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Poets & Writers
Look here for a wide variety of information about resources for writers
– especially but by no means only those who write fiction and poetry
-- and join to receive the group’s monthly magazine, which can help
you get publishers, readers and funding.
The Authors Guild
The best bread-and-butter group for professional writers. Usable news
appears on the site along with notes about member benefits (legal
advice, insurance, and more). If you’re eligible, you’ll probably
want to join.
Book Industry Study Group
BISG works in many ways to improve interaction among publishers, authors, booksellers,
librarians and others. Publishers (including self-publishers) should
be sure to visit the site’s Document Library, to find
– and get help with – requirements for doing business with wholesalers,
mass merchandisers, bookstore chains and other sorts of booksellers.
PMA, the Independent Book Publishers
Association
Open to self-publishers as well as independents of all sizes, PMA
provides a cornucopia of marketing opportunities and how-to advice
that writers can use too. See the current PMA Independent and search
back issues by topic onsite.
Journalismjobs.com
For those who’d like to hire out their writing talents – by the hour,
by the project or by getting a job. Check the ever-changing listings
from publishers and others.
American Booksellers Association
The ABA represents independent bookstores across the United States
and you can find out how to reach them at the site.
Allworth Press
Allworth’s books offer solid, practical guidance that can help both
writers and publishers reach their goals.
Publishers Lunch
Michael Cader’s email newsletter takes you inside book publishing,
and the site provides a Job Board plus tidbits and databases that
deal with who’s buying what, which titles are selling best where,
and how the media are covering books and the book business.
BookWire
Boasting of 8500 publishing-related links, BookWire is a good launching
pad for research. Sidestep the offer of a book review you have to
pay for.
Mediabistro.com
Lots of job listings, which you can access without paying, plus blogs
and a wide range of informative material.
WritersWrite
Home of the Internet Writing Journal, which includes interviews and
how-to pieces, WritersWrite has links to other good resources for
writers, but educate yourself on the dangers of paying for a “publisher”
if you’re attracted by the come-ons for new-fangled vanity presses.
iTools
This rich compendium of starting points leads to information on subjects
way too numerous to mention.
R R Bowker
As the U.S. ISBN Agency, R
R Bowker is the exclusive US source of publisher prefixes and
accompanying ranges of ISBN numbers for eligible publishers. It
provides information and advice on the uses of the ISBN System to
publishers and the book trade and promotes the use of the Bookland EAN
bar code format. In addition to their ISBN prefixes, publishers also
register their titles for inclusion in the Bowker Books In Print
databases.
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