Blackwell Book Services

Welcome to Blackwell

Blackwell has been providing books to libraries since 1879. We first began out of Benjamin Henry Blackwell’s bookshop on Broad Street in Oxford, England. Under the guidance of successive generations of Blackwells the library-supply side of the family business has developed to include major operation centers in Oxford, England; Blackwood, New Jersey; and Lake Oswego, Oregon, as well as James Bennett in Australia and Houtschild in The Netherlands.

Learn more about Blackwell’s history and take a moment to visit Blackwell Online Bookshop in the UK. A leading website for specialist book sales, as well as products that we sell in our UK shops, including Classical Music, World Cinema DVDs as well as some of our own branded goods such as stationery, bags and mugs.

Blackwell Digital Services

Digital Services is Blackwell’s comprehensive approach to identifying and ordering ebooks and other electronic resources to complete your library’s collection.

Along with the two most effective ebook aggregators: ebrary and EBL, we also offer electronic material from our publishing partners. Please take a moment and view our ONLINE CATALOG.  It is easy to use, with three different search options available to you; by title, subject area, or publisher.

Blackwell News

Keep up-to-date on all the Blackwell News by signing up for one of our product news subscriptions.

• Visit Blackwell at ALA, booth 2420. See presentations of our new Collection Manager and learn more about our ebook partners.
• 2009 Excellence in Academics Libraries Award Winners Announced
• The ALCTS-Blackwell Scholarship Award announces winning authors and article.
• Congratulations winners of the Blackwell Research Promise Award, Ms. Jessica Platt and Mr. Pete Benson.

Read all of the latest Blackwell news.

Blackwell Recommends - Engineering

We have a unique opportunity as a bookseller, to inform you of important new works. Blackwell Recommends is our free service that keeps you alerted to new and forthcoming titles in specific subject areas. Click here to check out our monthly features of new and forthcoming titles in popular subject areas.  Sign up to receive Blackwell Recommends updates!

Blackwell Special Offers

Similarly, we will inform you of Special Offers for reference sets, where pre-pulications pricing is in effect, typically with added discounts for ordering through Blackwell.

2009 Year End Special Offers

Blackwell has reduced many of our already low price special offers even more. Best of all many of these special offers are available in both print and electronic editions 

Publisher Promotions

The outstanding relationships we have with our publishing partners give us the opportunity to extend promotions to our customers. See what is available.

• FREE TRIALS from Greenwood Publishing Groups, The Amican Mosiac Suite.  Available through June 30th. 

• Free Trial of IGI Global’s Award-winning InfoSci-Books - Now Through July

• Boydell & Brewer Companion Guides -The Companion Guides are written to be read, like the best travel writing, rather than simply consulted. View brochure

• Learn more about the Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparednes.