Great Web Sites For Ordering Books

www.bookfinder.com (the #1 free on-line book directory in the world; will search 20,000 booksellers around the world to find new, used, out of print, rare, and signed books; not only is it comprehensive, but is easy to use)

www.dealtime.com (searches other booksellers; free)

www.bestbookbuys.com (searches other booksellers; free)

1BookStreet.com (discount bookseller; free shipping; may browse other book streets like 1JesusWay.com which contains Christian book titles.)

www.christianbook.com ($5.00 yearly membership fee; will send you a catalog; very low prices; will ship regular mail between 24-48 hours; shipping and handling fee up to $20.00 is $3.50, $20.01-$50.00 is $5.00, and $50.01-$100 is 10%, and over $100.00 is 8%; no extra per item fee.)

www.ChristianKingdom.com (an on-line Christian bookstore which carries a full line of products; fiction titles must be searched by key word;  no per item fee, but UPS ground shipping charges are high; may call toll free at 1-877-We-Filter)

www.Amazon.com (the largest on-line bookseller; full product line; charges a $1.00 per item fee on top of shipping & handling; a good way to view book covers and read excerpts about the books)

www.Barnes & Noble.com (largest U.S. chain bookseller; charges a $1.00 per item fee on top of shipping & handling; view book covers and read excerpts about the books)

www.Half.com (a site to buy used books, and sell your old ones)

www.ecampus.com (a mega college bookstore, includes textbooks, nonfiction, and fiction titles, all discounted; free shipping of purchases over $35.00; no per item fee)

www.varsitybooks.com (sells any book that has been used as a textbook at a college or university in the U.S., as well as bestsellers; UPS ground shipping is $4.95; no per item fee)

www.allbooks.com (A search engine that will list books in order of least expensive to most expensive; lists shipping charges, carrier type, and days to ship)

Recommended Magazines for the Reading Life

Today's Christian Woman (www.TodaysChristianWoman. net; cover price is $3.95, subscription price is $17.95 for 6 issues; call 1-800-365-9484 to subscribe; besides great articles, contains The Page Turner's Journal, which is 8 pages of inside stories on authors of Christian fiction; also includes book reviews, titles by new authors, and a Christian fiction bestseller list)

Book (www.bookmagazine.com;  cover price is $4.95 per issue; subscription price is $20.00 for 6 issues; call 1-800-317-book; feature stories, articles, book and poetry reviews, best of  lists)

The New York Times Book Review (nytimes.com; pages and pages of reviews, best seller lists, publisher's ads, and special editions)

"Reading Woman" (a quarterly newsletter containing short reviews and excerpts from works of fiction and nonfiction by both men and women; contact "Reading Woman"/P.O. Box 19116/Minneapolis, MN, 55419/or, www.readingwoman.com)

"Reading Women" ( a newsletter of literary criticism for reading groups; $29.00 subscription; send your name and address to: Reading Women/P.O. Box 296/Winnetka, IL  60093)

Order Free Reading Group Guides*
(*contain descriptions of the books, author biographies, and suggestions for further reading)

www.penguinputnam.com (or, call the Marketing Department at 1-800-778-6425 for additional copies)

www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read (or, call 1-800-793-BOOK)

www.vintagebooks.com (free group guides, excerpts, author interviews, online discussions, and more)

www.sourcebooks.com (or, call 630-961-3900)

www.perennialclassics.com (or, call 1-800-242-7737)

www.harpercollins.com/readers (1-800-242-7737)

Other Great Addresses

BookTalk (1-800-authors ; Though this is not a website, its a great place to listen to authors discussing their books; just dial toll-free, punch in the code of the book you want to hear about, punch again, and you can buy the book, or any other title, over the phone. Some examples:How Reading Changed My Life, by Anna Quindlen #4722; Saving Faith, by David Baldacci #4212; and Tuesdays With Morrie , by Mitch Albom #1222)

www.recordedbooks.com (unabridged audios on cassette and CD, call 1-800-638-1304; thousands of titles available in an easy rent-by-mail system; preaddressed, prestamped boxes make returns easy)

www.questia.com (an independent e-library which aims to offer an on-line database of 250,000 books to scholars and students for an affordable subscription fee)

www.netLibrary.com (the most comprehensive collection of on-line books and resource materials; you may search every word in the entire collection, as well as search within a particular book; contains thousands of full-text titles; check out is free; when check out time expires, your eBooks are automatically returned to the netLibrary.)

Bartleby.com (an internet publisher of literary classics, nonfiction, verse, and reference books; free of charge; for the home, classroom, and desktop; full-text on line)

www.bookreporter.com (discover books, authors, readers, and much more)

www.BookBrowse.com (read book excerpts from current bestsellers, and other recently published books, both fiction and nonfiction; plus reviews, summaries, and author biographies)

www.oprah.com (for a list of all of her book club selections)