This message was forwarded to Maps-l by Larry Cruse.--------Johnnie ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Newgroups: poster Subject: (fwd) List of Book Resources on the Internet (July, 1995) Organization: GENESIS Information Services Xref: netcom.com rec.arts.books:140157 rec.arts.books.marketplace:14615 rec.arts ion:1146 alt.books.reviews:15909 rec.arts.mystery:8288 rec.arts.sf.written:11586 LIST OF BOOK-RELATED INTERNET RESOURCES (JULY, 1995) The Internet contains several resources for readers. Below are the ones I have been able to document. Please let me know of additions: ACORN BOOK SERVICES (book search service): Located in Orlando, Florida. Performs extensive e-mail searches for out of print books for a $5.00 fee per title, good for one year. Will order any book in print and send by mail (prepaid orders). Their e-mail address is [log in to unmask] AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION (BookWeb): Has a WWW home page at http://www.ambook.org/bookweb, with many resources (book news, membership directory, free speech issues), as well as links to bookstores on the net. ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (ABAA-booknet): Contains home pages for over 448 ABAA member booksellers, 75 of whom are online. Also provides a search service by specialty and location, catalogs and other services, book fairs, links to online public access catalogs, and articles from the ABAA newsletter. Their WWW home page is at http://www.abaa-booknet.com. AUDIO PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION: A listserve for fans of audio books. To subscribe to the Audiobooks list, send e-mail as follows: To: [log in to unmask] Subject: leave blank or type "none" Body: type subscribe audiobooks yourfirstname yourlastname If your software automatically places a .sig file in your message, delete it. BIBLIO ELECTRONIC MAILING LIST FOR BOOK COLLECTORS (for collectors and dealers of fine books - rare, antiquarian, first edition, fine press, etc., of all kinds): To subscribe to the mailing list, send a message to biblio- [log in to unmask], with the word "subscribe" in the subject: line. Wantlists are welcomed, as well as catalogues from small dealers. Biblio also maintains an archive. Their WWW home page is located at http://www.smartdocs.com/~bree. BOOK BYTES OUT-OF-PRINT NETWORK: Book Bytes is a subscription service ($30 signup, $10 per month minimum) that puts dealer listings together and reports the results to the "Wanter." They do not, themselves, buy or sell. Their e- mail address is [log in to unmask] BOOKMINE: Conducts free book searches from Sacramento, California, specializing in western Americana, history of science and medicine, illustrated books (especially childrens) railroading, travel and exploration, 19th century literature, and modern firsts. Their e-mail address is [log in to unmask], and their WWW home page is at http://www.virtual.bookshop.com. BOOKNET: Guide to bookstores in the Santa Cruz area. Has a web page at http://www.armory.com/-timeline/scbooks.html. BOOK REVIEW SITE LIST (Gerard Martin): Available by e-mail from [log in to unmask] BOOKSEARCH SEARCH SERVICE: Lists over 400,000 books online, located in the Mastermind Mall. Telnet to mastermind.com or connect to their WWW home page at http://mastermind.com. Go to the bookstore and they are on the menu. BOOK HAVE\WANT DATABASE (Bill Kurtland): Bill is setting up software for bookstores to be able to post lists of haves and wants, with order processing and shipping capabilities. His address is [log in to unmask] CHILDREN'S BOOK RESOURCES: Includes award lists and other pointers to children's book resources on the net. Their web page is located at http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html. COLLECTOR'S NETWORK LIST-SERVER: Don't have much info on this service, but their mailing-list may be joined by sending a message to: [log in to unmask] In the message area, write the following: VISIT name, address, city, state, zipcode, country {the above must be on one line} JOIN BOOKS SEND INFO FINDERS: Free searches for out-of-print books. E-mail info to [log in to unmask] GUIDE TO LITERATURE ON THE INTERNET: Wolfgang Hink maintains a monthly list of Internet literary resources, including newsgroups, FAQs, mailing lists, online books, electronic journals, zines, online libraries, a reference section, book shopping, resources for writers, and WAIS and WWW sources. To access the list - by e-mail: send a message to [log in to unmask] with message in the body "send usenet/news.answers/internet/literary-resources" by ftp: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/internet/literary- resources WWW home page: http://www.cis.ohio- state.edu:80/text/faq/usenet/internet/literary-resources/faq.html. HOFFMAN RESEARCH SERVICES (bookseller and book search service): Located in Rillton, Pennsylvania. Specializes in scientific and technical out of print books. Conducts free no-obligation international search service. Their e-mail address is [log in to unmask] INFORONICS and TITLENET: Inforonics and Titlenet services offer several searchable catalogs of several publishers, including McGraw-Hill, Facts on File, MIT Press, The Reference Press, and many others. Their gopher address is gopher.infor.com, and their WWW address is http://www.infor.com. Their e-mail address is [log in to unmask] INTERLOC VIRTUAL BOOK SERVICE (electronic book marketplace): Located in Southworth, Washington, the subscription service matches books wanted with the stocks of booksellers from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. They publish a newsletter and may be reached at either [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] INTERNET BOOKSTORE (books in e-text): The Internet Bookstore offers new titles in e-text at a reduced price (a $20.00 book costs $7.00). If, after purchasing the e-text version, the reader desires a hard copy, it is only $13.00. The bookstore also provides reader software. They may be reached through e-mail at [log in to unmask] INTERNET BOOK INFORMATION CENTER: Fred Zimmerman maintains the Internet Book Information Center (IBIC) - an experimental project to "provide access to Internet resources related to books." Available via WWW. The URL for the WWW server is http://sunsite.unc.edu/ibic/IBIC-homepage.html. The center's resources include: book-related FAQs, book reviews, an alt.books.reviews archive, the Commonplace Book, genre book guides, publisher's catalogs, list of online bookstores, online books, science fiction and fantasy book area, list of online reference works. One can literally spend days in the "center." INTERNET MALL: The Internet Mall is a monthly list of commercial services available on the net. The first floor of the mall is devoted to media. Book-related participants include Book Stacks Unlimited, Bibliobytes Electronic Books, Moes Books, Powell's Technical Books, Infinity Link Network Services, Natural Literacy, and many others. The list of services may be requested by sending a message to [log in to unmask] with "subscribe imall-l" in the message area. The Mall is maintained by Dave Taylor at [log in to unmask] INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY: Contains an extensive set of pages for reading, reference, and a youth division. Their WWW home page is at http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/. MARKETPLACE.COM (books by e-mail): Gopher to the above address, fill out their order form providing credit card information, and the book will be mailed to you via ftp. There aren't many books available yet, but their list of offerings is growing. On the web, they may be reached at http://marketplace.com/l. Shipping only to U.S. addresses. MYSTERY COLLECTOR'S BOOKLINE: A newsletter devoted to collectors and fans of mystery and suspense books. $75/yr to subscribe. E-mail to [log in to unmask] ONLINE BOOKSTORE: The Online Bookstore, run by Editorial, Inc. Not only does it carry books that can be downloaded to reader's hard drives for $5/book or read onscreen for $5/hour, the store also offers free downloadable .gif (graphical interface - a compression format for pictures) files of book covers and other items. Telnet to internet.com, login as "orders," and follow the menus. Inquiries may also be posted to [log in to unmask] ON-LINE BOOKS NEWSLETTER: A good source for tracking down books in e-text and other online book events. Their WWW home page is at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/books.html. ORDERPOINT ACQUISITION SERVICE (book search service): OrderPoint's focus is on books for business, but they can get anything in print and have foreign contacts. They ship worldwide. Their e-mail address is [log in to unmask] PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER LISTS: Available from BookWire from their WWW home page at http://www.bookwire.com. Updated weekly. REC.ARTS.BOOKS: Evelyn Leeper has collected extensive information (in the form of FAQ's) on bookstores, categorized by city, in the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.books, which she posts monthly. Failing to find what you're looking for here, take a look at her postings or ask her to send them to you, as several stores have e-mail addresses. She's at [log in to unmask] REC.ARTS.BOOKS.CHILDRENS: Discussion of children's books by librarians, teachers, and parents, as well as authors and illustrators. REC.ARTS.BOOKS.HIST-FICTION: Brand spanking new. Discussion of books on historical fiction. REC.ARTS.BOOKS.MARKETPLACE: A relatively new newsgroup, rec.arts.books.marketplace is THE place to go for ordering books via e-mail, posting want lists, and finding on-line booksellers and bookstores in specific subject areas. REC.ARTS.BOOKS.REVIEWS: Also relatively new. A moderated newsgroup for book reviews only; r.a.b.r. reviews are archived at gopher.colorado.edu and are searchable by keyword. Moderator is Steve Brock ([log in to unmask]). REC.ARTS.MYSTERY: Discussion of mystery and suspense books, movies, television shows, etc. SCIENCE FICTION BOOK REVIEWS: Compiled by Doug Ingram at http://www.astro.washington.edu/ingram/books.html. Complied by Brian Duff at http://www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~it0195/scifi.html. Archives of The WEB Online Review are also available through the Internet Book Information Center (IBIC, see above). Wendy and The WEB may be reached at [log in to unmask] She is currently looking for reviewers. UNOFFICIAL INTERNET BOOKLIST (Kevin Savetz): List of books published about the Internet - its uses, users, tools, resources, culture, and lore. Its WWW home page is at http://www.northcoast.com/savetz/faqs.html. The list is also available via e-mail: To: [log in to unmask] Subject: archive Body: send booklist VIRTUAL BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION (Steve Armstrong): Steve, owner of the Virtual Book Shop (see Internet Bookstores list), has begun a service to assist booksellers in marketing their books on the Internet, with an online searchable WWW catalog. For more info, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] or see the bookstore's WWW home page at http://www.virtual.bookshop.com. YAHOO INTERNET SERVICES (new and used bookstores, book publishers): Over 450 new and used bookstores and book publishers are listed at Yahoo's WWW site, located at http://www.yahoo.com/Business/Corporations/Books. -- P. Michael McCulley / GENESIS Information Services / [log in to unmask] Home Page URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/GI/GIS/genhome.html ........................................................................ If today is the first day of the rest of your life, what the hell was yesterday?