Netlibrary Downloadable eAudiobooks.

Hackley Public Library is now offering downloadable eAudiobooks through NetLibrary to Hackley Library card holders. First, go to Hackley Public Library (you must be in the building) and set up an account by going to http://www.netlibrary.com/ and clicking on Create an Account (in the upper right hand corner). Fill in the fields, then click on "Create Account". Now that your account is created, you can search for titles from home through the online catalog. To browse all available titles, do an author search of "NetLibrary, Inc." When you find a title you like, click on the full record, then on the link in the "Connect to" box. Be sure to log in to NetLibrary by clicking on the LOG IN button in the upper left hand corner. Then, click on "download this eAudiobook" and follow the directions on the next screen. Once the title is on your computer, double click it to open up your media player. You can listen to it through your computer, or sync it to your MP3 player. Be sure to follow the directions for your media player and MP3 player.

New Books at Hackely Public Library

• Search the HPL Online catalog for Fiction books on cassette tape older than 2002
• Search the HPL Online catalog for Fiction books on cassette tape for all years
• Search the HPL Online catalog for Books on CD
• Search the HPL Online catalog for Music CDs
• Search the HPL Online catalog for DVDs
• Search the HPL Online catalog for VHS items

Book Clubs

• Online Book Clubs
• Stay Connected with the Hackley Public Library through BookLetters newsletter e-mails. BookLetters e-mails are an easy and fun way to find out about happenings at the library and throughout the community. By signing up, timely notices of scheduled activities and events can conveniently be delivered right to your home or office.
• Enjoy a quick introduction to a new BookLetters Daily Online Book Club selection each week. It is a fast and fun way to stay in touch with a broad array of works. Join one or all of our clubs to receive reviews, author interviews and even book excerpts delivered right to your inbox. Best of all, it's FREE - Signup today!
• Bookshelf This isn't a book club per se, but it shows how many people are currently reading a specific book, who wants to read the book and who has finished it. People can comment on the book and rate it. (LS)
• DailyLit ""DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail. DailyLit currently offers over 400 classic public domain titles that can be subscribed to and read in their entirety for free." Includes some in French, Italian, and Spanish. Search, or browse by title, author, or category. The entry for each work includes a preview of the first installment and the number of installments (such as 675 for "War and Peace" and 149 for "Pride and Prejudice")." (LII)
• LitLovers.com "An online community dedicated to books and book clubs—because both enrich our lives. We've got great resources to enhance your book club experience. Whether you're selecting books, or thinking & talking about them, LitLovers is the place to come."
• R.A.W. Sistaz The Reading and Writing Sistaz, combining literature and sisterhood.
• Black Literature.com "your home on the web for books by, for, and about Black people
• Online Programming for All Libraries this site has lots of online events going on, including book discussions. Click on Schedule Of Events, then Book Discussions and Literary Events to see what is coming up.
• Reader's Club "more than 2000 book reviews written by librarians and library staff at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina since 1998. Reviews are categorized by genre." (RSS)
• Reader's Circle : "A book club networking site serving the US, Canada, and Australia with listings for local groups, author events, & phone chats."
• Read Along the Lakeshore A "One Book One Community" event for West Michigan.
• Reading Group Guides "the first website built especially for reading groups, providing them with all they need to make their book club experience better than ever."
• Revish "If you love reading and sharing your reading experiences you're in the right place! Revish lets you:
  * Write reviews of any books you read
  * Maintain a reading list and share it with friends
  * Keep a reading journal - look back and see what you were reading at any time
  * Read reviews by other Revish members
  * Create and participate in groups, to discuss books, reading or anything else
  * Use our API and widgets to include your Revish content on your blog or website" (LIB)
• Shelfari "Shelfari makes it easy to see what your friends are reading, what others with similar tastes have enjoyed, and even get and give book recommendations." (IRN)
• Local Book Clubs
• Great Books: a reading and discussion group led by Cynthia Price. Meets on the second and fourth Saturdays at 9:30 am in the Julia Hackley Room.
• Ulysses Group: led by Fran Fisher, meets in the Julia Hackley room on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00-11:30 am.
• Lunchtime Book Discussion Group: led by Richard Charles Ford, meets at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at noon. For more information or to register, call St. Paul's Church at 231-722-2112 or Mr. Ford at 231-755-4694.
• Book Discussion Group: White Lake Community Library, meets 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm. For more information call 231-894-9531.

What to Read Next

• African American Popular Fiction Writers "This booklist provides a starting pointing for finding black authors of romance, mystery, science fiction, and other popular fiction works. List is in alphabetical order by author, with notations for the genre of works. Some of the authors listed include Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delaney, Tananarive Due, Terry McMillan, Walter Mosley, and Alice Walker. From Onondaga County Public Library, New York." (LII)
• All Readers A book search engine
• BookBrowse.com "Bookbrowse carefully selects from the most interesting current books and provides you with multiple reviews and a substantial excerpt of each." (SR)
• Book Lamp "a system for matching readers to books through an analysis of writing styles, similar to the way that Pandora.com matches music lovers to new music." (WILT)
• BookLetters Main Page
• Bestseller and Awards Lists From BookLetters
• The Booklist Center "The Web's Largest Selection of Booklists." (LII)
• Booklust Nancy Pearl's wiki for booklovers.
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Book Lists "Collection of adult fiction and nonfiction annotated reading lists with themes such as travel fiction, chick lit, gay and lesbian fiction, baseball, Christian fiction, the U.S. Civil War, science fiction and fantasy, culinary mysteries, bread baking, and home repair. From the staff of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh." (LII)
• Fiction Finder Search by place, character, categories, etc. From OCLC. (LIB)
• Fictionarium "Fictionarium.com was created to link authors, not alphabetically, but by likeness. If you enjoyed one author, you can just click their genre and find a new author with similar qualities! You can also add new authors to help others find new books. Check out the "featured author" for something different! This site allows people to find something new to read, while basically guaranteeing a book you?ll like." (SR)
• Gnooks "offers several literature-related things, as well as a forum, and a book recommender, called Gnod's Suggestions." (LII)
• IRead Wiki, Iowa librarians' Readers' Advisory wiki (SL)
• JuiceSpot "a website where book lovers can get a better read on what to read next, by sharing and comparing short recommendations (i.e. the juice) on books."
• Kent District Library's Books and Reading Page book lists, staff recommendations, what to read next, etc.
• Morton Grove Public Library's Virtual Reader's Service Desk This is a must see for readers of fiction! Book reviews, links to bibliographies, bestseller previews, etc.
• Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners created by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association. (LII)
• PUBLIB Best Books for 2004 "The best books and audiobooks for 2004 (and a good list to recommend at any time), as selected by the PUBLIB discussion list community. PUBLIB is a 5,000-member discussion list for public librarians. List compiled by David Faulkner, Austin Public Library, Texas." (LII)
• The Reader's Robot - A Reader's Advisory Service (LII)
• Series and Sequels database provided by the Los Angeles Public Library. (LIB)
• Suggestica "non-fiction book recommendation website in beta that gets recommendations from experts in various fields." (LIB)
• Story Code "a unique source of inspiring book recommendations and a great way to find the next book to read. And its power comes from the collaborative passion of readers." (LIB)
• UC Berkeley Summer Reading List themed reading lists aimed at college students. (LII)
• What's Next? search for the next book in a series of adult fiction. From Kent District Library.
• What Should I Read Next "Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers' favourite books (over 32,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next." (DS)
• Whichbook.net Wondering what to read next? This site may help by narrowing down what you are looking for in a book. (LG)

General Sites dealing with literature

• African/American Writers available at Hackley Public Library
• African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) "Authors, books, events, reviews, writers' resources, "fun stuff," and discussion groups". (LII)
• African American Literature Online annotated bibliography of African American writers of the 20th century. (LII)
• American Folklore "retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, Tall Tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each of the 50 states." (LII)
• Arts and Letters Daily A daily publication that has reviews, articles, and new book notices in all fields of the humanities.
• Sister To Sister Bibliography Books available at Hackley Public Library
• Blithe House Quarterly: A Site for Gay Fiction new and established authors are featured here. (LII)
• Book Arts Web
• Book Browser
• Book Mooch Trade books with people around the world. (WIL)
• Book Expo "The Biggest Book Event in the US"
• Book Fairs and Other Literary Events "Extensive listing of U.S. and international book fairs and other literary events (such as poetry and storytelling festivals). Provides contact phone numbers and websites, and month of the events. Listed alphabetically and by state. From the Library of Congress Center for the Book." (LII)
• Free Book Notes an index to study guides for over 250 classic novels. (LII)
• Book Reporter reviews, booklists, author interviews, newsletters, and lots more. (LII)
• BookWire
• British Literature.com
• Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes_
• Classics Unveiled information on classical Greece and Rome, including a sectin on Greek gods and heroes. (LII)
• Exquisite Corpse An online version of the literary magazine.
• Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts "a fine site for those looking to explore the vast world of folklore and its many manifestations through a number of varying cultural traditions" (SR)
• Free ISBN search search for books by their isbn. (RB)
• Gnooks "offers several literature-related things, as well as a forum, and a book recommender, called Gnod's Suggestions." (LII)
• ISBN Database " a database of books in different languages providing on-line and remote research tools for individuals, librarians, scientists, etc. Taking data from hundreds of libraries across the world ISBNdb is a unique tool you won't find anywhere else. " (WILT)
• JustFreeBooks "JustFreeBooks search the content of more than 450 web sites, including gutenberg.org, wikibooks.org and archive.org. With JustFreeBooks you can find public domain texts, open books, free audio books, ad-supported books and more." (IRN)
• 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.” (IRN)
• Literary Locales " More than 1,000 picture links to places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors. Sponsored by the English Department at San Jose State University" (WIL)
• Mathematical Fiction "Alex Kasman, Associate Professor in the College of Charleston Department of Mathematics, has compiled this list of Mathematical Fiction. The books and stories listed here may be of interest to teachers or anyone wanting to read about mathematics from a literary perspective. The collection is organized so that visitors can browse by medium (which includes 22 entries that are categorized as "Available Free Online"), genre, motif, or topic." (SR)
• 2005 Michigan Notable Books from the Library of Michigan (RT)
• The National Book Foundation "visitors can peruse a listing of all of the award winners, learn about the annual National Book Month (celebrated in October), and explore the many other offerings of the foundation including workshops, writing camps, and available resources." (SR)
• NewPages - Alternatives in Print and Media "Users in search of new and interesting journals, weeklies, and publishers would be hard-pressed to find a better starting point than this site." (SR)
• Oprah's Online Bookclub (LII)
• PEN American Center 'the PEN American Center works "to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship".' (SR)
• The Pulitzer Prize This site is the official Pulitzer Prize site, and has all the winners along with a one sentence summary of the works of the winners and finalists.
• Readers' Café: A Virtual Meeting Place for Books and Readers bibliographies, book reviews, book groups, etc. (LII)
• Story Arts Online Storytelling hints and techniques.
• Titles from Shakespeare Type in the name of a Shakespeare play and find all the other works that have been based on it with their author and the full quotation from which a title was derived.
• Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture [QuickTime, RealPlayer] Not only is the full text of the book offered here, but audio recordings of the hymns, prefaces by H. B. Stowe, and commentary on the effects of the book on American Society.
• The Writer's Almanac Garrison Keillor's daily NPR segment. (LII)
• Women Writers Project -- Brown University. Pre-Victorian literature written by women. This is a beta-test version.
• A World of Books: Annotated Surveys of Noteworthy Books from Around the Globe from the Library of Congress, "A series of annual pamphlets first started in 1998, "featuring "some of the most important and interesting books published abroad that an American public may have overlooked." (LII)

E-Books and eAudiobooks

• Best Places to Get Free Books(LIB)
• Search E-Books search the web for e-books. (LII)
• Search for e-books From Librarian chick. Search for free audio, text, and e-books. (LIB)
• African American Women Writers of the 19th Century "an online collection of 52 full-text works" from the New York Public Library.
• Alex Catalog of Electronic Texts
• AskSam " browse these online or download and read them on your computer with the free AskSam reader." (RB)
• ClassicBookshelf.com e-texts with a difference...this site lets the reader change the display.
• The Arabian Nights and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam this site has a variety of translations of both texts. (SR)
• Classic Reader Over 600 books and 900 short stories presented in unabridged versions that one can "can read, search, and annotate." (LII)
• Digital Book Index A database of over 60,000 fiction and nonfiction e-books from over 1,800 publishers. (LII)
• Domesday Book "This site has been set up to enable visitors to find out the history of the Domesday Book and to give an insight into life at the time of its compilation [the eleventh century]. This site does not contain all the information contained in the original text, however does include a list of every settlement existing in 1086." (LII)
• E-library of literature a modest collection of e-texts.
• JustFreeBooks "JustFreeBooks searches the content of more than 450 web sites, including gutenberg.org, wikibooks.org and archive.org." (IRN)
• Electronic Literature Directory "comprehensive directory of work" in the field of electronic literature
• Wright American Fiction (1851-1875) a "collection of American fiction that attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875." From Indiana University (SR)
• E-Book Archive "Find essays, manuscripts, and tons of e-books here"
• LoudLit.org "“LoudLit.org is committed to delivering public domain literature paired with high quality audio performances. We pair together great literature and accompanying audio.” " (IRN)
• On line Texts from the Internet Public Library.
• Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature from the Library of the University of Virginia. (LII)
• Author's House Books that are in the public domain.
• Google Print "A searchable archive of the full texts of books scanned from publishers and libraries. The site includes a discussion of what portions of materials are available for books that may still be under copyright protection: "you'll only see snippets of text directly around your search term. This snippet view is designed to help users ... make a decision about whether to go find a physical copy of the book.""(LII)
• Collection of Science Fiction/alternate history books online (RB)
• The Harvard Classics and Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, 1909-1917 Bartleby.com has placed the entire set online for the general public (SR)
• Making of America Collection This site has a large collection of late-nineteenth-century American books and journals that can be read online.
• Manybooks.net "The staff members at Manybooks.net have adapted the e-texts created by the Project Gutenberg DVD and placed them online in a host of formats, including pdf, eReader, and as Palm document files. Visitors can begin by browsing by author, title, category, or language." (SR)
• On-Line Books Page "The site only indexes books (all located at other sites) that are full text, free, and not copyrighted."
• Online Literary Criticism Collection
• Open Culture Audiobook Podcast Collection - Free Audiobooks (WIL)
• Open Library "aims to reproduce the experience of reading a book online." All the books at this site are in the public domain. (DS)
• Page by Page public domain books online. (LII)
• Project Gutenberg Full text of many books that are no longer copyrighted.
• Penn State University Electronic Classics
• Planet PDF: Free PDF eBooks
• Read Print.com "A warm welcome to Read Print, your free online library. Our website offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. To find the book you desire to read, start by looking through the author index."
• Simiply Audiobooks this site has some free downloadable eaudiobooks.
• Wiki Books online books that anyone can edit. (RB)
• Podio Books "Free serialized audio books, delivered on your schedule." (RB)
• eAudio books
• Project Gutenberg Audio Books
• LibriVox "provides totally free audiobooks from the public domain."
• Free Classic Audiobooks Available in MP3 and M4B for iPod.
• netLibrary free and not free on-line books and eAudioBooks. Free books can be downloaded.
• Universal Digital Library Search for digital books.

Poetry and Plays

• Academy of American Poets (SR)
• Bartleby Verse: American and English Poetry, 1250-1920 Many anthologies of verse are included here and can be searched.
• Blake Digital Text Project [Frames] Blake concordance, complete text of David V. Erdman's The Complete Poetry of and Prose of William Blake, and a hypertext version of Songs of Innocence and of Experience
• British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
• Byron: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work biography, timeline, selected works. (LII)
• Ben Jonson "contains most of Jonsons' plays and lyric poetry, a brief biography (with hypertext links), additional Web resources, and a number of critical essays on Jonson's body of work." (SR)
• Light and Dust Anthology of Poetry "This international anthology of contemporary poetry has selected works, entire books, "visual poetry and other work...in graphics files," background material on the authors, essays on poetry, and links to related sites." (LII)
• Modern Haiku "...a journal dedicated to promoting and publishing the work of those writers and poets working on this particular form of poetic expression." (SR)
• Favorite Poem Project [RealPlayer, .pdf]. Hear other people's favorite poems and find out how to submit your own.
• Playwrights on the Web homepages of playwrights (LII)
• Poem Hunter.com
• Poetry 180 from the Library of Congress and the Poet Laureate. A poem for each day of the school year. (RB)
• Poetry Magazine "the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world." (LII)
• The Poetry Society of America the highlights of this site include a calendar of upcoming events sponsored by the Society, and a direct link to the Favorite Poem Project, which was begun by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. (SR)
• Poets Corner Biographies of poets, timeline of poetry and more. (LII)
• The Samuel Beckett On-Line Resources and Links Pages look here for info on Samuel Beckett (LII)
• _The Oxford Shakespeare_ "the most authoritative Shakespeare freely available on the Internet"
• Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Search Shakespeare searches each line of Shakespeare for your key words (RB)
• Internet Shakespeare Editions "scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays." (LII)
• Treasures in Full: Shakespeare in Quarto "presents digitized versions of all 21 of Shakespeare's plays that were published in quarto before 1642." (SR)
• The Swinburne Project Algernon Charles Swinburne. (SR)
• Robert Penn Warren the first Poet Laureate of the United States. (SR)
• The Academy of American Poets: Robert Penn Warren the first Poet Laureate of the United States. (SR)
• The Walt Whitman Archive "under the direction of Kenneth M. Price of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Ed Folsom at the University of Iowa. With significant support from a host of organizations and institutions, the Archive has grown over the past few years to include a host of versions of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, his other diverse poetry manuscripts, and an integrated guide to the aforementioned manuscripts." (SR)
• Academy of American Poets: Walt Whitman "links to eighteen Whitman poems, seven Whitman discussion questions and pages about five additional romanticism poets (Poe, Keats, Shelley, Coleridge and Wordsworth.)" (STW)

Sites with Specific Authors

• Author Yellow Pages search for authors. (LII)
• Author Directory from BookLetters
• Jean Hersholt: "The Complete Andersen" 'This site bills itself as "the most comprehensive edition of Andersen's fairy tales in English (American) on the internet."' (LII)
• Isaac Asimov Home Page "Includes lists of his novels, short fiction, and essays, plus links to reviews, booksellers, and publishers." (LII)
• Jane Austen "Critical essay addressing the life and works of 19th-century English author Jane Austen. Includes a discussion of her early writings and of her mature works such as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma." Also includes a list of works by Austen, a bibliography, and links to related sites. From a professor at Brandeis University." (LII)
• Samuel Beckett: Apmonia "contains numerous sections devoted to different aspects of Beckett's life and work". (SR)
• Ray Bradbury "Biographical information about Ray Bradbury, author of science fiction novels such as "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles." Includes a video interview with the author, a chronology of his work, and active message boards. From Harper Collins." (LII)
• The Burns Encyclopedia "this full-text, online version of "the definitive Robert Burns reference volume" serves as a useful handbook to Scotland's most famous poet and the intellectual circles in which he turned."
• Burns Country Everything you wanted to know about Robert Burns.
• The Cervantes Project [.pdf] Sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation. (SR)
• The Willa Cather Electronic Archive "broad access to a variety of material documenting and contextualizing the work of one of America's most acclaimed writers." (LII)
• Geoffrey Chaucer Home Page [MS Word] "This site contains several resources useful to students and instructors studying Chaucer." (SR)
• The Geoffrey Chaucer Website from Harvard. (SR)
• Treasures in Full: Caxton's Chaucer This site contains images of "William Caxton's two editions of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales,' probably printed in 1476 and 1483." (LII)
• Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening -- PBS [RealPlayer] "a companion to a PBS program on the life and work of nineteenth-century Louisiana author Kate Chopin"
• Kate Chopin website of the Kate Chopin International Society.
• The Noam Chomsky Archive [RealPlayer] Find full text or excerpts from 14 of Chomsky's books.
• Roald Dahl [Macromedia Flash Player] "this website contains a host of lovely features, including a photo gallery of Dahl at various moments throughout his life, a number of fine interactive features..." (SR)
• David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page "offers concise introductory information on a wide variety of Dickens-related topics."
• John Donne the complete works of John Donne, including spoken word versions of many of his poems. (SR)
• The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "offers a nice selection of materials that relate the story of Doyle's own life and the many adventures of Holmes and Watson." (SR)
• DreiserWebSource [RealOnePlayer] "brings together a host of written ephemera, original essays, and electronic texts related to the life and writings of Theodore Dreiser" from the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library Collection at the University of Pennsylvania. (SR)
• The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson "Visitors can browse through these works if they so choose, or perform simple or proximity searches across the entire text." (SR)
• The Hemingway Resource Center [RealOne Player] "extended biographical essay on Hemingway, several bibliographies, and a FAQ section that answers some often asked questions about certain aspects of his life and writings." (SR)
• Timeless Hemingway "includes a wealth of information about Ernest Hemingway. The principal pages of the web site are described below."
• Hermann Hesse Portal information on his life and writings. (SR)
• Literature Network: Herman Hesse features a biographical essay and the complete text of Siddhartha (SR)
• Henry James Scholar's Guide to Web Sites "a compendium of links and writings by and about the American writer Henry James." (SR)
• The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page "The most comprehensive collection of Samuel Johnson quotations on the web." (LII)
• The Kipling Society information about the life and works of Rudyard Kipling. (LII)
• Ursula K. Le Guin This is the official web site of Ms. LeGuin. (LII)
• C. S. Lewis "current news, biographies, articles about Lewis and his writings, links to other Web sites," etc. (LII)
• Jack London's Writings "This online collection, provided by the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE project, provides a wealth of material on London, including full-text versions of nearly all of his books, primary documents, and detailed bibliographies and finding aids." (SR)
• The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: An Electronic Edition " from the Perseus Project at Tufts University"
• Edgar Allan Poe "Biography and collection of material about poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe. Features a walking tour of Edgar Allan Poe's Publishers Row in New York City, a selected bibliography, and some of Poe's poems, such as "The Raven" and "The Bells." Includes links to related sites and to profiles of other poets from the Romantic era. From the Academy of American Poets." (LII)
• Red Room "This website's goal is to create a social network for authors and readers. It features pages for authors including Maya Angelou, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Khaled Hosseini, and Amy Tan, with author biographies, lists of published works, blog entries, and audio and video clips (such as the 1988 San Francisco high school graduation speech by Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket). Browsable by author or genre. Also includes an events listing." (LII)
• Walter Scott Digital Archive "The Walter Scott Digital Archive is an Edinburgh University Library online resource created in the Special Collections Division. It is designed around the extensive Corson Collection of Walter Scott material held in Special Collections. We hope that in time this website will become the main source of information on the life and work of Sir Walter Scott on the web."
• William Shakespeare who was he? (LII)
• John Steinbeck collections at Stanford University. (LII)
• Harriet Beecher Stowe Center "This site provides information about her life and writings, her house in Hartford, Connecticut, digitized documents, bibliographies, and links to related sites." (LII)
• The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau [pdf] " a source of information about the authorized Thoreau Edition of his complete works " (SR)
• Leo Tolstoy (LII)
• Mark Twain Papers and Project "The Mark Twain Papers contain the private papers of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) that he himself segregated and made available to his official biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine." (LII)
• Jules Verne "...Created to make the works of Jules Gabriel Verne (a popular French author well known for his novels and short stories) readily accessible to the public". (SR)
• Virginia Woolf

Mystery/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Romance/Detective

• Bibliomysteries mysteries that take place in or around books, or with characters that deal with books.
• Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls "The site offers thousands of cataloged graphic images of illustrated covers to issues of the dime novels and story papers"
• Death Among the Books: Bibliomysteries for Booklovers"Librarians, authors, publishers, and bookdealers are featured in these charming mysteries. A short, partially annotated, bibliography from the Manchester (Connecticut) Public Library." (LII)
• Monster Librarian "Collection of horror fiction reading lists for adults and teens. Topics include vampires werewolves, zombies, horror-themed romance, and more. Also includes suggestions for scary books for children, and reviews of horror podcasts. From librarian Dylan Kowalewski." (LII)
• Jewish MysteriesThis site features an annotated bibliography of American Jewish mystery and detective fiction. The mysteries are divided into three categories "based on Jewish identity and the role of Judaism in each mystery": assimilation, acculturation, and affirmation. Also includes an introductory essay. From a rabbi who is the editor of anthologies of Jewish mystery stories. (LII)
• Mystery Ink "booklover's guide to mysteries and thrillers" (LII)
• Mystery*File "A "crime fiction research journal" about mystery novels and novelists. Includes an illustrated and annotated checklist of the Ziff-Davis Fingerprint Mysteries, a chronological checklist of Native American detectives, and an essay about the game of cricket and mystery novels. Also addresses fictional characters such as Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence, book reviews for older and recent works, and links to related sites." (LII)
• The Mystery Reader book reviews, lists, and more. (LIB)
• Fantastic Fiction bibliography of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database "over 60,000 articles, books, news reports, obituaries, motion picture reviews and other material about science fiction and fantasy." (LII)
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (SFWA) "links to member authors' Web sites, full-text online fiction, and calendars of public appearances." (LII)
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List bibliography of science fiction and fantasy authors. (RB)
• Adventures to Read All Through the Summer from NPR...a list of books recommmended by Nancy Pearl. (LII)
• Golden Gate Mysteries: A Bibliography of Crime Fiction Set in the San Francisco Bay Area "This bibliography contains over 900 titles of mystery, detective, and crime fiction with the action, or significant parts of the action, set in San Francisco and the Bay Area." (LII)
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (RB)
• The Encyclopedia of Arda: An Interactive Guide to the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien Middle Earth encyclopedia. (LII)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973 One Ring: The Complete Guide to Tolkien. (LII)
• The Literary Gothic "this site bills itself as "the Web's premier guide to Gothic literature," " (SR)
• Monstser Librarian "info on horror books for kids, teens, and adults, complete with reviews, upcoming releases, and very nicely annotated book lists by specific horror categories (e.g., vampires)." (LIB)
• Grimm Brothers [RealPlayer]. Hear the original Grimm Fairy Tales. This site also has information on fairy tales and activities for kids, among other things. Sponsored by National Geographic.
• Home page for Science Fiction and Fantasy
• The Moonlit Road [RealPlayer] Spooky stories and weird tales from the American South
• Mysterious Homepage links to mysteries, authors, characters, etc.
• Stop, You're Killing Me! Search for Mysteries by author or character. (LII)
• Thrilling Detectives search for detectives in literature, film, and tv. (RB)
• Romance Writers of America includes a Romance Novels database.
• The Romance Reader
• Romance Novels
• Sci-Fi World book reviews, short stories, and more concerning science fiction (LII)
• Sherlockian.net Everything you ever wanted to know about anything to do with Sherlock Holmes.
• SF Site E-zine dedicated to Science Fiction and Fantasy literature

Book Reviews

• "A Novel Conversation", Monday 10am and 10pm and Wednesday 10am and 9pm, on MCC-TV (Comcast 98 in the Muskegon area). Local people talk about the books they have read.

• Black Literature.com "your home on the web for books by, for, and about Black people
• Blogging for a Good Book "This blog provides a book review every weekday, from librarians at the Williamsburg Regional Library (Virginia). Browse past reviews by reviewer and by subjects and genres such as literary fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, mysteries, young adult, and thrillers." (LII)
• Blue Rectangle "BlueRectangle.com offers video book reviews (book reviews on video). Concise and fascinating insights into a wide variety of books, by a wide variety of book reviewers."
• BookPage Reviews and Interviews
• Booklist ALA's magazine of book reviews
• Bookcrossing this site encourages readers to "forget" their used books in public places. You can then track where your book ends up. It also has reviews, ratings and recommendations. (RB)
• BookPage "This online version of the monthly publication features brief reviews of new general interest nonfiction, fiction, science fiction, mysteries, romance, children's books, and audio books. Also includes author interviews, book club recommendations, and special interest lists (such as Black History Month and holidays). Aimed at librarians, booksellers, and consumers, it is archived and searchable back to January 1996." (LII)
• Boston Book Review
• Complete Review book reviews, can be searched by genre. (LII)
• The GateGuide San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
• London Review of Books Online "trenchant reviews of recently released books" (SR)
• Los Angeles Times Book Review
• New York Times Books
• Book Lovers Wiki from Princeton Public Library. (LIB)
• Paper Cuts: A Blog About Books "This blog is "about books and other forms of printed matter, written by Dwight Garner, senior editor of The [New York Times] Book Review. Look here for book news and opinion, interviews with writers, regular raids on the Book Review's archives, and other special features." Includes posts on topics such as the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" in 2007 and playlists of songs from writers. From The New York Times." (LII)
• Salon Magazine Sneak Peaks
• Story Code This is not strictly a review site, but rather a recommendation site. "StoryCode.com is a unique source of inspiring book recommendations and a great way to find the next book to read. And its power comes from the collaborative passion of readers."

Reading Groups

• Books@Random
• Booktagger "Booktagger is a type of social network for book lovers. Sign up and add the books you have read, and ones you are thinking about reading. Then chat it up with people that like the same books as you do, get suggestions and a little more insight on what you might want to read." (DS)
• ReadervilleOnline book club and resource for readers. (LII)
• ReadingGroupGuides.com "a host of helpful resource materials for those seeking to start and maintain an effective reading group." (SR)

Book Sellers

• Amazon.Com
• Barnes and Noble
• Book Sales in America This site lists the whereabouts of used book sales around the country.
• Dance books a world wide retailer of dance related products.
• Tom folio you can browse by category at this site. (RB)
• Second hand book search.Search for second hand books.

Book Pricing Sites

• AddAll.com
• Advanced Book Exchange
• BestBookBuys.com
• BookFinder.com
• Book Price.com multiple book price comparison.
• Chambal compare new and used book prices across major online bookstores.
• ISBN.NU

Out of Print and Rare Book Dealers

• Advanced Book Exchange
• Albris.com
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
• Bibliofind
• Book Finder
• Book collecting

Author Information

• C-SPAN American Writers: A journey through history "From March through December 2001, C-SPAN will look at the lives and works of selected American writers who have chronicled, reflected upon or influenced the course of our nation's history and explore what their works mean to Americans today. " (LII)
• Twain, Mark -- 1835-1910 "focuses on how 'Mark Twain' and his works were created and defined, marketed and performed, reviewed and appreciated." (LII)

Writing Tips

• American Society of Journalists and Authors
• Electronic Journalist
• Grant Writing for Nonprofits "specifically designed to assist established, experienced private and public non-profit organizations and entities. The guides will not assist individuals or start-up organizations." (LII)
• Guide to Writing Proposalsinformation on writing the proposal from start to finish. (LII)
• Guide to Writing Successful Press Releases "While this site is designed to help you write better press releases for the promotion of new Web sites, the expertise and tools provided here could be effective for any kind of promotional campaign." (LII)
• Mystery Writers of America
• National Writers Union
• Plain Language "The Plain Language Action and Information Network is a government-wide group of volunteers working to improve communications from the federal government to the public." (LII)
• Poets and Writers Online
• Romance Writers of America
• The Slot A spot for copy editors
• Playwriting Seminars
• Publisher's Catalogues "Entries for each publisher include a brief sentence or two from the publisher describing itself and a link to its homepage."
• Purdue OWL: Writing Resources
• Writers Guild of America: Screenwriting for Screenwriters
• Writers Write
• Writing.com an online community for writers of all ages, interests and skill levels.
• Writing for the Web

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