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Books
Library Books
Other Book Related Web Sites
- New Haven Reads.
This local organization provides an environment where children and adults have access to free books and tutoring to increase their literacy skills and academic performance.
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Reading Lists for Children.
A guide to lists of recommended children's books on the Web provided
by the National PTA. To go directly to a list of award-winning books,
visit the American Library Association's
Newbery Medal Winners,
1922-Present.
- Amazon.com.
Buy books and find out what's popular. Includes
out-of-print books.
- Barnes and
Noble. Ditto.
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Bibliofind. More than ten million used and rare
books, periodicals and ephemera offered for sale by
thousands of booksellers around the world.
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Book Bytes. One librarian's collection of columns
she's written about books, book recommendations, and
suggestions for finding out-of-print books.
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Moby Ick.
These books sound familiar, but they're all missing a single letter at
the front of a key word. Examples include "Little Omen" (Nostradamus,
the childhood years) and "The Struggle for Elf-Government" (Lincoln
Steffens documents a near mutiny on the North Pole).
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The On-Line Books Page. A directory of thousands of
books that can be freely read on the Internet.
- BookWire.
Online information source for the book industry. Includes
timely book industry news, features, reviews, original
fiction, guides to literary events, author interviews,
thousands of annotated links to book-related sites, and
more.
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Boston Globe: Book Reviews. Book reviews from the
Boston Globe.
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Directory of Book Reviews on the Web. Comprehensive
directory of book review sites on the web.
eBooks
Electronic books, or eBooks, are books in computer file
format that are read on all types of computers, including
handheld devices designed specifically for reading
eBooks as well as desktop computers and PDAs such as
Palms and Visors.
Electronic books come in many file formats. Some eBooks can be
read over the Internet in a Web browser. Others require
free software such as Microsoft Reader or Glassbook Reader
to be installed on a PC. Some eBooks are written specifically
for handheld readers.
eBook Web Sites
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The On-Line Books Page. A directory of thousands of
books that can be freely read on the Internet.
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Project Gutenberg.
Founded in 1971, Project Gutenberg makes thousands of public-domain
texts available in plain text format, free of charge.
Revised March 29, 2004
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