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.

Association of American University Presses
New releases.

Bible (King James Version)
The Holy Bible (King James version), searchable!

Bible (Revised Standard Version)
Includes 18 books of the Apochrypha, also searchable.

Bible Gateway
Six searchable versions of the Bible, in 10 languages.

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

Electronic Text Archives
An up-to-date list of efforts to put books online. Annotated. By Louisiana State U.

Essential Reference Books for Every News Library
A list of books that have consistently been found to be useful for U.S. news libraries. From the Special Libraries Association. With related Web links.

New books at Harvard Business School
Latest additions to the Baker Library at HBS. Posted mid-month for the previous month.

Qur'an (the Koran)
From M.H. Shakir's translation.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Uncle Sam's reference shelf. Provides graphs, charts and other information on more that 30 topics, ranging from population to elections to agriculture.

The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., 1918)
The classic. You must know the rules to break them.

The King's English (H.G. Fowler, 1908)
A classic.