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Climb Aboard East London's Book Barge for Lit-Nerd Delights and 'Bibliotherapy'

Bibliophiles who land in London may find themselves beset with disappointment at the sight of many a so-so bookseller, W.H. Smith and Waterstones among the city's prominent chains. But, as we recently reported, the literary-minded city is also rich with independent shops with a penchant for carefully selecting their stock and giving their customers the kind of knowledgeable, personal attention every proper lit-monger demands.

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London for Bibliophiles: Three Havens for Bookish Travelers

Daunt Books, Marylebone

London is a city of lit-mongers. Its rich literary history earns it cool points among traveling bibliophiles, who flock to the city to seek out Shelley's house in Soho, walk the learned streets of Bloomsbury and generally immerse themselves in its bookish environs.

The city is teeming with bookshops that celebrate all things erudite, stores that avid readers could easily get lost in for hours on end. If you count yourself among this group, then take note of the following three locales: nerd-tested (and we mean that in a good way), Jaunted-approved.

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Resell and Recyle Your Old Guidebooks on GuideGecko.com

Are your bookshelves packed with old guidebooks that are useless now that your trip is over? You can recycle them and make a quick buck by reselling the travel guides on the website GuideGecko.

It won't cost you anything to hawk your tomes through the travel e-bookstore, though GuideGecko takes 15 percent of the profits from whatever you sell and there's a 99-cent closing fee. You get to decide the list price and the shipping costs.

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Literary Travel: Where Is Your Favorite Travel Bookstore?

Don't go until you're well-read: The L.A. Times' travel blog recently rounded up its favorite travel bookstores in the world, for those of us who still prefer the ability to doodle in the margins of a guide to pulling it up on a smartphone. We definitely want to check out their picks, but why so Eurocentric?

The Times singles out London's venerable Stanfords (even mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes story!), Paris' Librarie Ulysse and Rome's Libreria del Viaggiatore—and they all sound like the kind of dusty nooks in which to while away several happy hours planning our next adventure. But three just aren't enough!

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