Books: General Resources and History of the Book
This page:
General Resources |
Online Discussion of Books |
Book Blogs |
History of the Book and the Book
Arts
General Resources
- Bookwire - Contains a huge directory of book-related Web sites and several bestseller lists
- Books and Book Collecting - Links to booksellers, libraries, and other book sites
- Book Happy: World of Weird Books
- Bookspot - Book links, book lists, book facts
- Internet Road Map to Books
Online Discussion of Books
See also Social Sites for Booklovers
- Rec.Arts.Books - A newsgroup devoted to general discussions of books. See also the Rec.Arts.Books Home Page
- Books Clubs Resource - Find online discussions or start your own reading group
Web Directories:
Book Blogs
Book blogs
- Biblioblog
- The Book Bench - "Loose leafs from the New Yorker Books Department"
- Bookmouth - News on the publishing world, with an emphasis on independents and small presses
- Bookshelf Porn - Just what it sounds like
- Bookslut
- Bookworm
- Bookzen
- The Constant Reader by Carol Van Houten. Her online commonplace book is a joy.
- Craig's Book Notes
- Foreword: The Book Design Blog
- Future of the Book - "Preservation and persistence of the changing book"
- Holt Uncensored - "A candid look at books and the book industry" by Pat Holt, former editor of the San Francisco Chronicle book review
- Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis ... all things books - From a used and rare book dealer in Maine
- Reading Around - Elizabeth Thomsen
- So Many Books
History of the Book & the Book Arts
- Book Arts Web
- Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology by Roberts and Etherington
- Digital Scriptorium - Images of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts from many institutions
- Guide to the Book Arts and Book History on the WWW
- In aedibus aldi: The Legacy of Aldus Manutius and His Press - My favorite Renaissance printer
- Les Tres Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry
Book Miscellany
- Lezende Vrouwen in de Kunst (Reading Women in Art)