Buying books
1. Online stores
New books:
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/
Bookshop.ru - https://bookshop.org/
Used books:
eBay - https://www.ebay.com/
AbeBooks - https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchEntry?cm_sp=TopNav-_-Section-_-Advs
2. Bookstores
Look for local independent or half-priced bookstores on Google Maps.
3. Russian books in US
Globus Books - https://www.globusbooks.com/browse.php
Vasha-Kniga.com - https://www.vasha-kniga.com/
Clear book covers
If you’re buying paperbacks, spend extra 15 dollars and buy a pack of clear book covers. Clear book cover protects a paperback from wearing out, adds rigidness to paper cover and gives it a nice gloss. For Penguin paperbacks pick 7 3/4” (the actual height is 8”):
https://www.amazon.com/ClearBags-Protect-Against-Archival-BC9/dp/B00O7OH6D4
You can follow new books by reviews in newspapers and literary magazines.
The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/books
https://twitter.com/GuardianBooks
List of magazines to look into:
Sunday Press Pack 2024-10-27
My collection of RSS feeds of newspapers and literary magazines