A Few Book-Related Sites on the Web

--Project Gutenberg. Probably the largest collection of free books already on the Net.

--The On-Line Books Page, which lets you search by author or title. Links to many other resources. A great starting point for book searches.

--Project Bartleby. Classics in glorious HTML.

--American Literary Classics. "A chapter a day."

--The Electric Book. "2,500 links to online literature of all kinds."

--toExcel. Uses books-on-demand technology to publish out-of-print works and new material. Free samples.

--The English Server. "Over 18,000 works" in the humanities--"covering a wide range of interests."

--Online Originals. Net-based publishing company in the United Kingdom. Emphasizes good books (some free). Half of revenue from orders goes to authors.

--Boson Books. Commercial online publisher of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama. Offers some freebies.

--ReadToMe--free audio software that reads out Web pages and hundreds of classics on the Net.

--eBook-List. More advanced level of discussion. Newcomers may want to lurk, but save their questions for alt-books.electronic.

--E-Book mailing list and archive. From John Noring of OmniMedia Electronic Books.

--New York Times Book Review. A "must" visit. Requires password--free in the States. First chapters of scads of books.

--Washington Post's Book World. Hundreds of first chapters.

--Bookwire. Handy links to Publishers Weekly, the Book Industry Study Group and other sites from the publishing industry.

--Booknotes. This C-SPAN site offers RealAudio as well as transcripts of interviews with writers

--Yahoo's Guide to Bookstores Online

--Chapter One of The Book Lover's Guide to the Internet, by Evan Morris.

--HotWire's Interview with Jeff Bezos of the Amazon.com store. This page will move soon to another location, so check the magazine's archives.