Linear as bent

Thanks to some prodding, I’m compiling a list of independent bookstores that have an online presence – in the event you don’t want to buy from the you-know-who corporates. My personal book shopping style is a bit random, I hop around – buying from authors, publishers, co-ops, online stores as well as the one down the road. Do whichever you’re in the mood for but support writers, and if like me you can, then also support your local lgbt bookstore.

I hope readers find this list useful. I’ll be adding to it  from time to time. If you know of a bookstore that should be included, drop me a line. I’m particularly interested in LGBT bookshops outside the English speaking world, but thanks to the internet there are always other sources. For obvious reasons, this list favours the L in LGBTQ where possible. In some countries, general bookstores are the only place to obtain LGBT books – better some than none.

LGBT & Friendly Bookstores (potentially hundreds, these are just a few)

• The Feminist Bookshop (Aust.)
• The Bookshop Darlinghurst (Aust.)
• Hares & Hyenas (Aust.)
• Libertas / DIVA  (UK)
• Charis (USA)
• SCPBooks (USA)
• True Colors Bookstore (USA)
• Glad Day (Canada)
• Calamus Books (USA)
• Lambda Rising (USA) (closing end of 2009)
  
• Giovanni’s Room (USA)
• InsightOut Books (USA)
• Ultra Violet Book Cafe (South Africa)
• Gay and Lesbian Books (Germany)
• Les Mots à la Bouche (France)
• Berkana (Spain)
• Women and Children First (USA)
• Bookshop Vrolijk (Netherlands)
• GinGin Books (Taiwan)
• Pride Exchange Shop (Philippines)
• flipkart.com (India)
• nbcindia.com (India)
• Gay’s The Word (UK)
• Toronto Women’s Bookstore (Canada)
• eXplicitbooks / Little Sister’s Bookstore (Canada)

Indie Bookstores (in no particular order)

• Independent Publishers Group
• Better World Books
• The Book Depository
• US Indie Bound
• UK online booksellers – incld ABE and Alibris(via The Book Guide)
• Biblio (for rare and out-of-print books)
• Independent Online Booksellers Assoc. (US)

Find a bookseller

• Australian Booksellers Association
• Canadian Booksellers Association
• UK and Ireland Booksellers Association
• American Booksellers Association

Other links:

• Booko (compare prices)
• Amazon
• Chapters / Indigo Books
• Powells
• Dymocks
• Books-A-Million
• Kinokuniya
• The Women’s Library (Sydney)
• The Gay & Lesbian Library Johannesburg

I acknowledge various collective resources gathered from the internet.