Wondering how to join? Read on!
BBD Group Read - October 2011: The Elephant's Journey...Jose Saramago
BBD Group Read - September 2011 and on-going through 2011: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
BBD Group Read - November/December 2011: Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico by Javier Marías
John Waters: "We need to make books cool again. If you go home with someone and they don't have books, don't f$%# 'em."
Dorothy Parker: "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."
Member or not, check out and have fun w/ the book links below...
There are people who will read any book that comes out, and there are people who won't read anything that is less than 150 years old. The Brilliant Babes (and Dudes) are in-between--we often turn up our noses at certain writers, but we have a keen appreciation for high-quality brain candy as well! We are a friendly group mixed with a bit of sharp sarcasm, a sprinkling of green Enabler Dust and a TBR pile a mile high.
If you are slightly toward the snobbish side of the book-lover's spectrum--if you love your Dickens but also love your Nora--then you've come to the right place! Our group is invite-only to preserve a pleasing and interesting mix of eclectic readers, but if you want to join, drop Suze or Rob a note and we will peek at your shelf. Please do not use the admin contact feature; instead, please leave notes directly on our profiles.
Because of the changes on Shelfari, this process will be expedited if you "follow" the admin that you're contacting, as you have to be following us in order to receive an invitation. (Please note that none of the admins spends all day, every day online. It may be a few days before we can get back to you.) Also, please do NOT ask for an invitation if you don't plan on regularly posting. It does take us time to review new members, and we love new members who participate, but the posts are visible to all Shelfari members who just want to lurk. :)
Non-participants will eventually be removed from our membership. If you've been removed and you're not sure why, it's probably due to lack of participation.
Note for all members: In the past, we have had people confuse "slightly snobby" with "raging literary a-holes." Although we do appreciate a good crack on a bad author, please refrain from knowingly insulting your fellow BBDers. We love Shakespeare, but we hate drama!
McSweeney's
a rockstar indepedent publisher
http://www.mcsweeneys.net
History Book Club
http://www.historybookclub.com/pages/home/
Europa Books
books and maps for sale
http://www.europabooks.com.au/
Edward R. Hamilton
dirt cheap books
http://www.hamiltonbook.com/hamiltonbook.storefront
The Strand
based in nyc, The Strand Bookstore, Home of 18 miles of the New, the Used, the Rare, and the Out of Print ...
http://www.strandbooks.com/
Daedalus Books
more dirt cheap books
http://www.daedalusbooks.com/
Hesperus Press
they rescue the obscure and neglected of English literature...their site is still under construction, but you might want to bookmark it and check in now and then...
http://www.hesperuspress.com/
Bas Bleu
all sorts of book goodies
http://www.basbleu.com/
nyrb
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/
Telegram Books
independent publishers
http://www.telegrambooks.com/archives/telegram/
Al Saqi Bookshop
based in London, Telegram book's sister store
http://www.alsaqibookshop.com/default.asp
David R. Godine Publisher
independent book publisher
http://www.godine.com/index.asp
Serpent's Tail
independent book publisher
http://www.serpentstail.com/
Coffee House Press
a nonprofit book publishing company
http://www.coffeehousepress.org/index.asp
Hippocrene Books
replete w/ dictionaries of every language on earth , along w/ travel and cookbooks
http://hippocrenebooks.com/
New Directions
independent book publisher
http://www.ndpublishing.com/
Fantastic Fiction
everything to do w/ fiction...the place to keep up w/ recent releases
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
House of Stratus Books
an anglophile paradise
http://www.houseofstratus.com/
Levenger
the place where readers drool...all sorts of reading toys
http://www.levenger.com/
Rhapsody Book Club
for you closet romance lovers
http://www.rhapsodybookclub.com/pages/home/
Book of the Month Club
http://www.bomcclub.com/
Hookmarks
fancy bookmarks for the reader who already has everything
http://www.hookmarks.com/
Better World Books
http://www.betterworldbooks.com/
Europa Editions
independent publishers
http://www.europaeditions.com/
The Dial Press
http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/dialpress/
Dalkey Archive Press
independent publishers
http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/
Hachette Book Group
large french publishing company
http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/
Three Rivers Press
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/three-rivers-press/
Phoenix Fiction
a university press
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Complete/Series/PF.html
Open Letter Books
publisher of literature in translation at the University of Rochester.
http://openletterbooks.org/
Melville House Publishing
independent publisher
http://www.mhpbooks.com/
Archipelago Books
a not-for-profit literary press dedicated to promoting cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation
http://archipelagobooks.org/
Loyola Classics Press
publisher of books w/ catholic themes, though hardly preachy, many of their titles won awards and the writers are well known, like Evelyn Waugh or Rumer Godden...and they're wery pretty and handsome trade-papers making them all the more enjoyable to collect
http://loyolaclassics.loyolapress.com/index.html
Vertical, Inc.
publisher of translated Japanese fiction and manga
www.vertical-inc.com/
Riverhead Books
a division of Penguin Group USA.
www.riverheadbooks.com/
NewPages.com
The best online guide to independent & university book publishers, including independent publishers, university presses, and small presses...most listed in the NewPages guide are primarily from the U.S. and Canada.
http://www.newpages.com/book-publishers/
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