Book Collecting Resources

Sites About Book Collecting

• Beat Generation Book Collectors -- The Yahoo group affiliated with this website.
• About.com's Book Collecting Site -- Lots of information for book collectors.
• rec.collecting.books newsgroup -- Discuss everything about collecting books.
• rec.collecting.books FAQ -- Resource for both novice and experienced book collectors.

Books for Sale

independent Beat & poetry-related bookstores & publishers

• Empty Mirror / Beat Generation Books - The Beats, poetry, art & ephemera.
• City Lights Books - Beat Central! Since 1953, in San Francisco's North Beach.
• Cherry Valley Editions - Publishing world-renowed writers & poets since 1974.
• The Temple Bookstore - Poetry & politics; owned by poet Charles Potts.
• Water Row Books - MA Beat Generation & counterculture dealer & publisher.
• Beat Books - Beat Generation & counterculture books in the UK.
• Anorak Books & Visuals - Beat, counterculture, rock, punk, & avant garde books.
• Open Books: A Poem Emporium - In Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood.

bookseller directories

• Internet Booksellers - Categorized directory of internet-based booksellers.
• We Sell Used Books - Used-book sellers in the USA, Australia, UK & Canada.
• Used Books Directory - Categorized directory of used-book stores online.
• Used Books 101 - Searchable directory of online, brick & mortar shops & services.

book listing services - search for & buy books online

• Advanced Book Exchange (ABE)
• Alibris
• Biblio
• AntiqBook
• A Book Search
• Antbo
• Biblion
• Bibliophile
• Bibliophile Bookbase
• Bibliopoly
• Books and Collectibles
• Book Lovers
• ChooseBooks
• Ibooknet
• International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
• IOBA - Independent Online Booksellers Association
• Livre Rare Book
• Maremagnum
• TomFolio
• Used Book Central
• Used Book Search
• World Book Market

You can search many bookselling sites at once with the sites below:

• Addall
• Bookfinder

other presses of note

• Sunny Outside - An Independent Press
• Verdant Press - Letterpress Printing

search for literary sites

• All Directory, Books Category

book sale events (held by libraries, organizations)

• Book Sale Finder - Search for sales, or subscribe to "Sale Mail" to be notified of book sales in your area.

Organizing Your Book Collection

online book cataloguing services

• Library Thing - Site where you can catalog and organize your books.

book cataloguing software

• Software for Book Collectors and Dealers - Book-collecting resource site Trussel reviews most of the available software.
• Book Inventory Management Software - List & links at The Book Guide.
• Organizing Software for Book Collectors - Another good list & links from LibrarySupportStaff.

More Information On This Site!

book collecting info

• index of book collecting information
• glossary of book terms
• how to identify first editions & book club editions
• Beat Generation & related online bibliographies

beat poets / authors info

• Beat Generation information: bibliography, biography, tributes, photos & more
• more reviews, articles, interviews

More Beat Generation links....

Books for Book Collectors

Instant Expert: Book Collecting by Matthew Budman. House of Collectibles, 2004. Book collecting essential knowledge, written in a frank & easy manner.

In the words of a reviewer at AB Bookman Weekly, "what this book does is open doors and minds to the art and the science of book collecting, painlessly."

Available at a discount from Amazon.com

Book Collecting 2000 : A Comprehensive Guide by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, Putnam. Prices and information for authors' first books, good advice on book collecting, and a wealth of other resources.

Buy Book Collecting 2000 at Amazon.com

Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions and
Points of Issue: A Compendium of Points of Issue,
both by Bill McBride. Small paperbacks which can tuck into your pocket on book-hunting excursions.

Learn more or buy it at Amazon.com.

ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter, Oak Knoll Press. This comprehensive glossary of book terms is a staple of every bookseller & book collector's library. The parts of the book are even labeled so you can learn what they are! This classic has been newly updated.

ABC for Book Collectors at Amazon.com

Modern Book Collecting by Robert A. Wilson, The Lyons Press. 1992. A must-have for the collector of modern poetry or the Beats, this book was written by the former proprietor of New York's legndary Phoenix Book Shop, the author of bibliographies of Gregory Corso, Gertrude Stein, and Denise Levertov. Chock full of insights you'll find nowhere else. Learn more or buy it at a discount from Amazon.com

Book Finds, 3rd Edition: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books by Ian C. Ellis. Perigree Trade, 2006.

When I first began selling books, in 2000, I bought an earlier edition of Book Finds & have often referred to it since. Ellis has experience as a book buyer & seller, an engaging writing style, and a practical perspective on the bookselling trade.

You can learn more, or buy it at a discount from Amazon.com

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