Bartleby.com Great Books Online

Bartleby.com publishes thousands of free online classics of reference, literature and nonfiction.

Booktalk

The inside scoop on publishers and authors in genre and popular fiction. A list of agents and contact information can also be found here.

Direct Textbook

Since 2002 Direct Textbook has helped students, parents and professionals find their textbooks and any book for that matter. Direct Textbook has over 10,000,000 books in its database in addition to inventory of every major online bookstore. Direct Textbook not only shows you where you can buy and rent your books but you can also find where to sell your books with the buyback and trade-in comparison service.

Direct Textbook helps people find the books they need by searching over 50 online bookstores for new, used, rental or ebooks editions. We also link to the worldcat directory so people can find out if the book they want is available at the library.

Free eBooks by Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.

Google Books [Books and Magazines]

Search the latest index of the world's books. Find millions of great books you can preview or read for free.

LibraryThing

LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth.

Open Library

We have well over 20 million edition records online, provide access to 1.7 million scanned versions of books, and link to external sources like WorldCat and Amazon when we can.

Reader's Circle

Reader's Circle is a book club networking site serving the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with listings for local groups, author events, and phone chats. Searching the directory of listings for book clubs and reader's circles is free but requires registration. This resource also offers 189 authors who are available for over-the-phone visits with groups that have selected their book.

Reading Group Choices

Reading Group Choices selects discussible books and suggests discussion topics for reading groups. The company produces a printed guide annually that is distributed nationally to libraries, reading groups, book stores, community book festivals, and individuals. Its popular website offers interesting, informative, fun, and interactive material of interest to book clubs

Short Story America

Short Story America is home to readers and authors of the great American original: the short story. Every Friday of the year, Short Story America will publish a new short story for our readers to enjoy, whether over a cup of coffee, as enjoyable lunch entertainment, or as great nighttime or weekend reading.