Books, Bookstores, Book Reviews  

Audio Books
LibrVox -- LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain.

Books, new & used
Advanced Book Exchange -- Used & out of print
Alibris -- Used & out of print
Amazon.com -- New & used
Barnes and Noble -- New & used
Books in Print
Powell's Books -- New & used
Used & Rare Books -- Links from Google Directory

Bookstores, Santa Cruz area
Bay Tree Bookstore (UCSC)
Bookshop Santa Cruz
Cabrillo College Bookstore
Capitola Book Cafe
Gateways Books

Book price comparisons
AddALL -- Book searching & price comparison
BestBookBuys -- Book searching & price comparison (includes Textbooks.com)
Bublos -- Extensive book price comparisons and book reviews

Book reviews
Arts/Literature/Reviews & Criticism -- Links from Google Directory
Humanities-Net Reviews
London Review of Books
New York Review of Books
New York Times Book Review (registration necessary)
Soquel High School Student Book Reviews

Books Into Movies
Based On The Book -- from Mid-Contient Public Library
Books Made into Movies -- from Soquel High School Library
Books Made into Movies -- from Skokie Public Library
Books Into Movies -- Teen Reads
Books Into Movies -- from Random House Publishing
Books Made Into Movies -- from Plymouth Library Teen Zone
Books Made Into Movies -- from Edmonton Public Library

Other book links
BookWire (book industry news, reviews, publisher links, etc.)
Guys Read -- Guys Read is a web-based literary program to help boys find stuff they like to read.
Red Room -- the online home of the world’s greatest writers.
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. Find a resource in a library near you.

References for Graphic Novels, Manga and Comic Books
Websites
Librarians Guide to Anime and Manga
Tokyo Pop Website. They have a librarians sections (including a Librarians Guide to Manga) Got to main page -> About us-> Librarians
No Flying No Tights. A Graphic Novel Review site with 3 sections; one is general one is specifically geared toward teens appeal of more adult content graphic novels and one is geared to kids
The Anime Café -- Parents Guide to Anime

Articles On Line
Article by Stephen Krashen about comic books and the reluctant reader.
Kids Love Comics Too! An SLJ Article
Paper Presented at ALIA (Australian Library and Information Assoc.) Conference 2004 by Allison Lee.
ABC’s of Graphic Novels. By Gail D. Vos, Canada
All Ages YALSA makes it Happen! Blog Article about YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens List. There is even a comment from a committee member

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Page last updated 2/08 by Madeline Britton, Librarian