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 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.

History of Literacy. A special interest group of the History of Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association, its website serves as a resource for this researach area.

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.

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

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

Women Printers and Booksellers: A Checklist of Sources. Laura Sue Fuderer

History of the Book in Australia

History of the Book in Canada

Book History and Literacies at Minnesota. Research at the University of Minnesota

The London Book Trades Project: Researching 18th-c. London Book Production

Historybooks: British Historians & the Book 1850-1950. Leslie Howsam

Bibliotheca Eruditionis. A history of books and reading in Hungary

Scottish Book Trade Index. Lists the names, trades,and addresses of people in printing in Scotland to 1850

Bibliopolis: History of the Printed Book in the Netherlands.The electronic national history of the printed book in the Netherlands

British Book Trade Index (BBTI). An index of the names and brief biographical details and trade details of people who worked in the book trade in England and Wales and who were trading by 1851

Book History Online: An International Bibliography (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). Searchable database

The Bookdealer Interviews. Sheila Markham

19th-c. Books on Publishing and the Book Trade. Includes searchable catalogue

British Fiction, 1800-29: A Database of Production, Circulation & Reception. Cardiff University