American Antiquarian Society. An independent research library whose collections document the life of America's people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

American Printing History Association. Encourages the study of printing history and its related arts and skills, including calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing. APHA is especially, but by no means exclusively, interested in American printing history.

American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. An interdisciplinary group dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all aspects of the period, from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century.

Early Book Society. Formed to bring together all those who are interested in any aspect of the study of manuscripts and early printed books.

Hibolire: The Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading.A network of scholars in the fields of book history, history of libraries and history of reading.

Printing Historical Society, London. Fosters interest in the history of printing and encourages both the study and the preservation of printing machinery, records, and equipment of historical value.

Society for Book Research in Austria. Promotes in-depth research on the book trade in Austria and co-ordinates study in the field, keeping a running bibliography of new publications and points to deficits in book history scholarship.

William Morris Society. Aims to make the life and work of Morris and his associates better known.

Bibliographical Society of America. The oldest scholarly society in North America dedicated to the study of books and manuscripts as physical objects.

Bibliographical Society (Great Britain). Promotes and encouragesstudy and research in historical, analytical, descriptive and textual bibliography, the history of printing, publishing, bookselling, bookbinding and collecting.

Bibliographical Society of Canada.Its goal is the scholarly study of the history, description, and transmission of texts in all media and formats, with a primary emphasis on Canada.

Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand.Focuses on all the studies related to physical bibliography: the history of printing, publishing, bookselling, typefounding, papermaking, bookbinding; palaeography and codicology; and textual bibliography.

Oxford Bibliographical Society. Encourages bibliographical research.

Bibliographical Society, University of Virginia.Promotes interest in books and manuscripts, maps, printing, the graphic arts, and bibliography and textual criticism.

The Grolier Club. America's oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts.

Dutch Museum of the Book (Museum Meermanno) catalogue. The museum's collections include collection: books, coins and medals, letters, and manuscripts dealing with book design, bookplates and small prints. The catalogue is searchable online.

Printing Museum, Tokyo. Its primary objective is to explain the value and potential of printing as a form of communications media, and deepen the general public's understanding and interest in printing.

Association for the Recording and Reconstruction of Historical Bookbindings. (German language) Aims to foster cooperation among persons and institutions conducting research or collecting historical or artistic book covers.

SHARP-L. The discussion group of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing

NYPL Research Guide to the History of Books and Printing. Bibliography