- Bookwire CLMP Rating: +8
http://bookwire.com/
- "Book industry's most comprehensive and thorough on-line information source. Bookwire's content includes timely book industry news, features, reviews, guides to literary events, author interviews, thousands of annotated links to book-related sites."
added June 12, 2000
- John Kremer's Bookmarketing Update CLMP Rating: +8
http://www.bookmarket.com/
- Beneficial for both publishers and authors, this site provides marketing tips and different lists such as 101 Best Independent Publishers, Top 101 Book Printers, Review media lists, lists of independent distributors, and various Publisher's Associations.
added June 9, 2000
- American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/
- Among its many programs, the ALA sponsors numerous conferences with book exhibits, publishes Choice and Booklist, and sponsors the Office for Intellectual Freedom and Banned Books Week.
added April 6, 2000
- AWP Conference
http://awpwriter.org/conference.htm
- In addition to many panels for writers and teachers, AWP features panels and workshops for independent literary publishers. The book exhibit is a great place to showcase your publications.
added April 6, 2000
- Book Industry Study Group
http://www.bisg.org/
- Not-for-profit organization that collects data about the book market, establishes technical standards to make distribution more efficient (EDI, barcodes, etc.), and provides other types of information for all in the bookworld -- publishers, retailers, distributors, wholesalers, manufacturers, librarians.
added June 22, 2000
- How to Bar Code a Book
http://www.bisg.org/new-publisher.html
- Many stores will not carry your books without a barcode so this is essential information. From the Book Industry Study Group.
added September 5, 2000
- Modern Language Association (MLA)
http://www.mla.org/
- Association for scholars who study literature. The annual conference is the place to announce books to professors. Sponsors book prizes and publishes the MLA Style Guide, a must for those who publish scholarly books or essays on literature.
added April 13, 2000
- National Poetry Month
http://www.poets.org/npm/npmfrmst.htm
- added April 6, 2000
- Review media
http://www.linkbank.com/get_links/clmp/29/1/20
- CLMP's list of indie-friendly review outlets.
added July 11, 2000
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