Where to buy Oz books

• Where to find new books:
  • Eric Gjovaag's online Wizard of Oz bookshop — come browse and see what's available
  • Amazon.com
  • If Amazon doesn't have it, try Barnes and Noble's online catalog
  • Better World Books, which has free shipping in the United States
  • Books-a-Million
  • Amazon.ca (The Canadian branch of Amazon.com)
  • Chapters.Indigo.ca, another Canadian online bookshop
  • Amazon.co.uk (The British branch of Amazon.com)
  • Play.com, another British online store
  • Waterstones, Great Britain's largest bookstore chain
  • The Hive Network, Britain's independent bookstores
  • Book Depository, another excellent source for both American and British books, with no shipping costs
  • Amazon.es, the Spanish branch of Amazon.com. They carry Oz titles in Spanish, English, and other languages.
  • Amazon.de, the German branch of Amazon.com. They carry Oz titles in both German and English.
  • Amazon.fr, the French branch of Amazon.com. They carry Oz titles in both French and English.
  • Amazon.it, the Italian branch of Amazon.com. They carry Oz titles in both Italian and English.
  • Amazon.co.jp, the Japanese branch of Amazon.com. They carry Oz titles in both Japanese and English.
  • Amazon.cn, the Chinese branch of Amazon.com.
  • The National Bookstore in the Philippines
  • Rediff.com, an online bookstore in India.
  • Junglee, an online shopping site in India.
  • Dymocks.com.au, the online shop for Dymocks, Australia's largest bookstore chain.
  • Fish Pond, an Australian online store
  • The Book Worm, another Australian online store
  • Borders, still yet another Australian online store
  • Fishpond, an online bookstore in New Zealand
  • www.ozon.ru — for those looking for Oz and Magic Land books in Russian
    • Volkov's Magic Land books at Ozon.ru
  • Ruskniga.com, an American distributor of Russian media
  • Casa del Libro, an online bookstore in Spain
  • www.fnac.pt, for those looking for Oz and other books and movies in Portuguese
  • Livraria Cultura, an online store in Brazil
  • Utz Books, a new independent Israeli publisher specializing in children's books translated from English. Their first offering? The Marvelous Land of Oz!
    • Utz Books on Facebook
  • Want to order online and still support your local independent bookstore? You can at IndieBound!
  • Hastings — a chain that sells both new and used books, CDs, and DVDs
  • Bookweb.org, the website of the American Booksellers Association — use the site to find a member store in your area
  • If you're in the United Kingdom, find your local bookshop at (where else?) localbookshops.co.uk
  • Comparison shopping:
    • www.allbookstores.com
    • Fetchbook.info
    • Bookfinder4u.com
    • Cheap Books.com
    • BibliOz.com, a very appropriate place to search for Oz books
    • Booksprice.com
  • Dover Publications
  • Publications of the International Wizard of Oz Club
  • Tales of the Cowardly Lion and Friends, the successor to Buckethead Enterprises of Oz
  • Hungry Tiger Press — publishers of new and old Oz works
  • Marcus Mébès's storefront at Lulu.com — he has reprinted many old items of interest to Oz fans, as well as his own new stories
  • Books of Wonder — be sure to click on the "World of Oz" tab for all kinds of Ozzy stuff
  • Toto, Too, Inc., the publishers of new Oz books by Roger S. Baum, L. Frank Baum's great-grandson (and now they're on Facebook)
  • Nikidik Press, home of the Oz books of Philip John Lewin
  • Del Rey Books, the current publishers of Baum and many of Thompson's Oz books
    • Random House, Del Rey's parent company, which has other Oz books as well
  • AuthorHouse — they publish both classic and new Oz stories on a print-on-demand basis
  • Piglet Press — Audio Oz books
  • Easton Press's leatherbound Oz books and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
  • Hamilton Book, a bargain bookseller
  • Book Closeouts.com
  • Bud Plant Books
  • Wowio e-books
  • Empty Grave Books, publishers of new e-books of classic Oz books
  • Oz books in Braille at The Braille Bookstore
  • Espresso Book Machine — it prints a custom copy of a book right in the store (and yes, Oz titles are available)

• Resources for finding used, rare, and antiquarian books:
  • Rare Oz Books.com [A] [B]
  • A private sale of some very nice old Oz books
  • Abebooks.com, the online store of the American Book Exchange
  • Bookfinder Used and Rare Book Search
  • Add All Used and Rare Book Search
  • Half.com
  • A Libris, for rare, antiquarian, and hard-to-find books
  • Biblio.com
  • Tom Folio.com
  • Choose Books.com
  • Half Price Books Marketpplace, the online store for the Half Price Books chain
  • ViaLibri, which scours many of the above sites
  • Bookbase.com, where you work with the sellers of used, rare, out-of-print, and antiquarian books directly.
  • Aleph-Bet Books
  • March Hare Books, run by Oz fan and scholar Paul Bienvenue
  • Reader's Outlet — proceeds go towards literacy projects around the world
  • Book Rescue, specializing in children's books
  • Strand Books, one of New York City's largest used bookstores
  • Powell's City of Books (Portland, Oregon)
  • Phantom Bookshop in California
  • Childscapes children's booksellers — [Oz page] [Denslow page]
  • Wonderful Books of Oz (formerly Avant Garde Books)
  • Better World Books — buy books and help support literacy programs around the world
  • Between the Covers Rare Books
  • childrensbookshop.com (in Great Britain)
  • Exe-Libris Books (in Great Britain)
  • Oz and related books at The First Edition (in Great Britain)
  • Green Metropolis (book "recycling" in Great Britain)
  • ZVAB — used and antiquarian books in Germany (site is in German)
  • The rec.arts.books.marketplace newsgroup
  • The Rosetta Project Museum Store — reproductions and multimedia recreations of classic children's literature

• Oz Book Collector's Price Guide

• Adventures in Oz role-playing game

• The entire text of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on a poster!

• Books Database software to catalog your collection

• And to protect your investment, Collectibles Insurance

• Paperbackswap.com, where you can trade books through the mail

• Thrift Recycling Management, which has resources for recycling books

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