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"Beware of the man of one book." - Author unknown.
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life." - Henry Ward Beecher.
A BOOK is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book.
Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.
In novels, a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc).
A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.
A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries.
QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS:
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Joseph Addison.
A library is a hospital for the mind. - Anonymous.
People die, but books never die. - Anonymous.
A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. - Anonym.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. - Charles W. Eliot.
A good book has no ending. - R.D. Cumming.
- ASK US 24/7 - a service of cooperating New York State libraries. - "We can find answers to your reference questions and provide information on your local library."
- books that makes you dumb - (unofficial) SAT (intelligence) test based on your taste in books.
- CENTER FOR INQUIRY LIBRARIES - a blog of CFI Libraries, libraries in general, and librarianship.
- DAILYLIT - read books online by daily email.
- DDC | DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION - proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876.
- Demosthenian Literary Society - founded in 1803. Debating society at The University of Georgia in Athens, GA, U.S.A.
- EUROPEANA - "Think Culture." Search through the cultural collections of Europe. It links you to over 15 million digital items (2011).
- FRANKLIN EBOOKMAN - designs, develops, publishes, and distributes globally innovative electronic language learning solutions on handheld devices, memory media cards. Also distributes more than 52,000 book titles in electronic format.
- GOOGLE BOOKS - a service from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans.
- HARPER COLLINS - founded in New York City in 1817. One of the world’s leading English-language publishers.
- HOW TO FIND A BOOK - Wikibooks.
- IAN FLEMING - official website for Ian Fleming, Ian Fleming Publications. Information on Ian Fleming books and James Bond.
- INSIDE GOOGLE BOOKS - "Books of the world, stand up and be counted! All 129,864,880 of you."
- INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS | ILAB - "The World's Best Books, the World's Best Booksellers."
- INTERNET BOOK DATABASE - online database with information about books and authors with an added social networking component. It currently contains information on over 300,000 books (over 910,000 ISBNs), 92,000 authors and 4,000 series making it one of the largest online databases of author and book information.
- INTERNET BOOK LIST - online database with information about books, authors, and short stories.
- INTERNET BOOK DATABASE OF FICTION - currently holds information for over 35800 books and 4730 authors.
- ISBN | INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
- ISSN | INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER
- LCC | Library of Congress Classification - system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress (U.S.A.).
- LINOTYPE - download fonts from classic to cool.
- LITERATURE - Wikipedia.
- MEMORY OF THE WORLD - UNESCO's programme aiming at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide.
- OCLC | ONLINE COMPUTER LIBRARY CENTER - "The world's libraries. Connected." More than 27,000 libraries in 86 countries and territories use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials.
- OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL
- PAPERBACK - Wikipedia.
- PICARESQUE NOVEL - Wikipedia.
- SPEED READING - Glossary.
- THE DIGITAL DEAD SEA SCROLLS - in partnership with Google.
- THE INTERNET SPECULATIVE FICTION DATABASE - database of bibliographic information on science fiction and related genres such as fantasy fiction and horror fiction.
- THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF WRITING (NAW) - "A new start for talented writers." (UK).
- THE SHAKESPEARE CENTRE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE - at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon.
- TYPEFACES
- UBUWEB - a completely independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.
- VANITY PRESS - Wikipedia.
- WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY - a talent & literary agency.
- WORLD BOOK DAY - designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading.
- WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK - The Birds of America by John James Audubon sold at Sotheby's auction on December 7, 2010 for GBP7,321,250.
Audiobooks
 - AUDIOBOOK - Wikipedia.
- AMAZON.COM: DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS
 - as of February 16, 2011: 8,998 titles.
- AUDIBLE.COM - "Listen to a Best Seller on your iPod or MP3 player!" Provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming. Audible sells audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers.
- AUDIOBOOKS.NET - "Free Downloadable mp3 Audio Books."
- AUDIOBOOKS.ORG - "Free mp3 Audio Books."
- AUDIOBOOKSFORFREE.COM - MP3, iPOD and DVD audiobooks.
- BOOKS SHOULD BE FREE - "Download an audio book in mp3 or iPod format today!"
- FREE CLASSIC AUDIOBOOKS - "Digital Narration for the 21st Century."
- LIBRIVOX - "Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain." Online digital library of free public domain audiobooks, read by volunteers. In December 2010, it had a catalogue of 4,000 unabridged books and shorter works available to download. Around ninety percent of the collection is in English, although LibriVox recordings are available in 31 languages altogether.
- OPEN CULTURE - "Download Great Books for Free."
Authors
 - AUTHOR - Wikipedia.
- BOND LIFESTYLE AUCTIONS - James Bond memorabilia, and more.
- CLASSIC LITERATURE LIBRARY - free public domain ebooks and classic books.
- CRIME FICTION - the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives.
- CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION - writers' association in the United Kingdom founded in 1953.
- INVERTED DETECTIVE STORY - also known as a "howcatchem", is a murder mystery fiction structure in which the commission of the crime is shown or described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator.
- JAMES BOND 007 MUSEUM
- LIST OF CRIME WRITERS - Wikipedia.
- LIST OF EUROPEAN MYSTERY WRITERS - Wikipedia.
- LIST OF THRILLER WRITERS - Wikipedia.
- MYSTERY STORY - Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction in which a detective, either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder.
- MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA - the premier organization for mystery and crime writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and folks who just love to read crime fiction.
- POLICE PROCEDURAL MYSTERY STORY - a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes.
- PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA
- THE CAMBRIDGE FIVE - a ring of spies in the UK who passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and into the early 1950s.
- THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER
- THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP - "The World's Finest Mystery Specialty Store. Offering the best in Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Espionage & Detective Fiction." New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - complete works free online.
- Whodunit - (for "Who['s] done it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is the main feature of interest.
Crime, Mystery, Spy & Thriller Writers
 - The author's fictional protagonist(s) is indicated in the brackets.
- ABBY MANN - (NYPD Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak).
- AGATHA CHRISTIE - (Miss Jane Marple & Hercule Poirot).
- ALAN FURST
- ALAN HUNTER - (Inspector George Gently).
- Alexander McCall Smith - (Mma Precious Ramotswe).
- Andrea Camilleri - (Inspector Salvo Montalbano).
- ANN CLEEVES - (Inspector Ramsay & Vera Stanhope).
- Anthony Horowitz - (on 19 January 2011, he was announced by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle to be the official writer for a new Sherlock Holmes book).
- ARNE DAHL - (A-team).
- ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE - (Detective Sherlock Holmes & Dr John H. Watson).
- CAROLINE GRAHAM - (DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Troy).
- COLIN DEXTER - (Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse and Detective Sergeant Lewis).
- COLLIER YOUNG - (Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside).
- Cyril McNeile - (Bulldog Drummond).
- DAN BROWN - (Symbologist Robert Langdon).
- DASHIELL HAMMETT - (Sam Spade, Nick & Nora Charles & "The Continental Operative").
- DICK FRANCIS
- DON WINSLOW
- DOROTHY L. SAYERS - (Lord Peter Wimsey).
- ED McBAIN (EVAN HUNTER) - (Detective Steve Carella).
- EDGAR ALLAN POE - (C. Auguste Dupin).
- EDGAR WALLACE - (Inspector Wembury).
- ELIZABETH GEORGE - (DI Thomas Lynley)
- ELLERY QUEEN - (Ellery Queen).
- ELMORE LEONARD
- ERIC AMBLER
- ERLE STANLEY GARDNER - (Lawyer Perry Mason).
- FRED VARGAS - (The Evangelists, Armand Vandoosler, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg).
- FREDERICK FORSYTH
- G. K. CHESTERTON - (Father Brown).
- GASTON LEROUX - (Joseph Rouletabille). Best known for writing the novel 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
- GEORGES SIMENON - (Commissaire Jules Maigret).
- GLENN CHANDLER - (Scottish detective Taggart).
- GRAHAM GREENE
- HENNING MANKELL - (Kurt Wallander).
- HERBERT REINECKER - (Derrick: DCI Stephan Keller and The Commissioner: DCI Herbert Keller).
- HERMAN CYRIL McNeile - (Bulldog Drummond).
- IAN FLEMING - (Commander James Bond).
- IAN RANKIN - (Inspector John Rebus).
- JAMES CRUMLEY
- JAMES ELROY
- JAMES PATTERSON - (Psychologist Alex Cross).
- JAN GUILLOU - (Commander Carl Hamilton).
- JAMES H. MCCLURE - (Kramer and Zoni).
- JASON STARR
- JEAN-CHRISTOPHE GRANGÉ
- JEFFERY DEAVER - (John Pellam, Lincoln Rhyme, Kathryn Dance. Deaver will write the next James Bond novel).
- JO NESBØ - (Detective Harry Hole).
- JOHN BANVILLE - a.k.a. Benjamin Black.
- JOHN BUCHAN
- JOHN GRANT - (Antiques dealer Lovejoy).
- JOHN GRISHAM
- JOHN LE CARRÉ - (George Smiley).
- JOHN LOCKE - (Donovan Creed).
- JOHN MORTIMER - (Horace Rumpole).
- JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN - (Bjørn Mørch).
- KEN BRUEN
- LEIF DAVIDSEN
- LEN DEIGHTON - (Harry Palmer).
- LESLIE CHARTERIS - (Simon Templar).
- Lindsay Ashford - (Investigative psychologist Megan Rhys).
- LYNDA LA PLANTE - (DCI Jane Tennison, Mike Walker).
- MAURICE LEBLANC - (Arsène Lupin).
- MICHAEL CONNELY
- MICKEY SPILLANE - (Mike Hammer).
- NGAIO MARSH - (British CID detective Roderick Alleyn).
- P. D. JAMES - (Commander Adam Dalgliesh).
- PATRICIA HIGHSMITH - (Tom Ripley).
- PATRICK HAMILTON
- PAUL ERDMAN
- PETER CHEYNEY - (Lemmy Caution).
- PETER ROBINSON - (Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks).
- R. D. WINGFIELD - (DI William Edward "Jack" Frost, GC).
- RAYMOND CHANDLER - (Philip Marlowe).
- REGINALD HILL - (DSI Andrew Dalziel and DI Peter Pascoe).
- RICHARD LEVINSON - (Lieutenant Columbo).
- ROBERT B. PARKER - (Spenser).
- ROBERT BANKS STEWART - (Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac).
- ROBERT GODDARD - (Harry Barnett).
- ROBERT LUDLUM - (Jason Charles Bourne - real name David Webb).
- RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS
- RUTH RENDELL - (Chief Inspector Wexford).
- SJÖWALL AND WAHLÖÖ - (Martin Beck).
- STEPHEN KING
- STIEG LARSSON - (Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist).
- THOMAS HARRIS - (Hannibal Lector).
- TOM CLANCY - (Jack Ryan).
- VAL MCDERMID - (Dr. Tony Hill).
- W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
- W. J. BURLEY - (Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe).
Booksellers (Online)
- AMAZON.COM
 - as of June 12, 2010: 27,711,214 books.
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | ABAA
- BARNES & NOBLE - Internet's largest bookstore: "We stock over 1 million titles for immediate delivery -- that's more titles than any other online bookseller."
- BODLEIAN LIBRARY - search Oxford libraries online.
- BOOKFINDER.COM - search for new & used books, textbooks, out-of-print and rare books.
- BOOKMAN - used, unique and out of print books.
- BOOKMOOCH.COM - exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or book barter.
- BOOKS-A-MILLION ONLINE BOOKSTORE - buy discount books, music, movies, magazines.
- BORDERS - buy books, DVD movies & music CDs online.
- COMIC CONNECT - the online marketplace for comic buyers & sellers.
- DE GRUYTER - since 1749. For more than two-hundred and sixty years the name De Gruyter has been synonymous with high-quality, landmark publications in the humanities and natural sciences.
- FOYLES - fiction, medical, textbooks and more at our London store and online.
- HARVARD BOOK STORE - since 1932.
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS - since 1913.
- INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS | ILAB - "The World's Best Books, the World's Best Booksellers."
- LIBRISSIME - "Hyperstylish books & objects! From $ 9 up to $ 99,999. We offer rare and exceptional books on all subjects (history of mankind, religions, arts, design, fashion, lifestyle, architecture, photography...), together with lifestyle related objects (library-trunks, decorative tabletop libraries, bookends, paperpresses, notebooks, bookbags and prints).
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS - founded in 1586. The largest university press in the world.
- PENGUIN BOOKS - UK book shop and online bookstore.
- PROMETHEUS BOOKS - a leader in publishing books for the educational, scientific, professional, library, popular, and consumer markets since 1969.
- RANDOM HOUSE - bringing you the best in fiction, nonfiction, and children's books.
- SIMON & SCHUSTER - new book releases, bestsellers, author info & more.
- TASCHEN BOOKS - publisher of books on art, architecture, design and photography.
- TENEUES PUBLISHING GROUP - leading book publishers in the areas of illustrated books on photography, design, lifestyle, travel, collector's editions, luxury photography books and pictorial calendars.
- W.H. SMITH - books, audio books, bestselling hardbacks & much more.
Bookshops
 - BOOKSELLING - Wikipedia.
- ASPREY - "The Asprey Fine and Rare Book Department offers an eclectic range of first and limited editions dating from the 17th century to the present day." 167 New Bond Street, London, U.K.
- BARNES & NOBLE - 555 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- CATHACH BOOKS - Dublin, Ireland.
- DUSSMANN DAS KULTUR KAUFHAUS - Berlin, Germany.
- FOYLES - 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London, U.K.
- HATCHARDS BOOKSHOP - booksellers since 1797. London, U.K.
- LIVRARIA DA VILA - Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- LIVRARIA LELLO - Porto, Portugal.
- LONDON REVIEW BOOKSHOP - London, U.K.
- MÁL & MENNING - Reykjavik, Iceland.
- SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY - Paris, France.
- SLIGHTLY FOXED - London, U.K.
- STRAND BOOKSTORE - New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP - "The World's Finest Mystery Specialty Store. Offering the best in Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Espionage & Detective Fiction." New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- W.H. SMITH - over 550 High Street stores and 440 Travel outlets at airports, train stations, hospitals and motorway service areas.
E-Book Reading Devices
 - COMPARISON OF E-BOOK READERS - Wikipedia.
- ALEX EBOOK READER
- ASTAK EBOOK READERS
- ASUS EEE READER DR900 - "The world's first 9-inch touch screen eBook reader."
- BOOKEEN EBOOK READERS
- CYBOOK EBOOK READERS
- ECTACO jetBook - the only eBook Reader in the world to support ePub, Mobi, PRC, RTF, .txt, .pdf, .fb2, .jpg, .gif, .png, and .bmp - the widest array of file formats able to be displayed by a single device!
- ELONEX EBOOK READERS
- ENTOURAGE EDGE - the first dualbook.
- HANVON
- IPAD 2 - 33% thinner, lighter, two cameras, dual-core A5 chip, 10-hour battery.
- IREX DIGITAL READER
- KINDLE COVERS & CASES
- Kindle, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers
- Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers
- Kindle Touch 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers
- Kindle Keyboard, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers
- Kindle Keyboard 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers
- Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi
- MIRASOL
- NOOK - "The World's Most Advanced eBook Reader". "The Cadillac of e-readers" - PC World.
- QUE PROREADER - less than a third of an inch thick.
- SAMSUNG E6 & E101
- SAMSUNG E6 - CrunchGear review.
- SKIFF READER - dimension: 9 x 11 x 0.268 inches, display: 11.5 inches.
- SONY READERS - "This is eReading."
E-Books
 - COMPARISON OF E-BOOK FORMATS - Wikipedia.
- E-BOOK - Wikipedia.
- ALIBRIS - Google eBooks.
- AMAZON.COM'S E-BOOK STORE - as of October 4, 2011: 2,720,694 titles.
- BARNES & NOBLE - over 1 million titles!
- BOOKS-A-MILLION - eBooks, bestsellers, hard-to-find books.
- BOOKTRACK - "Soundtracks for Books." A new chapter in the evolution of storytelling, and an industry "first" in publishing, by creating synchronized soundtracks for e-books that dramatically boost the reader's imagination and engagement. Booktrack is already well on its way to creating a new genre of entertainment. Download Booktracks in the Apple App store for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
- CLASSIC LITERATURE LIBRARY - free public domain ebooks and classic books.
- DAILYLIT - read books online by daily email.
- DE GRUYTER - the De Gruyter e-dition makes over 60,000 high-quality titles available from De Gruyter’s more than 260-year publishing history.
- FOYLES - range of more than 73,000 fiction and non-fiction eBooks
- GOOGLE E-BOOK STORE - "Buy anywhere, read anywhere." More than 3 million Google eBooks.
- IBOOKS - for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store.
- INDIE BOOKSTORE - Google eBooks.
- KINDLE E-BOOK STORE - as of October 4, 2011: 827,861 titles.
- PENGUIN BOOKS - ePub eBooks.
- POTTERMORE - Harry Potter e-books.
- POWELL'S BOOKS
- PROJECT GUTENBERG - the first producer of free electronic books (eBooks). The place where you can download over 32,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.
- REFERENCE GLOBAL - Walter de Gruyter is among the first academic publishers in the world to provide electronic access to its journals, books, and databases on a single platform.
- SIMON & SCHUSTER
- SMASHWORDS - "your ebook.your way." Ebooks from independent authors and publishers.
- THE DIGITAL DEAD SEA SCROLLS - in partnership with Google.
- THE ONLINE BOOKS PROJECT - listing over 35,000 free books on the web.
- W.H. SMITH
Libraries
 - LIBRARY - Wikipedia.
- LIBRARIES OF THE WORLD
- UNESCO LIBRARIES PORTAL
- BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA - both a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity and an attempt to rekindle something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented.
- BODLEIAN LIBRARY - main research library of the University of Oxford established in 1602, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library.
- BRITISH LIBRARY - "Explore the world's knowledge. We hold 14 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 58 million patents, 3 million sound recordings, and so much more." The world's largest library in terms of total number of items holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats. While it holds more items in total, its book collection (14 million) is second only to the American Library of Congress.
- EUROPEANA - "Think Culture." Search through the cultural collections of Europe. It links you to over 10 million digital items (2010).
- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books.
- NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY - consists of 87 libraries: four non-lending research libraries, four main lending libraries, a library for the blind and physically challenged, and 77 neighborhood branch libraries in the three boroughs served. Together the collections total more than 50 million items, and the books number more than 20 million, a number surpassed only by the Library of Congress and the British Library.
- PROJECT GUTENBERG - the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).
- THE EUROPEAN LIBRARY - searches the content of European national libraries.
- THE FREE LIBRARY - (19,266,820 articles & books: March 21, 2010): news, magazines, newspapers, journals, reference articles and classic books.
- THE SHAKESPEARE CENTRE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE - at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon.
- VATICAN LIBRARY - formally established in 1475. One of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. Holds some 75,000 manuscripts and over 1.1 million printed books.
- WILEY ONLINE LIBRARY - hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers seamless integrated access to over 4 million articles from 1500 journals, 9000 books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases.
Literary Awards & Prizes
 - AWARD ANNALS - the literary award database.
- LIST OF LITERARY AWARDS - Wikipedia.
- NOBEL LAUREATES IN LITERATURE - Nobel Foundation.
- AMERICAN BOOK AWARD - established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre.
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award - Swedish children's literature award.
- BOOKER PRIZE - the Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success; therefore, the prize is of great significance for the book trade. It is also a mark of distinction for authors to be selected for inclusion in the shortlist or even to be nominated for the "longlist".
- BOWDOIN PRIZE - prestigious award given annually to Harvard University undergraduate and graduate students. It is considered among the highest academic commendations the University can bestow upon a student.
- CRIME THRILLER AWARDS - British awards ceremony dedicated to crime thriller fiction.
- DILEY AWARD - presented every year since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It is given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling.
- Edgar Allan Poe Awards - presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theatre published or produced in the previous year.
- European Crime Fiction Awards
- European Crime Fiction Star Award
- GALAXY BRITISH BOOK AWARDS - the Oscars of the book world.
- GOLD DAGGER AWARDS - given annually by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.
- Hans Christian Andersen Awards - known as the "Nobel Prize for childen's literature".
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction - literary prize managed in association with the Booker Prize Foundation in London, and supported by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi.
- James Tait Black Memorial Prizes - founded in 1919. Are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English language and are Britain's oldest literary awards.
- LES DEUX MAGOTS LITERARY PRIZE - awarded to a French novel every year since 1933.
- LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZES - the Prizes "currently have nine single-title categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction (category added in 1998). In addition, the Robert Kirsch Award is presented annually to a living author with a substantial connection to the American West whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition."
- NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS - a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year.
- NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE - awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction".
- Prix Cazes brasserie Lipp - awarded to a French novel every year since 1935.
- PULITZER PRIZES - U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition.
- REUBEN AWARD - for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, chosen by a secret ballot of the members of the National Cartoonists Society.
- RIPPER AWARD
- Robert F. Kennedy Book Award - since 1980. Annual award presented to the book which "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes."
- SUNDAY TIMES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE - Oxford Literary Festival.
- THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DAGGER AWARDS
- THE EDGAR AWARDS - named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theatre published or produced in the previous year.
- THE MAN BOOKER PRIZES - promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
- THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE - is unique in the world of literature in that it can be won by an author of any nationality, providing that his or her work is available in the English language. It is awarded every second year.
- THE SHAMUS AWARDS - awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year.
- T.S. ELIOT PRIZE - inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and in honour of its founding poet, T. S. Eliot.
Media
 - FLAVORWIRE - "Cultural News and Critique." Network of culturally connected people, covering events, art, books, music, and pop culture the world over. Highbrow, lowbrow, and everything in between: if it's compelling, we're sharing it.
- LITERARY WEEKLY - "World Literary Review."
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - international book & bookselling news, reviews, bestsellers.
- STRAND MAGAZINE - the magazine for mystery & short story lovers.
- THE BOOKSELLER - daily news and comment for the book business.
- THE LITERARY REVIEW - its many special issues have introduced new fiction, poetry, and essays from many nations, regions, or languages to English readers.
- THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
- THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LIST
- THE NEW YORK TIMES: BOOKS
- THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT | TLS - since 1902. "The leading international forum for literary culture."
Self-Publishing
 - PRINT ON DEMAND - Wikipedia.
- SELF-PUBLISHING - Wikipedia.
- BLURB - make your own book with Blurb.
- FLIPPING BOOK - "Software for creating online publications, magazines, photo albums and flip books with the real turning page effect."
- IBOOKS AUTHOR - "Create and publish amazing Multi-Touch books for iPad." New app available free on the Mac App store.
- ISSUU - "You publish." Publish by Millions. Turns your documents into beautiful online publications.
- LULU BLOG - "Adventures in self publishing." Online self-publisher and digital marketplace that empowers creators to publish, sell and profit from their work.
- MOVABLE TYPE - "Professional publishing platform." Free software weblog publishing system.
- PRINTONDEMAND.COM - "Printing made simple."
- PRINTONDEMAND-WORLDWIDE.COM - "Environmentally friendly book production."
- SCRIBD - the largest social publishing company in the world — the website where more than 60 million people each month discover and share original writings and documents.
- SMASHWORDS - "your ebook.your way." Ebook self-publishing publishing and distribution platform for ebook authors, publishers and readers. 1,604,946,340 words published as of March 9, 2011.
- THE BOOK PATCH - self publishing: $2.77 a book.
- WORLDPRESS - blog tool and publishing platform. WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
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