Valuable Links

With so many possible links, the following qualify as the most useful to a writer, author or independent (self)-publisher. If you find one that belongs and is not listed, please let us know at: publish@wiseowlbooks.com

Revised: Jan 2003

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 Associations (Publishing)

• American Booksellers Association
• American Library Association
• Book Industry Study Group
• National Association of Independent Publishers (NAIP)
• Publishers Marketing Assocation (PMA)
• Small Press Center
• Small Publishers Assocation of North America (SPAN)

Bar Codes

• Data Index
• Fotel, Inc
• GGX Associates
• Online Bar Codes

Book Printers (Get a quote online)

• Bang Printing
• Crane Duplicating (Bound Galleys)
• Green Publications (Bound Galleys)
• Gorham Printing (Short-runs under 1000 copies)
• McNaughton & Gunn
• Malloy Lithographing
• Sheridan Books
• Thomson-Shore
• United Graphics

Book Reviewers

• BookZonePro.com (Index of Book Reviewers)
• Booklist
• Chicago Tribune Books
• Library Journal
• L.A. Times Book Review
• N.Y. Review of Books
• N.Y. Times Book Review
• Publishers Weekly
• San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
• Independent Publisher Online
• Bloomsbury Review
• School Library Journal
• Library Talk

Copyright & Other Trade Registrations

• Copyright Law (Articles)
• Copyright Office
• Check Domain Names
• Inexpensive Domain Names
• ISBN Agency
• Publishing Law
• Small Business Administration
• Submit It (Fee based site submission service)
• Top 100 Search Engines

Cover Designs

• Bookcovers.com
• Pop Design Works

Directories Online

• Bookstores (4500 listed)
• BookWatch Publishing Links
• Bookwire (3500 links to the industry)
• Mail Order Catalogs
• Media
• Online Discussion Groups (50,000)
• Periodicals/Magazines
• Yellow Pages Online
• Email Directory
• Find a Business
• Find a Person
• Find an Answer to Your Question

Display Stands

• Book Displays and Stands

Distributors & Wholesalers

• Advance Marketing Services
• Baker & Taylor Books
• Ingram Book Company
• Quality Books

Editors, Proofreaders, Typesetting & Indexers

• Authors' Advantage
• Book Editing
• Mallon-Taylor Editorial Services
• NW Editors Guild
• Weisel Creative Services

Electronic Publishing & Print-on-Demand

• 1st Books Library
• iUniverse
• UPublish
• Xlibris
• Trafford Publishing
• Instant Publisher
• You Can Write
• Directory of E-book Publishers
• Association of Electronic Publishers

Festivals

• Book Expo America
• L.A. Times Festival of Books
• Miami Bookfair International
• New York is Book Country
• Northwest Bookfest
• Rocky Mountain Book Festival
• Southern Festival of Books

Fulfillment Services

• BookMasters
• Publication Services
• The Intrepid Group
• Upper Access

Gift Shows

• Atlanta
• Chicago
• Dallas
• Los Angeles
• New York
• San Francisco
• Seattle

Illustrators

• Author-Illustrator Source
• Summer House Studio

Mailing Lists

• Cahners
• Bradley Communications
• Para Lists

Online Bookstores

• Amazon.com
• Autographed by Author
• Barnes and Noble
• Books-a-Million
• Book Sense (Independent Bookstores)
• Borders Books & Music
• Chapters Books of Canada
• The BookZone
• FatBrain

Self-Publishing Contests/Awards

• Benjamin Franklin Awards
• Writers Digest Self-Publishing Award
• Independent Publisher's Magazine Book Award

Speakers' Resources

• American Society of Training & Development
• Dale Carnegie Training
• Guest Finder (fee based referral service)
• National Speakers Association
• Toastmasters 

Trade Magazines

• Independent Publisher
• Foreword
• Library Journal
• Poets & Writers
• Publishers Weekly
• Self-Publishing Online Magazine
• Writers Digest

Publicity & Marketing

• Top Ten Publicity Tips
• List of Book Publicists
• Bacon's News Clipping Bureau
• Book Marketing Update Newsletter
• Book Marketing & Publicity Newsletter
• First Word Agency
• Talk Show Selects
• Parrot Media Network
• Publicist for Books
• Book Note (eBook marketing)
• North American Bookdealers Exchange (NABE)
• Portable Book Display Stands

Web Site Design

• Shefog Design (email for information)

Writers' Resources

• American Book Publishing (Articles on writing-publishing-editing)
• Articles for Writers
• Authorznet
• Bella Online (Free weekly E-Zine for writers)
• Literary Agents Online
• Mystery Writing
• Monthly E-zine (Magazine) for writers
• National Writers Union
• Reader's World
• Robins Nest Writer's Links
• Science Fiction & Fantasy
• The Writer's Center
• Writer's Conferences
• Writing Contests
• WriteNEWS