digitized copies of books. To search for full text books choose Advanced Book Search and then click on the
Search option Complete books only.

Internet Archive
The Internet Archive was founded to build an ‘Internet library,’ with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians,
and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.

LitFinder (To access this database from home you will need a valid Morristown & Morris Township Library Card.)
Full text access to poems, essays, speeches, stories and plays.

On-Line Books Page 
Index to thousands of full text books available online.

Project Gutenburg 
Full text access to public domain works by classic authors.

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Literary Criticism

Literary Reference Center From the Library
Provides in depth information on thousands of authors and their work from major respected reference works, books,
literary journals and more.

Literary Reference Center From Home
Provides in depth information on thousands of authors and their work from major respected reference works, books,
literary journals and more. Just type in your valid library card number.

Works Cited
This website will automatically format bibliographies and works cited pages for researchers and writers according to MLA guidelines.

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