resources & goodies

back to books? back to the media glade?

go home?

note: i am american so this list of resources will be largely america-centric. if you have any non-american resources feel free to drop me an email: faintlymacabre[at]proton[dot]me

support your local library!

• US Gov Library Finder
• The American Library Association
• The Library Campaign - an organization that supports libraries in the UK
• LibraryOn - an online tool for finding your local library in the UK
• Canadian Library Directory
• Libby - an online service many libraries provide where you can borrow ebooks and audio books
• Hoopla - a similar service to Libby, but with more kinds of media
• CloudLibrary - another Libby alternative

free books? don't mind if i do...

• A Map of Little Free Libraries
• Project Gutenberg
• Standard Ebooks - a group of volunteers who take ebooks from Project Gutenberg and format them for e-readers
• Archive's Text Catagory
• Bookbub's Free Ebooks Catagory
• librivox - free audiobooks read by volunteers
• HorrorBabble - a youtuber who narrates public domain horror stories and also my favorite
• bluehairrentfreak on Archive.org - a pretty good archive of media related to The Shadow pulp novels, comics, and radio show
• Old School Crime Fighter's Link Page - a list of links to The Shadow pulp novels
• if you're looking for more free audio books, it's 100% worth it to look on youtube for them. there are people out there ripping and uploading their old collections all the time. this is how i found this copy of david mccallum reading the dunwich horror

but what if i want to buy a book?

• IndieBound - a tool for finding local indie bookstores near you!
• Bookshop.org - a site where you can order books from your favorite indie bookstore online
• Abe Books - ebay but for books
• Pango Books - Mercari but for books
• but also actually check Mercari because sometimes people will sell their special editions on there.
• Thrift Books - an online used book store
• BookBub - a site that tells you when ebooks are on sale. can be filtered by both genre AND retailer for those of you who prefer to stay away from Amazon.
• Chirp - discounted audio books. the only downside is you HAVE to use their app to listen to them and there's no way to download mp3s. their sales, however, are excellent.
• Libro.fm - an Audible alternative. you can either listen in their app OR download the audio and use your mp3 player/phone.