A Book Lover's Resource - Where to Buy, Trade or Locate Books Online
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A Book Lover's Resource
Where to buy, trade, or locate books online. Categories of online stores, book trading sites, and book clubs.
Feed the addiction!
"When I have a little money, I buy books. And if any is left, I buy food and clothing."
--Desiderius Erasmus
Tried Kindle Yet?
Kindle is Amazon's new wireless reading device. It is the size of a small paperback and as thin as a pencil. - Electronic paper display looks and reads like real paper
- Kindle stores 200 titles at a time, so you can carry a small library with you at all times.
- Kindle is lighter and thinner than a regular paperback.
Find out more about the Amazon Kindle Wireless Reader
Buy Books Online
Where to Buy New, Discount, Used and Collectible Books 
- A1Books
- New books at closeout prices. Remainder titles at rock bottom prices. A1 also has third party resellers selling both new and used books, so you can browse to find the best prices.
- AbeBooks.com
- Where over 80 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books are just a click away.
- Alibris
- Alibris specializes in collectible and out-of-print books. If it's out of print, try here first!
- Amazon Books
- Amazon usually has the best prices on new books. You can also get some great deals from the third party vendors.
- BookCloseouts.com
- Deep discounts on closeout books!
- Books-A-Million
- New books at great prices.
- eBooks.com
- Leading resource for eBooks!
- eHarlequin.com
- Great deals on romance, mysteries, fantasy, and chick lit! Every Friday is Free Book Friday! Get a free book with your purchase on Friday!
- Half.com
- An eBay site where you can purchase discount books and other items from resellers for low prices. One benefit of shopping here, is you can order multiple items from an individual and pay reduced shipping on the additional items.
- Overstock.com
- All books at closeout prices.
Book Trading Sites
Places to get your hands on more books! Trade for Used Books - Just Pay ShippingMy favorite resource:
- Bookins
- Book trading site where you can trade your books for points, or just pay a flat $3.99 to have a book shipped to you.
- BooksFree.com
- "Rent" paperbacks and audiobooks. Works similarly to NetFlix.
- FrugalReader.com
- Trade your books with other members. You can rate your transactions with other members. You earn a credit for every book you ship, and then "pay" a credit for every book you request.
- PaperBackSwap.com
- A+ - Best Book Trading Site Trade paperback books with other members, or participate in one of the swaps in the games forum. You only pay for shipping. You earn a credit for every book you ship, and then "pay" a credit for every book you request.
There is no rating system here. Books are traded on a "first in, first out" basis. This is my favorite book trading resource, as there is always a large selection available and most members are honest. In over 2 years on PaperbackSwap, I've only had a couple of bad transactions out of over 200, but didn't lose any credits due to how the system works. - SwapTree
- SwapTree works differently than some of the other trading sites. You add what you have available to trade, and SwapTree matches you with possible trades. You can trade books, CDs and DVDs. SwapTree has some cool tools like a Firefox tool that shows if something is available on SwapTree if you're shopping on Amazon or other book sites, and the ability to import a list of items to your list of "wants" - convenient if you use multiple trading sites.
- Title Trader
- Trade books, movies and music online with other members.
Book Clubs
Join a club to receive discounts and shipments of your favorite genres!
- Book of the Month Club
- Get 5 Books for $1! A wide selection of genres to choose from.
- Doubleday Book Club
- Get 5 Books for 99 cents! A wide assortment of genres to choose from.
- History Book Club
- Get 4 Books for $4! Books for history buffs.
- HomeStyle Books
- Get 5 Books for $2! Home decor, interior design, home repair and remodeling books.
- The Literary Guild
- 2 Books for $4! The latest best selling fiction, literary fiction and non-fiction.
- One Spirit
- Get 5 Books for $2! Resources for the Spirit, Mind & Body. Specializes in alternative medicine, new age, and divination.
- Mystery Guild
- Get 6 Books for 99 cents! All mysteries here!
- Quality Paperback Books
- Get 6 Books for $1 each! A wide assortment of genres available in paperback.
- Rhapsody
- Get 6 Books for 99 cents! All romance books - contempory, historical, paranormal, suspense, inspirational, and more.
- The Science Fiction Book Club
- Get 5 Books for $1 each! All the latest and classics in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Zooba
- All books are $9.95 and shipped free. The latest hardcover bestsellers!
Resources for Book Lovers
- Bookcrossing
- Bookcrossing is a resource for "releasing" your books into the wild for people to find and journal their journeys. Bookcrossing is a global community of people who enjoy swapping books as well as releasing them for others to enjoy.
- Google Book Search
- Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them.
- LibraryThing
- Very cool tool for cataloging your personal library online and cross-referencing with other members' libraries to find new books or authors. If you're a book junky, this will become one of your new addictions.
- Romantic Times Book Reviews
- Romantic Times is the magazine for women's fiction. The magazine is available online and with subscription. Genres reviewed include romance, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and mainstream fiction.
- Writerspace.com
- Writerspace.com features resources for romance writers and readers, bulletin boards, chat rooms, net events, workshops and contests.
- Paranormal Romance on Squidoo
- Resource for best selling paranormal romance.
Books and Things for Book Lovers
A Book Lover's Diary
Journal for noting personal discoveries from the books read and recording the books on a wish list. A Book Lover's Diary is a welcome companion during forays to libraries and bookstores when the titles of books wanted can vanish from memory.
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/02/2009) 
A Passion for Books : A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books
Whether you consider yourself a bibliomaniac or just someone who likes to read, A Passion for Books will provide you with a lifetime's worth of entertaining, informative, and pleasurable reading on your favorite subject--the love of books.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/02/2009)
Bookstore Tourism: The Book Addict's Guide To Planning & Promoting Bookstore Road Trips For Bibliophiles & Other Bookshop Junkies
Bookstore tourism is a type of "cultural tourism" that promotes independent bookstores as a group travel destination. It started as a grassroots effort to support locally owned and operated bookshops, many of which have struggled to compete with large bookstore chains and online retailers. Visit http://www.bookstoretourism.com for more information.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/02/2009)
Personal Library Kit
For a bibliophile, there's no greater pleasure than sharing beloved books, but no crueler pain than losing them for good -- until the Personal Library Kit! Includes all the tools used by professional librarians: 30 adhesive pockets, insert cards, "For Reference Only" stickers, date stamp, stamp pad and pencil, packed in a 6-1/2" X 7-3/4" wooden box with sliding plexiglass lid.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/02/2009)
Know of any good book resources I missed or just want to say "hi?" Thanks for visiting and signing my guestbook!
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- Silent_Note Silent_Note Feb 12, 2009 @ 8:53 pm
- Great lens! You've got a lot of great resources here for book lovers. I'd love it if you would drop by my lens when you get the chance.
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- Jason_Wright Jason_Wright Nov 21, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
- Very nice lens! This is an excellent selection of resources and information for those who love to read. When you get the chance, it would be great if you'd visit my lens and say hello.
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- my_beading_heart my_beading_heart Nov 19, 2008 @ 11:23 pm
- yay I do not see half.com ??? That's where I've been buying my books for a few years now. I also have a half.com shop - c*g*i*l - where I sell books that I've read. I invite you to visit ...
being an avid reader, I say: great lens! Thanks for the info. I'm sure I will be visitng these sites
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- Lee_Emory Lee_Emory Aug 20, 2008 @ 12:56 am
- This is a great collection of resources for book lovers. Well done! Please stop by my lens and say hello when you get the chance.
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- make_literature make_literature Aug 16, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
- Hi,
Thanks for this nice and useful compilation!
I wish to propose new resource that may be of interest for your readers.
It is Make Literature Online Project at:
http://www.makeliterature.com
This is an attempt to make real, solid state fiction books online, by collaborative effort of the community members.
There is a blog page too: Elementary Writing, where everyone can submit original articles related to literature topics.
http://www.makeliterature.com/blog/elementary-writing-book
Hope this is useful. If you disagree, then please just erase this post.
Best regards,
Dusan.
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