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 Publishers Weekly CLMP Rating: +7 http://www.publishersweekly.com/ "The online version of the International News Magazine for book publishing and bookselling." There is also information on e-publishing and a list of Literary Associations sponsored by Publisher's Weekly. added June 12, 2000 Alternative Press Center http://www.altpress.org/ The Alternative Press Center (APC) is a non-profit collective dedicated to providing access to and increasing public awareness of the alternative press. added June 13, 2000 American Literary Translators Association http://www.utdallas.edu/research/cts/ALTA/ An association for literary translators, ALTA aims "to provide essential services to literary translators from all languages and to create a professional forum for the exchange of ideas on the art and craft of translation." ALTA also offers an annual $2000 prize for English translations that have been published in the United States by an American publisher. added June 19, 2000 Association of American Publishers http://www.publishers.org/ A trade association for the book publishing industry. The organization also offers the Curtis Benjamin Award recognizing creativity and innovation in publishing. added June 19, 2000 Association of Electronic Publishers http://www.members.tripod.com/~BestBooksCom/AEP/aep.html AEP is a self-policing organization whose members assure a certain standard is maintained within epublishing; that authors can confidently submit with the knowledge that a member of AEP is a trustworthy publisher, and customers have the peace of mind that an AEP member will not "run with the money" when buying goods from them. added March 31, 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 The Council of Editors of Learned Journals http://www.celj.org/ The Council of Editors of Learned Journals, an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association, is an organization of editors of scholarly journals devoted to study in the humanistic disciplines. added August 25, 2004 Independent Publisher http://www.independentpublisher.com/ Provides a good overview on all aspects of publishing, i.e., book awards, book reviews, industry updates, resources, and an events calender. Of course the site itself is better than this description so check it. (NO FEE) added July 14, 2000 Independent Publishing Resource Center http://iprc.org/ Free lending library of independently published literature in Portland, OR. Also hosts events for publishers and readers. added August 29, 2000 Literary Press Group of Canada http://www.lpg.ca/ Non-profit association of Canadian-owned and -operated book publishers. LPG helps its members sell, distribute, and market their books. added May 25, 2000 Netread: The Publishing Portal http://www.netread.com/ Includes good overview of all aspects the publishing process, event calendar, directory of printers, other resources for publishers. added June 22, 2000 Publishers Marketing Association http://pma-online.org/ "The largest non-profit trade association representing independent publishers of books, audio, video and CDs." Sponsors the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards which recognize excellence in marketing, editing and design. added June 19, 2000 Publishing Trends http://www.publishingtrends.com Publishing Trends is a monthly newsletter read at every major American publisher and in over 30 countries that features news and opinion on the changing world of book publishing. added July 25, 2006 The Association of American University Presses http://aaupnet.org/ The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) is a cooperative, non-profit organization of university presses. The AAUP promotes the work and influence of university presses, provides cooperative marketing efforts, and helps its members respond to the changing economy and environment. added April 7, 2000 The Independent Press Association http://www.indypress.org/ The Independent Press Association (IPA) works to promote and support independent publications committed to social justice and a free press. IPA provides technical assistance to its member publications and is a vigorous public advocate of the independent press. added February 26, 2001 The Journal of Electronic Publishing http://www.press.umich.edu/jep The Journal of Electronic Publishing is for the thoughtful forward-thinking publisher, librarian, scholar, or author -- in fact, anyone in this new business -- facing those challenges.... JEP faces the same problems as any electronic publication, and we intend to make a virtue of that by using the Journal as a testbed to try ideas and to show to you, our readers, what happens when we do. We hope for successes, of course, but we will report on our failures, too. (NO FEE) added July 14, 2000 The Small Publishers Association of North America http://www.spannet.org/ The Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN)...is a nonprofit professional trade association that will show you how to make -- and save -- money. Here you'll discover complete details to help you become more successful. Our members are independent presses, self-publishers, and savvy authors who realize if their books are to be successful, they must make them so. (Membership Fee) added July 14, 2000