Useful literary links
for book
authors and self publishers
We have gathered many publishing links to help you find associations, self publishing aids, and reference sites so you can sell more books and answer your publishing questions.
http://www/bookweb.org/
American Booksellers Association
Book news, events, statistics, interviews, database of bookstores, and info on participating in the BookSense program.
http://www.asindexing.org/site
The American Society of Indexers
Here you can learn the finer points of indexing and find an indexer to work on your book.
http://aar-online.org/
The Association of Author's Representatives
This is the national association for independent literary and dramatic agents. You can check if a person you're considering is a member, read their qualifications and canon of ethics, plus get a list of questions to ask under "Found an Agent?"
http://www.ala.org
American Library Association
Here you'll find a variety of resources created by librarians and ALA staff to educate, inform, and entertain. Recommended reading lists, current library
issues, literacy, and more.
http://bookpublisher.researchalot.com
Book Publisher Resources
Resource site for everything to do with book publishing. Full of newsletters, articles, links and other resources - ALL FREE - in one easy to navigate site to
save time and money.
http://bookexpoamerica.com
BookExpo America
The granddaddy of book publishing events with more than 2,000 exhibits, 500 authors, and 100 conference sessions. Held annually in June.
http://www.combinedbook.com
The Combined Book Exhibit
The Combined Book Exhibit has been organizing collective exhibits at library, education, trade, and international markets on behalf of the publishing industry since 1933.
http://www.communicationcreativity.com/
Communication Creativity
Highly recommended books, tapes and CDs for the industry. Selected titles on writing, self publishing, and book marketing to sell more books.
http://www.copyright.gov
Copyright Office
Learn about copyright basics, fees, laws, searches, plus how to register your work.
http://www.clmp.org
The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
This site is sponsored by The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. Lots of sound advice for non-profit publishing organizations and self-publishers doing literary works.
http://www.netread.com/calendar/
EventCaster
Announce your lectures, classes, book signings, online interviews, radio and TV appearances, etc. free on NetRead's EventCaster. They broadcast the info to event editors at newspapers and websites that subscribe to their service.
http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/index.asp
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
Here you can apply for your ISBN log, which provides unique machine-readable identification numbers that mark any book unmistakably. An ISBN is to your book what your social security number is to you.
http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/is/index_us.asp
Literary Market Place
This is the reference book for the entire publishing industry. You can access some of the information in LMP 2005 for free online — or subscribe to the whole enchilada for a nominal weekly fee.
http://litfinder.com
Lit Finder
Considered the ultimate poetry reference, they've just added short stories as well. It includes 100,000 full-text poems — plus 800,000 poem citations. You can get a free 2-week trial period.
http://www.MidwestBookReview.com
Midwest Book Review
Meaty advice for writers and self publishers, resources, book reviews.
http://newpages.com
NewPages
One dynamite site! The portal for independents: bookstores, publishers, alternative periodicals, and much more. Also includes reviews, blogs, and online literary magazines.
http://www.refdesk.com
Reference Desk
About the best single source for facts you'll find. Search in dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias, wire services, government personnel, vital public records, white & yellow pages, news, most anything you can imagine.
http://www.SelfPublishingResources.com
Self Publishing Resources
An information-packed portal site of articles and resources for book authors, self publishers and independent presses.
http://www.SPANnet.org
The Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN)
A nonprofit trade association dedicated to helping authors and small publishers be more successful.
http://www.clearlakemedia.net/selfpub-resource
The Self-Publisher's Online Resource Center
This is a useful online site dedicated to helping folks find more resources and information on the topic.
http://writeexpress.com/online.html
WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary
Just plug in a word, and WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary will list words with end rhymes, beginning rhymes, first-syllable rhymes, last-syllable rhymes and double rhymes. Use the rhyming dictionary to write a headline, coin a slogan or even title a book.
http://sfwa.org/beware
Writer Beware
This is part of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc's site. It provides alerts for avoiding unreliable vendors in such categories as book doctors, contests and vanity anthologies, literary agents, print on demand, subsidy and vanity publishers, etc. A great place to look to avoid fraudulent suppliers.
http://www.writersdigest.com
The Writers Digest
The insider's guide to the writing life: writer's guidelines, magazines, books, contests, conferences, free e-zine, etc.
http://www.writermag.com
The Writer
Since 1887, The Writer has been America's essential resource for writers. The magazine covers a broad range
of writing fields and provides support, motivation and inspiration to writers of all levels.
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