Amazon book alerts
Of great use to newsrooms. The online bookseller notifies readers when books are published on subjects they're interested in, or by their favorite authors, or even with certain words in the title. Especially useful because the alerts come well before the books are published. (Registration required.)

Amazon book search
Search by author, title and/or subject. Remember to change the setting for "sort results by" to, say, "publication date." Warning: The listings can be dirty, with typos and misspellings.

Books about public broadcasting
An annotated list from current.

Bookshelf on Computer-Assisted Reporting
An annotated bookshelf on computer-assisted reporting, from Power Reporting. Includes online research, public records, numeracy, and statistics.

ETEXT Archives
Documents about religion or politics, fiction, poetry and e-zines. By Paul Southworth and Bill Jolitz.

Iowa State University Press
An excellent catalogue of journalism texts.

MediaChannel Issue Guides
Links from Media Channel on topics such as media concentration, media politics, covering sports.

NAA Information Research Center
Statistics, books, videos and other info on newspapers. From the Newspaper Association of America.

National Book Critics Circle
Presents annual awards for books and reviewing.

Online Books
More than 1,200 books are available online. Might not find your favorite author, but can find greats such as James Joyce.

Publishers Weekly
A daily service for booksellers (and readers). "Aims to give booksellers the most up-to-date information on books that are receiving media and review attention, news stories about independent and chain booksellers, and changes in publisher policies that will impact booksellers."

The New Precision Journalism
Yes, free on the Web, here is Phil Meyer's classic text on the use of social science techniques in journalism. Surely this is the most influential book about journalism in many years. As the book begins, "If you are a journalist, or thinking of becoming one, you may have already noticed this: They are raising the ante on what it takes to be a journalist."

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Publishers
Links to selected publishers.