AbeBooks

Perhaps you’re looking for a first-edition of “Catcher in the Rye” or “Song of Solomon.” Or maybe you’re just looking for killer deals on textbooks for Introduction to Philosophy and Organic Chemistry. If you’re looking for a book, whether it’s a rare first-edition, a collectible curio, or a textbook, you’ll find it at AbeBooks. The store is something of wide-open marketplace—a clearinghouse for thousands of independent booksellers. Now owned by Amazon, AbeBooks makes it possible to find that book you want, when you want it, from indie booksellers around the globe. There’s Alexander Fax Booksellers in Canberra, Australia, and Mystery Pier Books on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, and Michael Fagan Fine Art and Rare Books in Newton, Mass., and plenty of others.