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Book Stores Online
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ABE Books - rare books
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Abstracts -
for abstracts of business books
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Alibris Books -
new, used, out-of-print, hard to find books.
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All Books 4
Less - lower prices
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All Things Christian -
Books, Bibles, Music, Church supplies, etc.
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Amazon - USA
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Canadian online book store,
using this link gives a small “kickback” to InScribe
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Basswood Books - small online
store
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Bibliofind - rare books, search is
through Amazon
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Blessings Christian Marketplace -
Canadian Chain
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BookAse.com - Compare Book Prices. This is
a free service allowing you to easily compare prices of any book among major
online bookstores worldwide, and find a price which is 30% - 80% off the market
list price. NEW!
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Book Daily - read samples from thousands
of books, can sign up and have them sent to you by email.
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Book Finder
- find any book, new or used, in currency of your choice.
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The Book Room -
Canadian, oldest trade bookstore, est. 1839. NO
LONGER AVAILABLE :-(
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Books about Writing - Online bookstore
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Books in
Print (not a book store, but up-to-date database, requires membership)
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Book Store
Locator - good in USA only
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Calvary Press Publishing -
Online Discount
Book Service
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Canada Books Online - Canadian, “created in
2005 to meet the needs of independent authors and specialty publishing
companies. It is focused primarily on authors, providing them with a
professional-looking place to show their works. . . . structures its commission
schedule as a small percentage of the selling price and thus ensures that
authors receive the maximum payment for their work."
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Chapters-Indigo -
Canadian bookstore
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Christian Audio - download books to
listen on your computer, I-pod or MP3 player, each month they offer
free books!
NEW
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Christian
Book Distributors - reduced prices on new and older books!
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Crimson Bird - Lists, reviews, an online store
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Christian
Books - Online bookstore
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Direct
Textbook - Search for textbooks in almost every subject
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Discovery House Publishers - offering their line of books
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Essence Book Store -
Canadian
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FetchBook - A free service, allows you to
compare prices of any book among 80 bookstores, and find a price which
is 30% - 80% off the market list price.
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iChapters.com offers brand new textbooks, in electronic & print
formats. Electronic versions of college textbooks, including individual
chapters, are available for immediate download at affordable prices.
Choose to buy just what you need at the price you want to pay.
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New Pages - not a book store
but has news, information and guides to independent bookstores, independent
publishers, literary magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record
labels, alternative newsweeklies and more.
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Northwest Passages
- specializes in Canadian literature
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OhZone
- not a bookstore but
has links to some
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Parable
Bookstores - Christian books
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Reformed Theological Seminary Books
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Scott’s Parables -
Canadian, books and other products
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Used Christian Books - scholarly
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Whodunit
Mystery Book Store - in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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Books for Writers
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Have Fun with Words & Books
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Acronym Finder
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Anagrammy, Some
amazing content
(Warning: some crass content as well)
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A Word a Day
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Banished Word List
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Black Dog's Word Games - for kids of all ages
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BookCrossing
- Register a book with BookCrossing
(your own or one you have read) which gives the book an ID number. Leave that
book somewhere. . . bus shelter, cafe, doctor’s waiting room, with that number
and a short message on the inside cover. Whoever picks up the book will read
it, go to the website, tell where they found it, what they think of it and
then release it again. The BookCrossing Web site tells where books have been
left in your area.
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Collins Word Exchange -
propose new words, defend them for insertion in Collins Living Dictionary!
Other fun extras for word lovers.
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Double-Tongued Word Wrester Dictionary, slang and fringe English
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East of the Web Word Games
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Free
Dictionary - includes technical & medical jargon, and much more!
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Fun Brain - word games for kids
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Fun with Words, oddities in our language!
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Funster
Multiplayer Word Games
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Martha
Barnette Fun with words
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Scrabble, and other word games & links
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Richard
Lederer's Verbivore
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Vocabulary
- educational word puzzles
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Weasel Words
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Word Games and Puzzles
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Word Play - links to everything you ever wanted to know about words.
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Word
Plays
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The
Word Detective
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The Word Wizard,
for lovers of
the English language
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World Wide Words,
international English from a British viewpoint, lots of articles and links,
all about words. Very interesting site.
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Yahoo Word
Games (these may be addicting!)
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Zoo Escape - a website for playing
fun online games by yourself or with your friends. Requires free sign-up.
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Newsletters, Articles and E-zines for Writers
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Absolute Markets, e-mail
newsletters, free and premium editions
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Absolute Write,
two newsletter (writing help and market updates)
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Artella, free e-zine,
articles, ideas, free forums
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Children’s Book Insider, free e-zine, tips for writers
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Christianity.ca/Books, comments on books in our culture
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Contentious, free e-zine for
writers of online media
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FellowScript,
Canadian, included with membership in InScribe!
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National Association of Women
Writers (NAWW) FREE eBooklet, “Resources for Writers” when subscribing
to NAWW Weekly, FREE inspirational, how-to e-zine for women writers.
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NetWords -
PWAC Toronto e-Newsletter for writers
and editors with workshops, seminars, and events in and around Toronto and the
greater Toronto area.
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The Reject Rag: Rejection Collection's Newsletter
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Right
Writing, newsletter for writers
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The Word Pool, Tips for writing for children, site
offers free newsletter
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Worldwide
Freelance, free newsletter
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Write Success, free
e-zine for freelancers
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Writing etc. - Filbert Publishing
offers a free newsletter plus more tips for writers on their site.
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Writing
for Dollars, free e-mailed newsletter for writers from The Writer's
Place.
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Online
Book Reviews
& Top Books
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Online Reading
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Books to Motivate Writers
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Collins, Brandilyn. Getting
into Character. Uses the Method Acting Technique of Stanislavsky to
help writers get into the skin of their characters.
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Goldsberry, Steven. The Writer's Book of Wisdom.101 concise and proven techniques to help you with
your writing, covering everything from tone and plot development to
characterization and sentence structure.
Writers Digest Books. ISBN: 1058297-292-2.
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Lukeman, Noah. The First Five
Pages. ISBN: 068485743X · Published by Fireside.
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Maass, Donald. Writing the
Breakout Novel. Written from the POV of an agent on how to write a
novel that will get noticed.
Writers Digest Books ISBN: 158297182X
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Osborn, Susan Titus. The
Complete Guide to Christian Writing and Speaking.
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Roorbach, Bill. Writing Life
Stories. ISBN: 1884910475. Published by
F+W Publications
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Royal, Brandon. The Little Red Writing Book. Offers writers, students, and business professionals a concise
guide to penning strong and effective work for all occasions.
Writers Digest Books
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Sellers, Heather. Page After Page: Discover the Confidence
& Passion You Need to Start Writing & Keep Writing! Published by
Writers Digest Books. ISBN: 1-58297-312-1
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Stokes, Penelope J. PhD. Writing and Selling the Christian Novel. Published by
Writers Digest Books. ISBN: 1582972680.
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Thoene, Bodie & Brock. Writer
to Writer. Published by Bethany House Publishers. ISBN: 1556610424
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