Bookstores and Communication Tools


Abebooks "... the world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books. Abebooks connects those who buy books with those who sell them, providing abundant selection at affordable prices. Every day, thousands of people find books they want on Abebooks... Libros en Español."


Bill Moyers on Being a Journalist "Bill Moyers, one of the most recognized and respected journalists in America, anchors an hour-long weekly news series offering fresh perspectives and analysis on today's events, issues, and the ideas that are shaping our world. NOW with Bill Moyers includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews and articulate commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines… Our goal is to illuminate news and ideas that can help viewers become more engaged and active citizens at the grassroots of democracy."


Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press "We publish dictionaries for people learning English all around the world... Cambridge dictionaries range from intermediate to proficiency level. They are clear, completely up-to-date and very easy to use."


Free-eBooks.net "specializes in collecting free fiction, tutorial, marketing and business eBooks as well as resources to aid you in promoting eBooks. Our featured eBooks are below, please click on the name of the eBook to download to your hard-drive. We also have links to useful resources for eBook Publishers."


The eBook Directory "is the No. 1 free e-book information portal on the Web, bringing you the biggest and most comprehensive listing of FREE eBooks and texts online... simplifies the search for the best free ebooks online... includes links to ebook publishing resources, software and helpful articles on publishing your own ebooks."


Infoplease "Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet at www.infoplease.com. Many things have changed since 1938, but not our dedication to providing reliable information, in a way that engages and entertains."


The Journalist's Toolbox “features more than 20,000 Web resources helpful to the media and anyone else doing research. Use the pulldown menu or search engine to locate information from a variety of beats and news industry-related topics.”


The Literary Web "a hypermedia guide to literary resources available on the World Wide Web... geared toward readers of fiction and poetry as well as those who write it, and those who teach it."


MemoWare "thousands of documents (databases, literature, maps, technical references, lists, etc.) specially formatted to be easily added to your PalmOS device, Pocket PC, Windows CE, EPOC, Symbian or other handheld device. The documents available here come in a variety of formats and cover a wide range of topics. Note that shareware documents are very rare here at MemoWare, as 99+% are totally without cost to you."


OneLook® Dictionary Search "... a search engine for words and phrases... definition or translation... into other languages. 5,998,569 words in 964 dictionaries indexed." (this is a one-stop dictionary mall, since by starting your search here, you can access dictionaries, thesauri and encyclopedias in a wide range of specific categories, including general, medical, scientific and tech.)


The Online Books Page "facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all...An index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet."


RosettaBooks Retail Website “... instant and affordable access to e-books by many of the greatest authors of the twentieth century including George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Kurt Vonnegut, William Styron, Ray Bradbury, and Agatha Christie. We select only the finest titles for our readers.


Scholastic.com "the global children’s publishing and media company... instilling the love of reading and learning for lifelong pleasure in all children. Recognizing that literacy is the cornerstone of a child’s intellectual, personal and cultural growth, Scholastic, for more than 83 years, has created quality products and services that educate, entertain and motivate children and are designed to help enlarge their understanding of the world around them."


Soul Food Cafe "a portal for artists and writers alike… a safe haven where creativity flourishes. The Soul Food Cafe aims to promote writing and creative pursuits as a daily practice. The site is quite literally overflowing with healthy and tasty morsels for every artist. It’s full of tips, techniques, references and encouragement."


Thesaurus.com "... simply type a word in the gold search box and click the 'Look it up' button. A list of synonyms and antonyms will be returned. The thesaurus that appears on this site is Roget's Interactive Thesaurus."


Web Book Publications " We offer high-quality free contents and also encourage you to publish your works on our site, either for free or for sale. As of June 1, 2003, our website traffic was ranked # 4 among all eBook publishers and sellers.


Wikipedia "… a multilingual project to create an accurate and comprehensive free-content encyclopedia. We started in January 2001 and are currently working on 203939 articles in the English version. Visit the help page and experiment in the sandbox to learn how you can edit any article right now."


Words Without Borders “The Online Magazine for International Literature .. to promote international communication through translation of the world's best writing--selected and translated by a distinguished group of writers, translators, and publishing professionals--and publishing and promoting these works (or excerpts) on the web… an advocacy organization for literature in translation, producing events that feature the work of foreign writers and connecting these writers to universities and to print and broadcast media."


yourDictionary.com "... the most comprehensive and authoritative language portal on the web with more than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages, games that build language skills, and a forum (The Agora) for discussing language issues with the logophile community."
- posted by Shar @ 10:51 PM