Electronic Text Centre |
| "The Center combines an on-line archive of tens of thousands of SGML and XML-encoded electronic texts and images with a library service that offers hardware and software suitable for the creation and analysis of text." |
Osborne/McGraw-Hill |
| "McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials, including user and reference guides, best-selling series on computer certification, titles on business & technology, and high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools." |
Project Gutenberg |
| "Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart, who in 1971 decided that it would be a really good idea if lots of famous and important texts were freely available to everyone in the world. Since then, he has been joined by hundreds of volunteers who share his vision." |
Terry Pratchett's Discworld |
| "The chances are that you've already encountered the name Terry Pratchett. Bookstores usually feature him quite prominently in their displays of bestsellers. Adaptations of his stories appear as plays. And there are even TV shows based on his works. But just in case you haven't I'll introduce you to someone who is possibly the greatest fantasy writer in the world today." |
The Tolkien Society |
| "The Tolkien Society is an international organisation registered in the U.K. as an educational charity, number 273809. Our aim is to encourage and further interest in the life and works of the late Professor J.R.R. Tolkien C.B.E., author of two of the most well-known and best-loved books of the late 20th century, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings." |
Tom Sharpe |
| Fan site for the author. |
Isaac Asimov |
| "Here you'll find a comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), the quintessential author, who in his lifetime wrote over 500 books that enlightened, entertained, and spanned the realm of human knowledge." |
Daphne du Maurier |
| Fan site for the author. |
Sherlock Holmes Lives On… |
| "This site is dedicated to promoting fanfics based on the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories, originally written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Please, if you have or know of any Sherlockian fanfics (whether serious, humorous, or just plain weird :), e-mail me and tell me how I can make it available here to other Holmes fans!" |
Nielsen BookScan |
| "The definitive retail monitoring service for books." |
Readers Digest |
| "Reader's Digest is one of the most successful publishing stories in the history of global magazine. It now appears in 48 editions in 19 languages, with just under 100 million readers every month." |