BOOKSHOPS + EBOOKS
Project Gutenberg
You've got to love this site. A US based but worldwide project to preserve books out of copyright. This means that there are people getting them into digital form and available as free ebooks. You can volunteer to do this and other things and/or read the books. Good. Free and a great resource.
Or go to this page for links to other free bookshops: iCommons
Bookshops
There are many more bookshops than these, but here are some you might not know. (See also the Reader's Refuge and Fishpond bookshop buttons the the right.)
Collected Works is one of Australia's famous literary bookshops. Run by Kris Hemensley, it's well worth a visit at www.collectedworks.com. The site is still in development and will be a literary shop window rather than a trading warehouse. Make a visit. They have a great poetry stock and they respond to email (collectedworks@mailcity.com)
Dark Horsey Bookshop at the Experimental Art Foundation specialises in books on art, architecture & design, cultural studies,feminism, philosophy, film & media, as well as small press literature, artist's books & catalogues, and local & international art magazines. Managed by the poet, Ken Bolton. PO Box 8091, Station Arcade, South Australia 5000. Phone: +618 8211-7505
Swapping
BookCrossing. A bookliberation site. This is how it works: read a book, label it with a unique book number, then leave it somewhere. Someone picks it up, (possibly) logs it, reads it, puts it in a public place for someone (anyone) else to pick up. You can even book hunt.
Other swapping/trading sites can be found on Zen Habits - 20 ways to get Free or Cheap books...
Ebooks
The Literature Page is a place to read classic books, plays, stories, poems, essays, and speeches online.
PoemHunter's Free Poetry Ebooks
Shearsman Ebooks - contemporary poetry books online.
Recordings
CD Baby - for recordings of spoken word