Beyond Amazon

An alternative E-bookstores Flourish Online by Jim Edwards

Ask anyone to name the number one Internet bookstore and invariably they will mention the online bookselling giant Amazon.com.

Amazon has spent millions of dollars cultivating a brand awareness that helped it survive while other "dot com" giants died off like dinosaurs.

However, despite its size and the impressive number of books it carries, Amazon does not represent the only place to find books online, especially the growing number of fiction, non-fiction and how-to ebook titles arriving on the net daily.

The next time you want something to read, whether on real paper or "e paper", check out one of these alternative bookstores - you might find a jewel the folks at Amazon overlooked!

EbookConnections.com offers instructions on how to read ebooks on your home computer, laptop, Palm Pilot or other palm sized computing device. They also have a very useful guide to the various types of ebook reader software packages available along with download links.

EbookConnections.com makes and excellent first stop for anyone curious about the world of ebooks and wants more information about how they work, how to read them and where to find the best ebooks online.

Ebooks Rock (http://ebooksrock.net/) contains a wealth of work by new and emerging authors. The site offers profiles, interviews and links to information and publications on a wide variety of topics. It will definitely expand your thinking about what you can find to read online.

The Ebooks portal at SearchKing (http://ebooks.searchking.com/) provides an excellent portal for all aspects of ebook reading, buying and publishing. The site offers information on publishers, authors, software for making your own ebooks, and even tutorials on how to sell your own ebooks! This Yahoo style site rates a must look if you want an organized approach to finding, reviewing and buying ebooks online.

Free-Ebooks.com offers just that - free ebooks for anyone who wants to take the time to download them. The inventory on this site appears a bit sparse, but you may find something of
interest and you sure can't beat the price.

Ebookmall.com offers one of the largest selections of ebooks available online. Whether just casually shopping for the latest offerings or searching for a specific title or author, the site is well organized and makes it easy to shop and find what you want.

www.1stbooks.com offers an exciting twist on ebook publishing in that you have a choice of how you want the book delivered. You can choose ebook, paperback or hardcover to receive your ebook. Though the selection is still growing, this type of flexible, consumer driven book delivery system will surely thrive in the future.

Other sites that rate a look include:
www.electricebookstore.com, www.cyberread.com, and www.ebook-case.com.

Though the quality of these sites varies widely and the online publishing world remains far from perfect, part of the fun of shopping for a new paperback comes from digging through the shelves to find that perfect book - and the same holds true online!

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