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How the books in the Virtual Bookstore are selected?

• All books are read and reviewed by myself (except those which are indicated as "Not Read Yet" or "Unknown").
• I only listed the books, which I really enjoyed. I did not put all the books I have read. The books in the Bookstore scores from AVERAGE to MASTERPIECE in my opinion (which you may not share). I am also planning to include a list of books you should not waste your money on.
• All book reviews are written  by me. They are not copied from somewhere. I started writing them for this Virtual Bookstore and some were read ten to fifteen years ago. It was a pleasure to revisit them. (Please keep in mind that English is my second language.)

Most of the book in my library are purchased in Britain or other parts of Europe so they are British editions. Therefore my books are not identical with the ones sold by Amazon.com. However, there should be no problem with US editions since usually it is the cover that changes.

Also I tried to put soft cover versions of the books.. But there may be some hardcover books that sneaked in. Check it before buying.
 

How the books are categorized?

For example Thomas More's Utopia can be found under Science-Fiction. Why? When Lem describes an imaginary society he becomes a science fiction writer, because he is contemporary and his society is more advanced then ours. It was the same for Utopia when More wrote it. Hence, Utopia goes to Science-Fiction as well.

For example Asimov's Foundation's Edge goes to Mysticism. Why? The concept of all beings sharing a single soul and forming a supreme being are mystic ideas. That's why.

So, do not let category names fool you. Each of them are full of surprises. Also do not be annoyed if a book from the Artificial Intelligence section turns out to be a book about Linguistics.

Why build a bookstore?

• Keeping my links tidy. Bookmarking web pages drives me crazy. Because you cannot structure them neatly. Also they are not available when you move from one machine or browser to the other. By building these pages, I can always reach my favourite links in a good structure. I have also written a program to keep links about books and authors and create the pages automatically. Now I have a very good database and easy access for the best books in my library.

• Sharing. When I read a good book, I want to share this experience with other people. When another person reads and enjoys a book that I had recommended, I usually feel that I had done something good in life. Up until now, this was limited to my friends. But thanks to the web, now I can put this information somewhere everybody can see and enjoy. If you read any of these books, I would be very pleased if you drop me an Email stating whether you liked the book or not.

• Remembering. I had read some of these books 10-15 years ago. For this project I had revisited them, browsed thru their pages, read a few chapters and found out that I really missed them. As I try to update my database, actually I am refreshing my memory as well.

Why Amazon.com?

Furthermore, Amazon.com is a place I usually shop and they provide good service and good prices. The same quality and price advantage is also available to people placing orders by following my links.

Do you have a similar Virtual Bookstore or Internet resources about authors and books?

Also I will be very pleased to add author and book resource links. If you have them please send them via E-Mail.

Book Lovers' Links

Project Gutenberg : Free E-Texts of nearly everything that is out of copyright. Look here for Plato, Shakespeare etc.
Kitapzone: Bookstore for books in Turkish.

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