Whether you're looking for a rare book, a used book, an audio book, or a comic book, chances
are you can find it on the Web using one of these excellent book search engines.
Amazon.com in my opinion is the best place to start for your book search online. I've found
out of print books here, rare books, used textbooks (I've even sold a few on Amazon), and more.
Barnes and Noble is a good site to shop for used and out of print books, new and used
textbooks, children's books, and more. Every once in a while I'll find an excellent deal here
(such as free shipping).
BookFinder holds over 100 million new, used, rare, and out of print books within its substantial
index. Good place to find books from independent publishers.
Google Book Search allows you to search actual book text to find what interests you, and
then gives you various places on the Web you can buy these books. Only text that is NOT copyrighted
is searchable.
BookSense.com is a "family of independent-bookseller websites." Simply enter in your zip code,
and you'll be taken to a list of more than 1200 independent bookstores across the USA who
are plugged into Book Sense.
Comic Book Resources is now Mr. Web Search's favorite site, but I must warn you: it's highly
addictive. Lots of comic book news, reviews, and message boards.
AddALL is a comparison shopping book search engine. "Search and Compare among 40+ sites, 20,000 sellers, millions of books."
Alibris.com is a great place to find used books, used textbooks, rare books, out of print books, and more.
Make sure you check out the
Rare Book Auctions.The Online Books Page from the University of Pennsylvania allows the searcher to search and
read actual online text of classic books. For example, my search for
Jane Austen
resulted in a huge list of everything Austen-on the Web.
Powells Books has been around for about 33 years now, and you can find an extremely eclectic
selection of books here. They also offer a lot of interesting
ebooks.
