Books: Discover, Read, Publish and Buy Literature Online
If the neighborhood bookstore never has what you want and the big chains are too overwhelming to navigate, try finding another source to get your literature fix. Let the Internet be your new books guru: buy, sell or trade new and used books, connect with other readers who share your interests, read reviews and find all kinds of literary news.
Expand All Guide SectionsBuying, Selling and Swapping Books Online
If you're in the market for buying, selling and swapping books online, this section can help you find what you need. The Internet is loaded with opportunities to purchase new books, used books, e-books or even rare books.
Insights for Buying, Selling and Swapping Books Online
- If you're selling books online, list your collection on at least two of the major reselling services. Just don't forget to delete duplicate listings after you've made a sale.
- If you're interested in book swapping, look on a few swapping sites for books that you're interested in before investing the time and effort in listing and mailing your own books out.
Top Sites for Buying, Selling and Swapping Books Online
For buying new books online ...
BookFinder.com
aggregates the listings of more than 100,000 online booksellers to make comparison shopping a snap. The site even gives you the option of seeing prices including or excluding shipping costs.
Amazon.com
is probably the best-known Internet book retailer. It offers a wide selection, as well as a popular "Search Inside!" feature that provides full-size images of book covers and brief excerpts.
Powell's Books
features interesting staff recommendations on its home page and within each of its subject categories, along with the more traditional critic and user reviews.
For buying and selling used books online ...
Half.com
is eBay's marketplace for new and used books, movies, music and video games. The site offers fixed shipping prices and combined shipment discounts if you purchase more than one book from the same seller.
Biblio.com
sells new and used books from more than 5,000 approved independent booksellers only, not from casual users cleaning out their collections.
For book swapping online ...
BookMooch
lets users trade books using a point system. Get free points for the books you list, earn points for the books you send and spend points for the books you order.
Bookins
allows you to trade books and DVDs with other members. Register with the site for free to learn more and start trading.
For eBooks online ...
ManyBooks.net
offers free downloadable books formatted for printing or use on iPods, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), or eBook readers (specialized gadgets for viewing electronic texts). Most of the texts offered are from the Project Gutenberg archives.
eBooks.com
is a valuable site if you're looking for a work that isn't in the public domain yet. If you don't need a physical copy of the book, the prices for some works are lower than even the discounted prices on Amazon.com.
For buying rare books online ...
Bauman Rare Books
is an antique book dealer based in New York and Philadelphia that offers an online catalog of more than 5,000 rare books, plus information on book collecting.
Rare Book Room
is the site to visit if you're not ready to shell out for your own rare book collection but want to see a few for yourself. Look for medium-resolution photos of about 400 rare books.
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