The following stores specialize in various categories of books and reading accessories but due to legal, technical or other reasons we can't include them in our automated comparisons. Nonetheless, these stores provide a valuable service and so we offer them here.

• Bibles.org - From the American Bible Society's founding in 1816, they have been focused on translation, publication and the distribution of Bibles to as many people as possible. Their mission today is to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message. With many English and Spanish translations to choose from, as well as Children's Resources, Scholarly Resources and more than 200 languages, bibles.org aims to be the source for the broadest base of Christian churches with Scripture resources in the most translations, the most languages, at competitive prices.
   
• Lonely Planet Travel Guides - Lonely Planet began in the early 1970s after founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler completed an overland journey from London through Asia and on to Australia. Since then it has grown to be the world's leading travel guide publisher. Lonely Planet publishes over 600 titles in English and cover every corner of the planet. The guidebooks are also published in a number of languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, Korean and Japanese.

  The Lonely Planet catalogue includes:
  - Country Guides
  - City Guides
  - Activity and Theme Guides
  - Maps
  - Phrase Books
  - Pictorials
  - Travel Literature
  - Diaries, Calendars, and gift products
  

• Family Christian Stores - Family Christian Stores is America's leading specialty retailer with over 300 locations in 38 states dedicated solely to the Christian retailing market. Their mission is to offer an extensive selection of high-quality, Christian-related products of exceptional value from both a retail and online experience.
   
• Ignatius Press - Ignatius.com sells religious books, magazines, software, religious art and more.
   
• iChapters - iChapters.com is an online store provided by Thomson Learning. As one of the world's largest providers of tailored learning solutions, they are also deeply committed to providing a wide variety of choices to students, educators, administrators and parents when purchasing educational course material. Their principle goal is that students around the world have the opportunity to use the learning resources that can make the difference in their academic career, and ultimately in their lives.
   
• Wiley - John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is an independent, global publisher of print and electronic media products, specializing in scientific and technical books and journals; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and textbooks and educational materials for colleges and universities. Founded in 1807, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, Wiley has been a vital source of information and understanding for generations of learners. For two centuries, Wiley has endeavored to teach, inform, and enlighten. Their history is intertwined with the advance of publishing, the evolution of modern science, a country's hunger for knowledge, and the growth of a global community.
   
• Questia.com - Questia is the world's largest online library of books, with over 67,000 full-text books, 1.5 million articles, and an entire reference set complete with a dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus. Your subscription to the entire Questia academic library also includes digital productivity tools for highlighting text, taking notes, and generating footnotes and bibliographies in seven different styles. High school and college students love Questia for the full-text search of more than 30 million pages of copyrighted content, along with their tools which allow on-page highlighting, note taking, bookmarking, and best of all -- citation and bibliography generation, saving you an average of more than 4 hours of time on each research project. Students, educators, businesspeople, and professional writers/researchers around the world rely on the trusted books, journals, and articles found in the Questia online library to save significant time without sacrificing research quality or convenience.
   
• Bigger & Brighter - BiggerAndBrighter.com is the one-stop-shop for book lights and magnifiers. They offer a wide variety of stylish designs under the LightWedge and Great Point Light brands. They are always adding new items and re-introducing product lines in new color palettes. Serving book lovers, travelers and crafters, BiggerAndBrighter.com is especially relevant for the aging boomer population.