Publishing Resources

Print Resources

Bell, Patricia J. The Prepublishing Handbook: What You Should Know Before You Publish Your First Book (Eden Prairie, Minn.: Cat’s-paw Press, 1992).

Cole, David. The Complete Guide to Book Marketing (New York: Allworth Press, 2004).

Goldinger, Sharon, and Mary Ellen Gross. “Taking Advantage of Media and Sales Opportunities” (Laguna Hills, Calif.: PeopleSpeak, 1999).

Kremer, John. 1001 Ways to Market Your Books: For Authors and Publishers, 6th ed. (Fairfield, Iowa: Open Horizons, 2006).

Poynter, Dan. The Self-Publishing Manual, 16th ed. (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Para Publishing, 2006).

Reiss, Fern. The Publishing Game series (Newton, Mass.: Peanut Butter and Jelly Press).

Ross, Marilyn, and Tom Ross. Jump Start Your Book Sales (Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 1999).

Ross, Tom, and Marilyn Ross. The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 4th ed. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 2002).

Woll, Tom. Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers, 3rd ed. (Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2006).

Online Resources

Aeonix Publishing Group
Advice about printing for small publishers
www.aeonix.com

American Booksellers Association
Articles and statistics for publishing professionals
www.bookweb.org

BookExpo America
Information about BEA and registration for the publishing industry’s big annual event
www.bookexpoamerica.com

BookWire
Information, publishing forms, and reviews from Bowker
www.bookwire.com

The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Entertaining and informative Q&As plus Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

Columbine Communications & Publications
Book publishing consultant
www.bob-erdmann.com

Direct Contact PR
Paul Krupin’s site with model news releases and articles to help you get more publicity
www.directcontactpr.com/

ForeWord Magazine
The trade review journal for independent and university presses
www.forewordmagazine.com

Gropen Associates
Gropen Associates’ Reference Desk for Publishers; articles about common financial, accounting, and managerial problems for publishers
www.gropenassoc.com

Joe Vitale’s Copywriting Profit Center
Free articles about marketing
www.mrfire.com

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Update
Resources for marketing your books
www.bookmarket.com

Midwest Book Review
Huge list of links to sites of interest to publishers
www.midwestbookreview.com

Para Publishing
Free articles about self-publishing
http://parapublishing.com

Pitch Perfect Marketing
Grass-roots and public relations national campaigns and expert marketing advice—"More Than Just PR Placements”
http://www.pitchperfectmarketing.com

PMA, The Independent Book Publishers Association
Essential information for independent publishers
www.pma-online.org

Publishers Lunch
Sign up for a daily e-mail report of stories from print media and the Web that are of interest to the professional trade book community
http://www.caderbooks.com/

The Publishing Game
Fern Reiss’s Publishing Game site; resources for authors
www.publishinggame.com

Robin Bartlett
Free articles about book marketing
www.robinbartlett.com/

SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America)
Resources for independent presses, self-publishers, and savvy authors
www.spannet.org

The Tool Shed in the Cat’s Backyard
Resources for self-publishers
http://hometown.aol.com/catspawpress/ToolShed.html

Women’s National Book Association, Inc.
Open to women and men in all occupations allied to the publishing industry
www.wnba-books.org

Writers Digest
Articles, conferences, and contests for writers
www.writersdigest.com

You Can Write
An online reality check for nonfiction writers
www.YouCanWrite.com