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"Book Search works just like web search. If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given Google permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy."
Abebooks: "The world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books. Abebooks connects those who buy books with those who sell them, providing abundant selection at affordable prices."
Access Place Library: "Directory of Library Resources, Online Books, Reviews, Poetry, Bookstores, Authors, Biographies, Maps, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Quotes, Grammar & Style, History, Education, Colleges, Government, Locators, and Legal Resources."
AddALL: "This is an independent and impartial website, not owned by any book store. The search result is totally objective. Search for any book (in or out-of-print) comparing prices and services among 41 on-line bookstores. AddAll searches all the databases of all the major on-line bookstores in one search."
Alibris: A "connection to thousands of independent book, music and movie sellers around the world...With over 60 million used, new and hard-to-find titles..."
AllBookstores: Site finds the lowest book prices on new and used books by comparing prices at more than 2 dozen online bookstores. Price comparisons include: Shipping Cost, Shipping Time, Sales Tax (when required), Availability and Condition (New or Used).
Amazon: Use this search form to find books in print. Also good for out-of-print titles. Be sure to refine your search options.
Barnes&Noble: Use this search form to find books in print. Also good for out-of-print titles. Be sure to refine your search options.
Big Read: The National Endowment for the Arts has picked inspiring books to encourage people across the nation to become good readers. Listen to radio programs, watch video profiles, and read brief essays about classic authors.
Book Conference: One hundred and ninety-two delegates from Australia, Canada, Ghana, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States of America gather to discuss a range of critically important issues relating to the future of the book.
Book Spot: "This is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by editors and organized into intuitive categories, such as bestseller lists, genres, book reviews, electronic texts, book news and more."
Book Wire: An excellent site for information on the book industry including 20th-Century books in American fiction and non-fiction, and thousands of book reviews.
BookBrowse: Every week newspapers, magazines, and websites in the USA and worldwide, are viewed to find out which books are getting recognition, both in the publishing world and in the consumer press. These books are then featured on this website. This website then re-prints a substantial excerpt of each and every book, plus succinct reviews from a variety of established media sources for viewing.
Bookfinder: A "useful free book search tool for all kinds of readers." Here the "users view the collections of over 40,000 sellers of new, used, rare, and out of print books. The one hundred and fifty million titles available constitute the largest book catalog available anywhere, either online or offline."
BookPage: "A monthly general interest book review, BookPage covers the best in new releases. ProMotion, inc. provides reviews up to 100 of each month's new fiction, nonfiction, business, children's, spoken word audio, and how-to books." This privately held company serves booksellers, publishers, and libraries.
Books and Book Collecting: An excellent site for searching out-of-print books published anywhere in the world. It is an all-in-one search of multiple searchable websites.
Direct Text Book: "Shop for textbooks. Search 50+ online bookstores at once. Compare prices and find coupons for new textbooks, used textbooks, rental textbooks, college textbooks and ebooks."
Google Scholar: "Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the Web."
LibraryJournal: "An electronic offshoot of Library Journal, the oldest independent national library publication. Published 20 times annually, LJ combines news, features, and commentary with analyses of public policy, technology, and management developments. In addition, some 7500 evaluative reviews written by librarians help readers make their purchasing decisions: reviews of everything from books, audio and video, CD-ROMs, websites, and magazines."
LibrarySpot: "A free virtual library resource center for educators, students, and librarians who explore the Web for valuable research information. This portal brings the best library and reference sites together in one user-friendly spot. Sites featured on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by the editorial team for their exceptional quality, content and utility."
Powells: Online bookstore for used and out-of-print books.
Publishers' Catalogue: Use the search engine bar to access publishers by keyword or name. Use the U.S. Alphabetic link to find e-Publishers in the United States by topic or material type.
Vintage Books: New and used books sorted by category. Specialized inventory of hard to find, out of print, used, and rare books. This site claims to contain hundreds of thousands of mass market paperbacks that are not on-line.
Young Adult Library Services Association: As part of the American Library Association's mission to advocate, promote and strengthen library service to young adults, YALSA has provided booklists designed for teens through the college-bound.