Parapublishing - Dan Poynter's page on getting your book in the market and other tips about everything in the book world. Get the newsletter. Great tips.
Write this down - New Writing resource. Sign the guestbook and check them out.
Freefall - A Michigan based literary magazine has been taking poetry to the streets since July 1988.
The Writer's Block provides a wide variety of services to the writer, such as: editing,
proofreading, monthly ezine and newsletter, writing organization, quarterly writing contests,
and lots of market links.
The Detroit Black Writer's Guild - Aimed at giving author's in the Metro area of Detroit a chance to show their talent to the world. They have great events and even if you're not a published author, you should get involved in their organization.
FYOS.com is the virtual home or FYOS Entertainment, LLC, publisher of the finest poetry and fiction by authors of African descent. The site features the work of acclaimed spoken word artist, Tonya Marie Evans, as well as work by other emerging writers and recording artists. FYOS.com also has the latest event information and literary services for literary entrepreneurs! Visit us today.
Literary Agent Information - This webpage located on the Inkspot page gives you an idea where you can locate and agent online if they ask for query letters about your work.
Namezero - This has nothing to do with writing but I had to input it for those people who don't have the money or just don't want to pay to get a domain. In addition to this, they provide email and forwarding services. At any time you can purchase the domain name for a small fee and at that point get even more services from them. They exchange a domain name for advertising, but I think so far they've been a lot of help in directing people to my own homepage faster.
Epoynym.org - Name registry link. You can find a name from any period in history and any geographical location. It's really cool when you play around with it or you write futuristic stories.
Bookreporter - I've heard a lot of good things about this site, but I'm still in the process of checking it out. Let me know what you think about it.
POETRY CORNER, as well as short stories, essays, and commentaries for our column, NUBIAN belles-lettres. Submissions will be used for our January issue and beyond! You can
Articles and resources for e-book authors, including reviews, press releases, free e-books, markets and more. http://ewritersplace.com
Sandy Cummins, editor of this e-zine jam-packed site. You'll find more than a dozen articles
each month by topnotch writers. Check the back issues too!
Find free e-zines on a variety of topics.
Word Weaving -- They provide book reviews, web reviews, interviews and various other views for
writers. Their specialty is book reviews of ebooks of up and coming authors.
The Writer, 120 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116-4615; 617-
Sylvia Burack, Editor-in-Chief
Ann-Margaret Hemings Caljouw, Senior Editor
Founded in 1887, this monthly features articles of use to aspiring writers. Also market listings. If you are looking for new manuscripts, be sure you're featured in their marketing listings.
Writer's Digest, Melanie Rigney, Editor, F&W Publications, 1507 Dana Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45207; 513-531-2690.
Fiction Writer, Peter Blocksom, Editor, F&W Publications, 1507 Dana Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45207.
A bimonthly magazine aimed at writers of short stories and novels.
Michigan Council for the Arts, Suite 1180, 1200 6th St., Detroit 48226, tel. 313/256-3731. No email or URL to be found.
Arts Foundation of Michigan, Suite 2164, 645 Griswold St., Detroit 48226, tel. 313/964-2244
No email or URL to be found.
Post your literary events. You may even add an URL to another web site, to provide visitors with additional information. If you don't have a web page to promote your event, drop us a line at events@aalbc.com. We can build one for you quickly, for a nominal fee.
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Calls for Information, for planned articles and special editions.
**Check out the following Web sites for Romance-Novel Book Reviews**
Book Reviews by Sandy Cummins
Bridges Romance Magazines
Kathy's Faves and Raves
Romance Communications
in the music industry; there is no set number that must be sold.
The books' sales are compared with each other. National bestseller lists (there are several and they do not often agree) are assembled from certain bookstore and other sales reports. In addition, there are regional and specialty lists.
BestSellers, What They Are and How to Make Them tells you all about the various bestseller lists and how they gather their numbers. Then there is a 29-point plan for making your book a bestseller. This report is so good, it is nearly an advanced marketing plan outline. See
**List your books in all the appropriate directories so that
readers and the industry can find you. Here are the most
important of the directories and contacts.****
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your shipping, discount, STOP and returns policies. To be listed, your company must be at least a year old and you must have published at least three titles. Contact the American Booksellers Association for an application at 828 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY
10591; Tel: (800) 637-0037 or (914) 591-2665;
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Association of College Stores. For an application, contact NACS, 500 E. Lorrain St., Oberlin, OH 44074; Tel: (440) 775-7777; Fax: (440) 775-2216; http://www.nacscorp.com
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Book Dealers Drop Ship Directory will list your book for
individual, drop ship sales. Contact Al Galasso at
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College Store Executive. The National News and Merchandising Magazine of the College Store Industry. If your book might be sold in college bookstores, send for a Book Announcement Form and other information from College Store Executive, PO Box 1500, Westbury, NY 11590-0812; Tel: (516) 334-3030; Fax: (516) 334-3059. See http://www.ebmpubs.com.
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Contemporary Authors is a large reference book containing over100,000 biographical sketches. Authors of technical and vanity press books are not eligible. Request a form from Contemporary Authors, Gale Group, 27500 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48331; Tel: (800) 347-GALE or (248) 699-4253; Fax: (800) 414-5043; http://www.galegroup.com. Don't be modest. The more you write on the form, the more space you get in the book. After you fill out the application, make a few photocopies so you will be ready when someone else asks for extensive biographical information. The listing is free.
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The Cumulative Book Index is an international bibliography of new publications in the English language. All the bibliographical information necessary to identify a book is provided: full name of author, complete title, date of publication, edition, paging, price, publisher, ISBN and Library of Congress card number.
In addition to bibliographical information, the Index also provides subject headings to describe the contents of the book. These headings can usually be determined by an examination of the table of contents and a reading of the preface; sometimes a careful examination of the text is necessary. Books must have at least 100 pages and a minimum press run of 500 copies to be eligible for
inclusion in the Index.
A listing in the Index gives your publication valuable publicity.
Subscribers include most of the major libraries and booksellers around the world. No charge is made for a listing, but in order to record your book accurately, the publisher, The H.W. Wilson Co., needs a copy of the book. Wilson will also list your book in the Vertical File Index (see listing later in this chapter). Send books to Cumulative Book Index, H.W. Wilson Co., 950 University Ave., Bronx, NY 10452; Tel: (800) 367-6770 or (718) 588-8400;
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extensive appendix. Request a form from Gale Group, 27500 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48331; Tel: (800) 347-GALE or (248) 699-4253; Fax: (800) 414-5043; http://www.galegroup.com.
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Directory of Mail Order Catalogs and the Directory of
Business to Business Catalogs. If you have several books andoffer them in your own brochure or catalog, send for an
application form for these directories. Grey House Publishing, Pocket Knife Square, Lakeville, CT 06039; Tel: (800) 562-2139; Fax: (860) 435-3004;
Information Marketplace Directory. You will sell more books,
tapes, reports, consulting and seminars if you establish your
company as the center of all information on your subject. Now you can list all your products and services with IMD. For an application, contact Simba Information, Inc., Information Marketplace Directory, 11 Riverbend Dr. S., Stamford, CT 06907; Tel: (203) 358-9900;
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International Directory of Little Magazines and Small
Presses is another place you will want to list your new firm. For an application, contact Dustbooks, PO Box 100, Paradise, CA 95967; Tel: (800) 477-6110 or (530) 877-6110; Fax: (530) 877-0222; dustbooks@dcsi.net. Request information on their other directories. See http://www.dustbooks.com.
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books in the publishing industry. It lists every major publisher, publicity outlet and supplier. An inclusion here will help your customers and suppliers to find you. To be listed in this annual reference, you must publish at least three books a year. Send for an application form from Literary Market Place/Reed Elsevier, Inc., 121 Chanlon Rd., New Providence, NJ 07974; Tel: (800) 521-8110 or (908) 464-6800; Fax: (908) 665-6688; info@bowker.com; URL: http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp.
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application form for this directory. Oxbridge Communications, Inc., 150 Fifth Ave., #302, New York, NY 10011; Tel: (800) 955-0231 or (212) 741-0231; Fax: (212) 633-2938; info@oxbridge.com;
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Online bookstores. Some of the following online bookstores
allow you to register your book online. Contact them regarding information for publishers. Annotate your listings by sending cover art, table of contents, back cover copy, etc.
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Publishers Directory is a directory in which you may have a free listing. For an application form, contact Gale Group, 27500 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48331; Tel: (800) 347-GALE or (248) 699-4253; Fax: (800) 414-5043; http://www.galegroup.com.
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Publishers, Distributors, Wholesalers of the United States.
Once you secure an ISBN, you are automatically included in this directory. Contact Reed Elsevier, Inc., 121 Chanlon Rd., New Providence, NJ 07974; Tel: (800) 521-8110 or (908) 464-6800; Fax: (908) 665-6688; http://www.reedref.com.
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Publishers' International ISBN Directory is published by the
K.G. Saur Publishing Co./Reed Elsevier, Inc., 121 Chanlon Rd., New Providence, NJ 07974. Call for information and a
questionnaire: (800) 521-8110 or (908) 464-6800;
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Publishers Marketing Association (PMA) is an international
association of more than 3,000 publishers who band together to promote their books in a cooperative manner. PMA holds educational seminars, buys and shares advertising space, makes cooperative mailings and operates booths at major book fairs. Local affiliates of PMA are located all over North America. Contact PMA for a sample newsletter and a membership application: 627
Aviation Way, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; Tel: (310) 372-2732; Fax: (310) 374-33420; pma-online@aol.com; URL: http://www.pma-online.org.
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Small Press Record of Books in Print is a special Books in Print for smaller publishers. For an application, contact Dustbooks, PO Box 100, Paradise, CA 95967; Tel: (800) 477-6110 or (530) 877-6110; Fax: (530) 877-0222; dustbooks@dcsi.net. Request information on their other directories. See http://www.dustbooks.com
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Book Trade in Canada is the Literary Market Place of the
Canadian book publishing industry. If you are located in Canada, contact Quill & Quire, 70 The Esplanade #210, Toronto, ON M5E 1R2, Canada; Tel: (416) 360-0044; Fax: (416) 955-0794; info@quillandquire.com;
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Quill & Quire Spring and Fall Announcements. If your books
are being produced in Canada, request an application from Quill & Quire, 70 The Esplanade #210, Toronto, ON M5E 1R2, Canada; Tel: (416) 360-0044; Fax: (416) 955-0794;
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Canadian Books in Print is the Books in Print of the Canadian
book publishing industry. If your book is being printed in
Canada, contact Marian Butler, University of Toronto Press,
10 St. Mary's St. #700, Toronto, ON M4Y 2W8, Canada;
Tel: (416) 978-2239;
http://www.utpress/utoronto.com
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