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Book Sourcing

The books on your list, in any language.

With access to over 50 million books through our global partner network, we find and buy the physical books you need and deliver them catalogued, with a purchase record for every copy.

Inventory1M+ titles on hand
Access50M+ books
ReachPartners worldwide
QuoteWithin 48 hours
Global sourcing

Any language. Anywhere in the world.

We source through established book partners in multiple countries, so a corpus in Japanese, German or Arabic is as achievable as one in English.

EnglishSpanishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseDutchPolishRussianChineseJapaneseKoreanArabicHebrewHindiTurkish+ more
North AmericaOur own US warehouses and wholesale network
EuropePartners across Western and Central Europe
AsiaIn-country suppliers for CJK and regional languages
Rest of the worldSourced on request through partner channels
Tell us what you need

Start from a list, or from a brief.

01

By ISBN

Send a list of any size. We clean it, remove duplicates and match every title.

02

By subject or language

For example: 50,000 German engineering titles. We build the list, you approve it.

03

By volume

A target count and a quality bar. We propose the fastest mix to deliver.

What you receive

Books, plus the paperwork.

  • Coverage report before you commit
  • One copy per title, checked
  • Manifest by ISBN and batch
  • Purchase record per copy
  • Palletized, labeled freight
  • Open search on hard-to-find titles
Subject coverage

Hundreds of disciplines.

Sciences & Engineering
BiologyChemistryPhysicsMathematicsStatisticsComputer scienceElectrical engineeringMechanical engineeringCivil engineeringMaterials scienceEarth sciencesAstronomy
Medicine & Health
AnatomyCardiologyOncologyNeurologyPharmacologyNursingPsychiatryPublic healthSurgeryPediatricsDentistryVeterinary
Law, Business & Social Sciences
Constitutional lawTax lawContract lawEconomicsFinanceAccountingManagementPsychologySociologyPolitical scienceEducationLinguistics
Humanities, Arts & Languages
HistoryPhilosophyTheologyLiteratureLiterary criticismArt historyMusicArchitectureSpanishFrenchGermanJapanese
Applied & Technical
AgricultureEnergyAviationAutomotiveConstructionManufacturingCybersecurityNetworkingData scienceEnvironmental science
Reference & General
EncyclopediasDictionariesAtlasesHandbooksField guidesBiographyFictionCookingTravelCrafts & hobbies
FAQ

Book sourcing questions.

Which languages can you source?

Any language with a published book market. English, European and East Asian languages are the most common; others are sourced on request through our partner network.

Where do the books come from?

We have access to over 50 million books through our own inventory of more than a million titles and established book partners in multiple countries. Every copy is purchased and comes with a purchase record.

What if I don't have an ISBN list?

Tell us the subjects, languages, publication years and volume you need. We build the list and you approve it before anything is bought.

Where do you ship the books?

To your facility or directly to your scanning vendor, in the US or internationally.

Get started

Tell us which books you need.

No commitment, no sales pitch — a report showing what we have, what we can find, and what it costs.

Response
A real person reads every request — usually the same business day.
Warehouse
200,000 sq ftSite visits by appointment

What do you need?

We'll send a mutual NDA before you share anything sensitive.