PLACES TO FIND GREAT BOOKS What is a great book for you? While you may think you know what is “great,” be ready for a surprise. You never know when a book about something strange and wonderful will drop off a shelf! Below are some places to find great books and more. Online Browsing Start with question in search box “Books Where to Find,” the page that comes up has a lot of information. Below is a list of topics you can check out:
- Meta sites sections on Bookstores,Book Search Engines, New, Used and Rare Books, Texts E-books. Access each section of interest for details
- Amazon.com: huge selection, with book listings, catalog, reviews, shopping, author bios, bestsellers , new releases, reasonable prices. Also a place to list your book for sale
- Where to Find Book Clubs, eHow.com
- Dear Book Lover, Where to Find Book Reviews, WSJ.com
- Audio Book Deals: Where to Find Sweet Deals
- Books On Line, Books-A-Million.com
- Craigslist google search, www.answers.com/topic/craigslist, click on sidebar topics of Literature, Language
- Classics, google search “Great Books Foundation,” www.greatbooks.org is “ non-profit organization helping people of all ages read and discuss outstanding works of literature…reading series for children and adults.
More Places for Great Books Libraries – an incredible source of information and a chance to browse at leisure, or use online services. Choose from many reference books, particularly encyclopedias: —try Worldbook’s section on literature, and look at delightfully illustrated “Children’s Literature;” Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, combined dictionary and encyclopedia, alphabetized, annotated about works, authors, traditions, Bene’t's Reader’s Encyclopedia has bios of writers, thinkers, synopses, legends, music, films: look at postings of current bestsellers.
- Yellow PagesTelephone directories, look under “Books” section which lists New,Used and Rare, Wholesale.
- Newspapers, syndicated and local papers and magazines- reviews, articles on writers.