Bookstores on the web are
unlike any you will ever walk into. The premier example is
amazon.com. They claim to be the largest retail on-line
discount book site (2,800,000 titles) and for practical
purposes they probably are. All books offered for sale are
searchable on the site. Not only can you search by title,
author, subject, keyword, ISBN and publication date, you can
also utilize their advanced Boolean query screen. The search
engine uses the standard Books in Print subject breakdown. A
detail screen is available for each book giving author, price,
publication date, publisher, ISBN, the binding format, series,
page count (sometimes), physical dimensions, a list of the
Books in Print subject categories and occasional annotations or
cover shots. The incomparable thing about amazon is the
community of readers that have come forth to comment on the
books that they have read. For a really popular book, you may
may find a synopsis or two from the publisher and an authority
like Kirkus, a card catalog comment from the library of
congress, personal remarks from the author, a review from an
amazon staffer, several evaluations from readers and maybe even
a table of contents! The Eyes notification service will send
you e-mail about new items that come in for narrow search
criteria you establish, if you request it. The site also has
best seller lists, a chat room, special offers, prizes, etc.
This is the premier New Age bookstore with over
60,000 books on personal growth from a huge
subject list, and nearly 100 magazine
tiles, tapes, CD's, video rentals, and new age gifts. The new and
used books offered fall in hundreds of subject areas. Mail-order
purchases are available and credit cards are accepted. New book
orders at HealthWorld
Online are fulfilled from inventory at the
Bodhi Tree and that site offers a searchable lookup by title or
author only.
Over 50,000 New Age and metaphysical books and
music from this large retail store with the best search engine of
this group. The broad categories are Alternative Health and Healing,
Ancient Traditions, Spiritual Teachers, Revelation and Prophecy,
Spiritual Practices, World Religions, Earth Arts and Science, Realms
Beyond, The Mind, Consciousness, Relationships, Children and
Parenting, Books in Spanish, Literature and Art and lastly Listening
for the New Age. There are many subcategories.
Unlimited
Thought Bookstore - (888) 845-8448 e-mailSan Antonio, TX
An online searchable database of 40,000 titles representing Texas'
largest assortment of books, music tapes and CDs on all spiritual and
philosophical traditions, as well as metaphysical and wholistic
living topics. They also do mail orders, video rentals, and accept
all major credit cards.
Timeless
Books - (250) 727- 2609
e-mail
Victoria BC
About 35,000 titles, uses the search engine at the Advanced Book
Exchange to process orders
AAArt
Books - (408) 937-1824
e-mail
San Jose, CA
About 28,000 titles - New Age, spirituality, metaphysics, and
personal development. Secure order form.
NewAgeBooks.com
- (800) 688-2665 e-mail
Sedona, AZ
Access to over 10,000 titles in hundreds of categories.(AKA Crystal
Castle)
AccessNewAge
- (212) 724-0883 e-mail
New York, NY
- books, tapes, CDs, aromatherapy, tarot, astrology items,
information database
Ananda
Books and Gifts - (800) 725-4445
e-mail
Riverside, CA
- modest inventory of books in 20 categories, aromatherapy, card
sets, crystals
Aquarian
Age Bookshelf- (713) 526-7770
e-mail
Houston, TX
- a selection of about a
few hundred titles in several dozen subject areas
Astrology
et al Bookstore- (206) 548-1095
e-mail
Seattle, WA
- a few thousand titles
specializing in astrology, but other metaphysical titles as
well.
Blue
White Rainbow - (518) 869-8915
e-mail
Guilderland, NY
- a small selection of titles, gifts and cards for new agers.
Phone readings too.
Clear
Light Books -
(415)
665-7838 e-mail
San Francisco, CA - a selection of about 100 Tibetan Buddhist
titles available by e-mail. Also a mail-order catalog with 1500
titles
