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Websites for Booklovers

Web Sites for Book Lovers

• Bookspot
  http://www.bookspot.com
  A well-organized portal to the world of books and publishing.
  
• Reading Group Guides
  http://www.readinggroupguides.com/
  This site currently offers reading guides to over 1600 books. The guides typically include a brief synopsis of the book accompanied by numerous questions for discussion. This site also offers helpful advice for anyone involved in, or hoping to start, a reading group.
  

The Book Trade
If you’re trying to track down a title the library doesn’t own, or just looking for a good book to buy, check out some of these resources

• Amazon
  http://www.amazon.com
  The largest and most popular online bookstore. A great source for information on books currently in print, as well as used and rare books through their “zshops” and their partnership with Bibliofind.com. Reliable information, easy to search.
  
• Advanced Book Exchange
  http://www.abebooks.com
  One of the best online resources for out-of-print, rare and antiquarian books. This website consists of the holdings of some 13,000 booksellers from around the world, providing you the opportunity to compare prices, condition, and other factors to help determine which volume is the one for you.
  
• Bibliobot
  http://www.pbagalleries.com/bibliobot/
  Bibliobot is a very easy-to-use and instantaneous book appraisal service. With a few pieces of basic information – author, title, year, etc. – Bibliobot provides an estimate range from high to low, based on factors of condition and rarity.
  
• Bookwire
  http://www.bookwire.com
  The most comprehensive online resource for information about the book industry, providing access to publisher’s homepages and book production statistics.