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align="left"> <p align="left"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="3" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <p><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new! </b></font><a href="http://www.smallpress.org">Small Press Center</a><p><font size="2">'Tucked away in a landmark building' in NYC, The Small Press Center works to raise awareness of the offerings of small and literary independent publishers. Sponsors National Small Press Month each March, and holds workshops throughout the year.</font> <p><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new! </b></font><a href="http://organizedwriter.com/index.htm">The Organized Writer</a> </p> <p><font size="2">Ooh, this site appeals to everything in a writer's wishlist: we wish we had more time to write, more organizational skills so that we don't lose our brainwaves, more motivation. The Organized Writer offers tools for mastering all these artistic-temperament flaws. And since it is inspiring you to be the most organized writer you can be, you will find yourself eager to put the tricks into practice, and not just browse this interesting site all day!</font></p> <p><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new! </b></font><a href="http://www.publishers.org/">Association of American Publishers</a><font size="2"><br> Useful site for an overview of developments in the publishing industry - including monthly reports, industry statistics, conference info, and campaigns, including the Intellectual Freedom campaign</font> </p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://btol.com/">Baker & Taylor</a><br> <font size="2">1200 U.S. Highway 22<br> Bridgewater, NJ 08807<br> (908) 218.3863</font></font> </p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Used to be mainly a wholesaler to libraries. Now wants to be known as the most <i>complete</i> collection anywhere.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.ingrambookgroup.com/">Ingram</a><br> <font size="2">One Ingram Boulevard<br> La Vergne, TN 37086<br> (800) 937.0995</font></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Ingram is the wholesaler main game in town, and also home to Lightning Source - the POD printer for many of the POD companies listed on this site.</font></p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="3" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h3><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><b><font color="#666666" size="5" face="Verdana"><a name="writer_sites"></a>Sites For Writers</font></b></font></font></h3> <p><font color="#FF6600" size="3" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.aowc.com">AOWC.com - The Writer's Place</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Home of the daily Writing For Dollars column and the Complete Guide to Writing and Selling Magazine Articles by Peggy Fielding & Dan Case. Also features 650 markets for magazine writers.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.author.co.uk"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Author.co.uk</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A great site for UK authors and publishers. Author.co.uk publishes e-books and is moving into Print On-Demand soon. It also features publishing news, writing exercises, interviews, community functions. Author.co.uk recently teamed up with the US powerhouse Publishers Marketing Association.  </font></p> <p><a href="http://www.honco.net/index.html"><font size="3" face="Verdana">The Book and The Computer</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A Japanese site about the Future of the Printed Book. This links to the English version of the site</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.coffeehouseforwriters.com"><font face="Verdana">Coffee House For Writers</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">With the friendly slogan 'grab a cup and come on in', the Coffee House is a good site for new writers. It has a publication called 'Beginnings' which aims to help new authors get that first publication credit.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.enterprisingwriter.com/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">The Enterprising Writer</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Ah, a site after my own heart: dedicated to those who want to make money from their writing.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.ewritersplace.com/"><font face="Verdana" size="3">The E-Writer's Place</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A site with resources, articles, a newsletter, workshops and the SEEDS writer's prompts. Download a free sample of these useful prompts before you fork over cash for the full edition.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.fictionfactor.com/">Fiction Factor</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">An increasingly impressive online magazine aimed at the fiction writers, but often containing advice useful to all writers. Interviews, guest columns, resources and more.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.inscriptionsmagazine.com"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Inscriptions </font></a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">The web version of the weekly e-zine for professional writers.</font> <p><font size="3" color="#FF4000" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.ivanhoffman.com/helpful.html">Ivan Hoffman, Intellectual Property Law</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Ivan Hoffman is well-known in writers' news groups, for offering advice about contracts and other legal issues writers are likely to come across - contracts, copyright, distribution deals. This site is packed with useful articles - and I bet he'd even let you hire him, if you wanted.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.coffeehouseforwriters.com"></a><font size="3"><a href="http://www.elanworks.com/lww.html">The Local Writers' Workshop</a></font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Started in 1997, the LWW grew out of a San Antonio-based writers group that truly was local, but also posted works online, and critiqued them. This group is a serious workshop. You will not be allowed to post anything for critiquing until you have established your credentials by critiquing others' works for a set time (3 works each week for 3 weeks). Sounds elitist, but creates a community of dedicated writers. A great alternative to a physical local writers' workshop.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.longridgewritersgroup.com/index.htm"><font face="Verdana">LongRidge Writers' Group</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A 30 year old writers' group, now online. Sections include: Thriving and Surviving; Life Support for Writers; interviews and community message boards and chats.</font></p> <a href="http://organizedwriter.com/index.htm">The Organized Writer</a> <p><font size="2">Ooh, this site appeals to everything in a writer's wishlist: we wish we had more time to write, more organizational skills so that we don't lose our brainwaves, more motivation. The Organized Writer offers tools for mastering all these artistic-temperament flaws. And since it is inspiring you to be the most organized writer you can be, you will find yourself eager to put the tricks into practice, and not just browse this interesting site all day!</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.marketlist.com/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">The Market List</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A site for fiction genre authors (that is those writing in a genre other than 'literary', such as horror, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery). Nice-looking, well put-together, useful site with articles interviews and reviews.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.picturebook.com"><font face="Verdana">PictureBook</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">The online resource for children's illustrators, publishers, and book lovers. Find an illustrator, list yourself as a resource, or gain information about writing and illustrating books.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/"><font face="Verdana">Poetry Magic</font></a> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A UK site for poets.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.poetry-portal.com"><font face="Verdana">Poetry Portal</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A deep and good-looking resource site for poets - beginner to expert.</font></p> <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com"><font face="Verdana">Publishers Weekly</font></a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Website of the weekly industry print rag. Get all the gen on the publishing and bookselling industry: what's hot, who's hot, who owns what... Keep an eye on their Hot Deals section if you're looking for an agent to represent your work - this section will keep you up to date on who is buying books like yours from first-time authors.</font><p><a href="http://www.sfwa.org/prededitors/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Predators and Editors</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A guide to publishers and writing services for serious writers - sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.</font> <p><a href="http://www.sellwritingonline.com/"><font face="Verdana">Sell Writing Online</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Markets, articles, e-books and more, for writers who hope to improve their craft and make some money at the same time.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.smallpress.org">Small Press Center</a><p><font size="2">'Tucked away in a landmark building' in NYC, The Small Press Center works to raise awareness of the offerings of small and literary independent publishers. Sponsors National Small Press Month each March, and holds workshops throughout the year.</font> <p><a href="http://spj.org/ethics/code.htm"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Society of Professional Journalists - Code of Ethics</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Things any freelance non-fiction writer should know - and things any author being interviewed by a journalist should be aware of...</font> <p> <font color="#FF6600" size="3" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.speculations.com/welcome.htm">Speculations</a></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><i><font size="2">Speculations</font></i><font size="2"> is an online resource for writers who wish to break into or increase their presence within the science fiction, fantasy, horror, or "other" speculative fiction genres.</font></font></p> <p><a href="http://www.write4kids.com" name="kids"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Write4Kids</font></a></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">Write4Kids.com - The Children's Writing Supersite some free content, some paid subscriptions and special reports. This site oozes with confidence and with solid advice. Also home to the Children's Book Insider, a newsletter for Children's Writers</font><font size="1">.</font></font></p> <p><a href="http://www.writerswrite.net"><font face="Verdana">WritersWrite</font></a> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A venerable website for writers, stuffed full of articles, archives, links and all kinds of good stuff.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://www.novalearn.com/wol"><font face="Verdana">WriterOnline</font></a> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">A fine site for writers looking to improve their craft. Especially good for fiction writers, it features interviews and how-to's and is also a paying market for your articles.</font> </font> <p><a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/hotlist/"><font face="Verdana">Writer's Digest's Top Magazine Markets 2002</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">WD turns out its annual list of the best markets for freelancers.</font></p> <p><a href="http://writerslounge.com/index.html"><font face="Verdana">The Writer's Lounge</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A site for essayists and creative non-fiction writers. Contains articles, interviews, markets and more</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana"><a href="http://electricpenguin.com/wom/">Writer's Online Marketplace Updates</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Debbie Ohi is back! Debbie, founder of the late, much-lamented site Inkspot is back in the market for freelance writing jobs and is trawling the job boards and guidelines for leads. Characteristically, she's sharing the information online. This page serves as a companion to her print book: Writer's Online Marketplace (Writers Digest 2000). <br> Now isn't this how Inkspot got started...?</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.enterprisingwriter.com/"></a></font><a href="http://www.brandijasmine.com/web/writers/w-links-rates.html"><font size="3">Writers' Rates</font></a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">What should you be paid for your writing? Brandi Jasmine has a useful set of links.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b><a href="http://www.aeonix.com/"></a></b></font><a href="http://www.writertowriter.com">Writer To Writer</a><br> <font size="2">A collection of articles and links "for writers of all ages and stages". The News section is not kept up to date, but it has interesting articles for beginners and a good collection of links.</font></font></p> <p><a href="http://www.writing-world.com"><font face="Verdana">Writing World</font></a> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Former Inkspot associate editor Moira Allen has started her own spawn-of-Inkspot site, <a href="http://www.writing-world.com">Writing-world.com</a>, complete with its own start-up newsletter, markets section and 'reprints' of some of the best Inkspot articles as well as new content.</font> <p><a href="http://funnyladywriter.homestead.com/writerslinks.html"><font face="Verdana">World Writer</font></a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A great new site from a freelancer based in the UK - escape from the US-centrism of most of the other established writer's sites! Loads of great links and a pleasant design.</font> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" rowspan="4"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <FORM action=http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/WritePublish method=get> <P align=left><font face="Verdana"><FONT size=1>Get updates when JDWrite adds new writing/publishing articles</FONT><FONT size=-1><BR><INPUT size=17 value="enter email address" name=user> <br><input type=submit value="submit"><BR>Powered by </FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/"><FONT size=-1>groups.yahoo.com</FONT></A></font></FORM> </font></td> <td width="87%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><b><a name="newsletters"><font color="#666666" face="Verdana"></font></a><font color="#666666" face="Verdana">Newsletters</font></b></font></h2> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><p><a href="http://www.jdwrite.com/writing"><font face="Verdana">21st Century Publishing Update</font></a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">JDWrite's own semi-monthly newsletter, containing links to newly-posted articles at JDWrite, industry news and updates, a writer's Q & A, and more...<br> To subscribe send an email to WritePublish@yahoogroups.com</font> <p><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2"><a href="mailto:JohnKremer@bookmarket.com"></a></font></b><a href="mailto:JohnKremer@bookmarket.com" name="krem"><font size="3">John Kremer's Book Marketing Tip</font></a><font size="2"><br> A regular email packed with really useful info if you are interested in marketing your book. Recent editions contained information on up-coming themes in Publishers' Weekly, along with advertising deadlines. Kremer is the author of the supremely useful 1001 Ways To Market Your Book.</font></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.yudkin.com/markmin.htm"></a><a href="http://www.idealady.com/bright.htm">Bright Ideas</a></font><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Creative marketing strategies from Cathy Stucker, The Idea Lady. Great for writers working in the marketing field, or for writers thinking about how to market their own work.<br> To subscribe send an email to <a href="http://us.f104.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=ideasub@idealady.com&YY=36596&order=down&sort=date&pos=0">ideasub@idealady.com</a></font> <p><a href="http://e-genre.tripod.com/index.html"><font size="3" face="Verdana">eGenre Weekly</font></a><font SIZE="2"> <p><font face="Verdana">A regular e-zine for fiction writers, especially Sci-Fi, Fiction, fantasy, horror, adventure/comic book style fiction. High quality, keeps you updated on all the developments in this area. Website homepage is a little ugly, but the e-zine is much easier to read.<br> To subscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:genrenews@hotmail.com">genrenews@hotmail.com </a> </font></font> <p><a href="http://www.inscriptionsmagazine.com"><font face="Verdana">Inscriptions</font></a><font SIZE="2"> <p><font face="Verdana">Inscriptions, the weekly e-zine for professional writers. Editor Jade Walker recently appealed for fans to subscribe (on a voluntary basis) so that she could continue to run the magazine and pay her writers more. She set the subscription level at a very reasonable $5 which can be paid various ways, including through the Amazon Honor System. There is a huge amount of content in the weekly newsletter, so I coughed up my $5 and think you'll be moved to do the same.<br> To subscribe, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:Inscriptions-subscribe@topica.com">Inscriptions-subscribe@topica.com</a>.<br> To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:Inscriptions-unsubscribe@topica.com">Inscriptions-unsubscribe@topica.com</a></font></font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><p><a href="http://www.yudkin.com/markmin.htm"><font face="Verdana">The Marketing Minute</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Marcia Yudkin's sound marketing advice that can be read, unlike most e-newsletters, in a minute. Great if you work in marketing, or if you need to know how to market your work.<br> To subscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:marci@yudkin.com">marci@yudkin.com</a> with "sign me up!" as the subject line.</font><p><a href="http://www.naww.org/homepage.html"><font face="Verdana">National Association for Women Writers</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Weekly inspirational/how-to magazine for women writers.<br> To subscribe: email to <a href="mailto:naww@onebox.com">naww@onebox.com</a></font> <p><a href="http://www.woodyswatch.com/"><font face="Verdana">Woody's Watch</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">All Microsoft users should subscribe to this newsletter. Woody's watch painlessly explains all the little quirks of Word, Access, Excel, and more -- from how to kill the paperclip, to  how to incorporate the latest Windows Update. Go from being a clueless victim, to being the boss of your system - at last!</font></p> <p><a href="http://writenews.com/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">WriteNews Weekly</font></a><font SIZE="2"> <p><font face="Verdana">A weekly publication from WritersWrite.com. This email provides a wrap-up of the week's writing and publishing news. Essential for those who want to be in the know.<br> To subscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:join-writenews-weekly@earth.lyris.net">join-writenews-weekly@earth.lyris.net</a></font></font> <p><a href="http://www.writersmarkets.com"><font face="Verdana">Writers Weekly</font></a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Subscribe to WritersWeekly.com! <br> Freelance job listings and new paying markets, delivered to your e-mailbox every Wednesday! 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Hooks up experienced and 'newbie' writers to help each other out. List sponsored by NetAuthor.org which is a paying market for new writers. </font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Subscription: e-mail to: <a href="NetAuthor-sibscribe@onelist.com">NetAuthor-sibscribe@onelist.com</a> or visit <a href="http://www.egroups.com/community/NetAuthor">http://www.egroups.com/community/NetAuthor</a></font></span> <h3 style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="3" color="#FF6600">Print On-Demand</font></b></font></font></h3> <p style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Verdana">A list specifically designed for POD authors - clients of 1st Books, iUniverse, Xlibris and the rest. Some complaining about services, some pooling of resources, recommendations and anti-recommendations, plus advice give-and-take about how to succeed as a POD author.</font></p> <p style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Subscription: email to <font size="-1"><a href="mailto:Print-On-Demand-subscribe@yahoogroups.com">Print-On-Demand-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</a></font></font></p> <h3 style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.marketlist.com/"></a></font><font color="#FF6600"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font size="3" color="#FF6600">Pub-forum</font></span></font></font></font></h3> <p style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Discussion of article publishing, freelancing, book publishing, marketing,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>dealing with libraries, potential scams, even advice on Internet connections .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Some discussion of POD e-publishing and self publishing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>This is a very active list (20 or more messages a day).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Recommended the Digest form, unless you want near- real-time discussion. Just don't cross-post to Publish-L - there's bad blood and you don't want to get them started.... </font></span></p> <p style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Subscription: email to <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:pub-forum-subscribe@eGroups.com">pub-forum-subscribe@eGroups.com</a></span></u><span style="color:blue"> </span><span style="color:black">or visit http://www.egroups.com/group/pub-forum (if you want the digest).</span></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><font face="Verdana"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font size="2" face="Verdana">For information visit: <a href="http://users.deltacomm.com/writerl/writerl/wlhome.htm">http://users.deltacomm.com/writerl/writerl/wlhome.htm</a></font></span></font></p> <h3 style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.marketlist.com/"></a></font><font color="#FF6600"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font size="3">Publish</font></span></font></font></font></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Run by Angela Adair-Hoy of WritersMarkets and Booklocker (e-publisher) this is a relatively lively group. It is moderated, which could account for the pleasant tenor of conversation. List guidelines are sent with confirmation of subscription.<o:p> </o:p> </font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><font face="Verdana"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font size="2"> Subscription: email to <a href="mailto:publish-subscribe@onelist.com">publish-subscribe@onelist.com </a>or visit  http://www.egroups.com/group/publish</font></span><span style="color: black; layout-grid-mode: line"><o:p> </o:p> </span></font></p> <h3 style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.marketlist.com/"></a></font><font size="3" color="#FF6600"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line">Publish-L</span></font><span style="color: black; layout-grid-mode: line"> </span><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font size="3" color="#FF6600"><o:p> </o:p> </font></span></font></font></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Good, serious discussion. Membership includes many published writers. Lots of marketing talk; not too focused. Moderated.<o:p> </o:p> </font> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> Subscription: email to <a href="mailto:LISTSERV@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG"> </a> with Subscribe PUBLISH-L [INSERT YOUR NAME HERE] in the body of your message<o:p> </o:p> </font> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><font face="Verdana"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font size="2">List rules and resources at <a href="http://www.guestfinder.com/publishlist.htm">http://www.guestfinder.com/publishlist.htm</a></font></span><span style="color: black; layout-grid-mode: line"><o:p> </o:p> </span></font></p> <h3 style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.marketlist.com/"></a></font><font size="3" color="#FF6600"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line">WriterL </span></font><span style="color: black; layout-grid-mode: line"><o:p> </o:p> </span></font></font></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Moderated, high-quality discussion list focused on journalists and non-fiction writers.  This group charges a subscription fee of $20 a year plus $5 for first-time members (unusual).  Real community feel the tone of discussion is extremely professional.  These are sophisticated list users so some lurking in recommended before you start to post.  <o:p> </o:p> </font> </span></p> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" rowspan="4"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <FORM action=http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/WritePublish method=get> <P align=left><font face="Verdana"><FONT size=1>Get updates when JDWrite adds new writing/publishing articles</FONT><FONT size=-1><BR><INPUT size=17 value="enter email address" name=user> <br><input type=submit value="submit"><BR>Powered by </FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/"><FONT size=-1>groups.yahoo.com</FONT></A></font></FORM>  <p> </p> </font></td> <td width="87%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><a name="writers_orgs"></a><font color="#666666">Writers' Organizations</font></font></font></h2> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%" rowspan="3" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h4><font color="#FF6600"><font face="Verdana">Professional orgs</font></font></h4> <p><a href="http://www.publishers.org/">Association of American Publishers</a><font size="2"><br> Useful site for an overview of developments in the publishing industry - including monthly reports, industry statistics, conference info, and campaigns, including the Intellectual Freedom campaign</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.nwu.org"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font size="3">National Writers’ Union</font></span><font size="3"> </font></a><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2"><br> Union for all and any writers. Affiliated with AFL-CIO.</font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.asja.org"><font size="3">American Society of Journalists and Authors</font></a><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2"><br> Union for working non-fiction writers with proven publishing credits.</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.authorsguild.org"><font size="3">The Authors’ Guild</font></a><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2"><br> Union for working writers with proven publishing credits.</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><a href="http://www.sfwa.org"><font size="3">Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America</font></a><font size="3"><br> </font><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2">Union for working Science Fiction and Fantasy writers with proven publishing credits.</font></span></font></p> <p><a href="www.scbwi.org"><font face="Verdana">Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">"the only professional organization dedicated to serving the people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature." Information, resources, events, conferences, awards...everything you'd expect from a writer's org.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.marketlist.com/"></a></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font size="3"><a href="http://spj.org/">Society of Professional Journalists</a></font></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Organization for working Journalists. Many local chapters. Must be sponsored for membership but usually quite easy to find someone to sponsor you. Contact your local chapter.</font></span></p> <h4><font color="#FF6600"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Genre Writers' Orgs </font></span></font></h4> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.rwanational.com"><font size="3">Romance Writers of America</font></a><font size="3"><a href="http://www.rwanational.com/"><br> </a></font><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2">Huge national org with local chapters. Aims to help authors get published. Author advocate, pushing for better recognition and compensation for romance writers</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://members.aol.com/sincatl/"><font size="3">Sisters In Crime<br> </font> </a><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2">Mystery writers</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.mysterywriters.com"><font size="3">Mystery Writers of America</font></a><font size="3"><a href="http://www.mysterywriters.com/"><br> </a></font><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2">Mystery writers</font></font></span></p> <h4><font color="#FF6600"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Geographically Based Orgs</font></span></font></h4> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.southwestwriters.org"><font size="3">Southwest Writers<br> </font> </a><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2">For writers in South Western US states. Hosts a large, well-respected annual conference</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.wiw.org"><font size="3">Washington Independent Writers</font></a><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2"><br> That's Washington, DC - sorry Seattle! Hosts a good Spring conference.</font></font></span></p> <h4><font color="#FF6600"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Christian Writers' Orgs</font></span></font></h4> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.cwfi-online.org"><font size="3">Christian Writers’ Fellowship International </font></a><font size="3"><br> </font><font face="Verdana Ref" size="2">Large Christian Writers' Organization</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: MS Mincho"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.daystarministries.com"><font size="3">New Jersey Society of Christian Writers</font></a><font size="2"><a href="http://www.daystarministries.com/"><br> </a>Geographically based society</font></font></span></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" rowspan="5"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <FORM action=http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/WritePublish method=get> <P align=left><font face="Verdana"><FONT size=1>Get updates when JDWrite adds new writing/publishing articles</FONT><FONT size=-1><BR><INPUT size=17 value="enter email address" name=user> <br><input type=submit value="submit"><BR>Powered by </FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/"><FONT size=-1>groups.yahoo.com</FONT></A></font></FORM>  <p> </p> </font></td> <td width="87%" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><h2><font color="#000080"><b><a name="publishing"><font color="#666666" face="Verdana"></font></a><font color="#666666" face="Verdana">Self-Publishing (Print On-Demand)</font></b></font></h2> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">N.B. Always read the publishing agreement/contract thoroughly. I advise avoiding any company that takes rights. If they take rights they should provide full service as a publisher (promotion, distribution, editing), otherwise they're just a vanity press (not good).</font></p> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font> </a> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="4" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><p><b><font size="1" color="#0060F0" face="Verdana">alphabetical list</font> </b> <p><a href="http://www.1stbooks.com"><font face="Verdana">1stBooks Library</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Been around since about 1997. Seems to be doing well financially (rumour has it, it is actually -gasp- profitable) . Privately owned, it has expanded slowly and seems to be keeping its customers happy. Offers hardback (although I’m not sure if cloth-bound or library bound). Also does music, spoken word and other options. Website a bit crowded but service seems like one of the best.</font> <p><a href="http://www.booklocker.com" name="POD"><font face="Verdana">Booklocker</font></a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Can't speak highly enough of this outfit, run by high-energy, fun-loving writer/publisher/guru, Angela Adair-Hoy, hostess of Writers Weekly. Offers e-publishing (with the highest royalty rates I'm aware of) and POD for a select few.</font> <p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.infinitypublishing.com"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Buy Books On The Web/Infinity Publishing</font></a></span> <p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Used to be known as BBOTW, Infinity Publishing is the new, less specific, name. Family owned, the books used to be photocopies with tape-bound cardboard covers BUT the company has moved to a laminated, perfect bound book with a color, laminated cover. Not the prettiest book I've ever seen, but a real book. Good for How-To's and non-fiction. Has a nice, clean non-exclusive, no-rights policy. Owns its own equipment but also uses Ingram's LSi for printing some higher-volume titles.</font></span><p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.enovel.com"><font face="Verdana" size="3">eNovel</font> </a></span> <p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Last time I looked, eNovel had a 13-page contract and said something about rights ‘in perpetuity’. Avoid. They acquired a former AOL writing community but that doesn't make them any more of a good choice...</font> </span> <p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.firstpublish.com"><font face="Verdana" size="3">FirstPublish</font></a></span> <p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Part of The Breckel Group, First Publish's author division is part of a larger group of print service companies. The print on-demand programs and language seem very similar to ground breakers like Xlibris… FirstPublish doesn't seem to take rights and are non-exclusive, which gets them a high-star rating from me. The company has also branched out into document management solutions for businesses and commercial printing. This could be a necessary diversification, or an indication that they are less interested in the lower-profit business to consumer arena.</font></span> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.gorhamprinting.com/">Gorham Printing</a></font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A book designer and printer now offering Print On-Demand of a sort -- short runs of 25-300 books. While true POD would offer individual copies printed as ordered, these short runs are a good option for a self-publisher who doesn't mind doing their own fulfillment.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>updated!</b></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.gorhamprinting.com/"></a></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.greatunpublished.com"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Great Unpublished</font></a></span> </font> <p><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">23 Jan '02 <b><font color="#FF4000">Writer's Weekly/Booklocker has updated the listing for Great Unpublished/Digitz/ BookSurge group on its <a href="http://www.writersweekly.com/warnings/digitz.html">Warnings</a> page after having trouble with the service. More authors have added their complains (remember, this is only one side of the story).</font></b> </font> </span> <p><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">9 Nov '01 - GU now offers two services, one which allows you to supply a fully-designed custom cover and/or book block ($299); the other in which the company formats the book block and slaps on a branded GU cover ($99). GU now assigns ISBNs and lists all books in the <i>Books In Print </i>database (a change from their earlier business model). The more expansive publishing package also offers you the chance to create your own publishing house imprint - no-one need ever know you published POD! Printing by digitz.net.</font> </span> <p><a href="http://www.podtext.spb.ru/index-eng.html"><font face="Verdana">Helicon Plus</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Finally, a POD solution for those wishing to publish in Russian (or in Russia). Helicon's POD program is an outgrowth of a traditional, royalty-based small press.</font> <p><b><font face="Verdana">new!</font></b><font color="#FF6600" size="3"><a href="http://www.indypublish.com"><font face="Verdana">IndyPublish.com</font></a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Five service bundles for new manuscripts, $0-$999 and a list of 'add on' extras to suit your every whim. Publish your previously published book free or for $99. Publish a controlled-distribution book (i.e. you're the only one who can buy it from them, and you distribute it how you wish) for $275. IndyPublish allows the author to set the book's retail prices.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">N.B. IndyPublish's prices seem to have been set to be competitive with iUniverse and Xlibris (who used to offer a free service). Like Xlibris, this seems to have overwhelmed them. <font color="#FF6600"><b>IndyPublish is not accepting new manuscripts until they finish working on the ones they have in the door.</b></font> While I sympathise, and think they've done the right thing (to better serve their existing authors), this can't be a good business plan... To be notified when they are accepting mss again, email: submissions@IndyPublish.com</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.booklocker.com" name="POD"></a><a href="http://www.ipublish.com"><font size="3">iPublish</font></a> </font> <p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Time Warner’s entry into the POD world. Announced a year before the launch, Spring 2001. Has an interesting model: manuscripts selected based on feedback from reader panels. Sales figures will be shared with TW’s major imprints and may lead to promising mass-market style books being picked up. Looks like exclusive rights are taken. </font> </span> <p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">The Author's Guild got its knickers in a twist about the contract, because of low (if any) advance for books that ARE picked up, and the exclusive 'first refusal' on second book if your first was picked up. This would limit you to their maximum $5000 advance on the second book, even if your first was wildly, Oprah-like, successful. I don't think this is the devil's publishing company, though. Just be sure you know what you're getting into.</font> </span> <p><a href="http://www.iuniverse.com"><font size="3" face="Verdana">iUniverse</font> </a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">My old company (Xlibris)'s arch-rival, so don't expect me to be entirely fair. The biggest problem I have with them though, is that they take your rights for three years. Unnecessary, in my view and there are plenty of companies that don't. Of course, if you want out of the three year contract, you just let them know. They keep your book for a year, but then you're free. <br> Always much more of a business-aiming-for-an-IPO than a writers' rights crusade. Suffered an identity crisis earlier this year when it announced it was going to concentrate on a business to business model. However, it still seems to be dealing with individual authors. Book printing and fulfillment through LSi (Ingram subsidiary).</font> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.neighborhoodpress.com/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Neighborhood Press</font></a></font><p><font face="Verdana" size="2">A new entry into the field (judging by the fact that some of their links are still under construction). Seems to be operating on a rights-based traditional publishing model</font><p><a href="http://print-on-demnd.com/"><font face="Verdana">On-Demand Press</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">If you are a self-publisher who doesn't want to give up control of distribution to a POD firm, On-Demand Press might be the best solution for you. Operating more like a printer than a POD company, they quote you a production price for books (sample price for a 300 page book: $5.28 each). You can order short runs to be shipped to you or your preferred distributor <i>or</i> elect to have On-Demand Press take orders and drop-ship as the orders come in. Also offers 'total solutions' (design, editorial etc.).</font><p><a href="http://www.pagefreepublishing.com/"><font face="Verdana" size="3">PageFree Publishing</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Another company using Lightning Source for its printing. Doesn't take rights and does allow you to set the price of your book (within certain limits, of course). Seems to offer page design, cover design, ISBN and distribution support. Publishing Agreement talks about a 20% wholesale discount. This is smaller than the standard discount wholesalers and booksellers prefer. PageFree Publishing is, so far, getting good reviews in the newsgroups.</font><p><a href="http://www.swepod.com/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Podium</font></a><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A Swedish "cultural-political project aimed at investigating how print on demand technology can be used optimally to broaden the range of quality Swedish and foreign literature."</font> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.booklocker.com" name="POD"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.selfpub.com"><font size="3">Self-Pub.com</font></a></span> </font> <p><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">It looks like only the author can buy books. Looks like a small operation. Ugly website - I'd hate to see their cover designs!</font> </span> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.superiorbooks.com">Superior Books</a></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">Billing itself as the first truly selective internet publisher (although I'm not sure they were really the first, since they've only been around for 13 months - small niggle) Superior books offers electronic publishing and Print On-Demand, but does operate on a traditional publishing model. If you sell your book to a publisher, they get a 20% commission. They tell me they do try to attract the attention of trad publishers, to earn that commission. </font> <font size="2">Royalties are 50% on electronic books and 50% of gross profits (net receipts) on print books. These royalties are as good a deal as any other POD.</font></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://upublish.com/upb01a.htm"><font size="3">Universal Publishers</font></a><font size="3"> (UPublish)</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">UPublish has been printing theses and manuals for a long time. Took steps towards becoming a book publishing services provider but still specializes in academic, non-fiction, and manual-type materials.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.writerspress.com/"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Writers' Press, Inc.</font></a></span></font><p><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">A small operation run by a print publishing veteran. Doesn't take rights but doesn't provide a clear contract either (yes, contracts can be bad, but having something legal on paper is a good thing too). Promises to help with marketing, but I have to question how much one small organization can help. Has produced 150 titles. Owns its own equipment.</font></span> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.booklocker.com" name="POD"></a><font face="Verdana Ref" size="3"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.enovel.com"></a></span></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.xlibris.com"><font size="3">Xlibris</font></a></span> </font><p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2">I was the first full-time employee and helped it grow for three years, so yes, I am biased. However, I really do believe the publishing agreement is one of the best there it (it's the model for the best of the rest). The people are nice and they work really hard. They've always worked to make sure the books are great quality and the company seems to be forming some good relationships now. Part-owned by Random House Ventures.  <font color="#0060F0"><b>update </b></font>Xlibris recently announced increases in the retail price of books that may prove prohibitive to readers.</font></span></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><font color="#666666" face="Verdana"><a name="printers"></a>Printers for Self-Publishers</font></font></h2> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">N.B. Always make sure you are dealing with a printer that specializes in book-printing. There are things a book needs that a book-printer will know and your local copy shop will not.</font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <FORM action=http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/WritePublish method=get> <P align=left><font face="Verdana"><FONT size=1>Get updates when JDWrite adds new writing/publishing articles</FONT><FONT size=-1><BR><INPUT size=17 value="enter email address" name=user> <br><input type=submit value="submit"><BR>Powered by </FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/"><FONT size=-1>groups.yahoo.com</FONT></A></font></FORM>  <p> </p> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="http://www.bookmasters.com/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">BookMasters</font> </a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Trustworthy, biggish operation. Book packaging and distribution services as well as printing.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.gorhamprinting.com/">Gorham Printing</a></font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A book designer and printer now offering Print On-Demand of a sort -- short runs of 25-300 books. While true POD would offer individual copies printed as ordered, these short runs are a good option for a self-publisher who doesn't mind doing their own fulfillment.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.quebecor.com/htmen/1_0/index.asp"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Quebecor</font></a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Originally a Canadian company (no, with a name like that?), Quebecor has been acquiring other companies and now claims to be the world's biggest printer. Does digital as well as offset printing.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.rrdonnelley.com/products/books/"><font face="Verdana">R. R. Donnelly</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">The mama and papa of all printers, the leading US printer. If you need a book, they can print it. </font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font> </a> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><h2><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b><a name="packagers"></a></b></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana Ref" size="3"><a href="http://www.xlibris.com"></a></font></span><font color="#666666">Book Packagers</font></font></font></h2> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A book packager will do all the design and layout for your book and probably arrange printing. They may offer distribution and promotional services as well. Make sure they are a big enough operation to do all these things well...</font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font> </a> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><font size="3" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.bookmasters.com/">The Aeonix Publishing Group</a></font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Web site has some great explanations of common typo-graphical mistakes; the differences between a word-processor and a professional layout program; vanity versus traditional publishing. Also has lists of printers (all based in California)</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.bookmasters.com"><font size="3" face="Verdana">BookMasters</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Trustworthy, biggish operation. Book packaging and distribution services as well as printing.</font></p> <p><a href="http://evanstonpublishing.com/">Evanston</a></p> <p><font size="2">A book-packaging firm that will help you design and package your book for self-publishing.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.hodi.com/why_self-publish.html">Griffith Publishing</a></p> <p><font size="2">A book packager and publisher. Also a publishing consultant. Lots of useful 'how-to' information at this site. Doesn't seem to offer POD.</font></p> <font face="Verdana"> <a href="http://www.morrispublishing.com/menu/"><font size="3" face="Verdana">Morris Publishing</font></a> </font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Comprehensive services, long-time business, all the extras you could ever want (at a price, of course!). Useful website and guide</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b><a href="http://www.pneumadesign.com/books/info.htm" name="pneuma"></a></b></font><a href="http://www.pneumadesign.com/books/info.htm" name="pneuma"><font size="3">Pneuma Books</font></a></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">Husband and wife team Brian and Nina Taylor run this classy outfit. The site offers a FREE '<a href="http://www.pneumadesign.com/books/smart.htm">SmartStart Kit</a>' that will tell you much of what you need to know about self-publishing and book packagers. Currently available as a HTML or PDF, the kit will be available in paperback later this year. </font><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b><freebie></b></font></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b><a href="http://www.pneumadesign.com/books/info.htm" name="pneuma"></a></b></font><a href="http://www.tabbyhouse.com/"><font size="3">Tabby House</font></a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Book packagers and authors of the nifty little book Smart Self-Publishing, Linda and Jim Salisbury run Tabby House. They would have received five stars if not for the momentarily amusing, ultimately annoying cat that hangs from your cursor when you go to there site. Go, see it, see what I mean.</font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana" color="#808080">Commercial Print On-Demand Facilities</font></font></h2> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">These companies are commercial printers. They generally deal with other companies and publishers. They do not generally offer any publishing services (such as design, editing or sales)</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.blitzprint.com/"><font face="Verdana">BlitzPrint</font></a></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Strictly a print service. Does deal directly with authors - but you must be able to provide print-ready copy, with all the pages in the right order. Good if you are the hands-on type.<br> Also features a very useful glossary.<br> Located in Canada.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.cmpress.com/"><font face="Verdana">C&M Press</font></a></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Located in Denver, Colorado. Seems very much aimed at business-to-business type printing. Minimum print-run 100.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.deharts.com/"><font face="Verdana" size="3">DeHarts</font></a></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Comes highly recommended by a C21st Update subscriber. Commercial printing service, eager to expand into book manufacturing. Seems willing to deal with authors. Based in California.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.bvg-opm-books.com/digital.html"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Berryville Graphics and Offset Paperback Manufacturing</font></a></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Despite the name, this group wants to offer digital book printing. Doesn't seem interested in individual authors. </font></p> <p><a href="http://www.rpiprint.com/home"><font face="Verdana" size="3">RPI</font></a></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Commercial printer offering digital on-demand printing. They define on-demand as 'same day/next day'. Immediate, not just on-demand. Site doesn't offer much information for the casual browser. Call for more info. Good for those on a tight deadline.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.universal-press.com/services.htm"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Universal Press</font></a></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Not to be confused with Universal Publishers, UP seems to be a jack-of-all-trades printer that offers book printing and perfect binding.</font> <h2><font color="#000080"><font face="Verdana" color="#666666">Book Wholesalers</font></font></h2> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">[The guys who sell books to bookstores, and who will need to know about your self-published book...]</font> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://btol.com/">Baker & Taylor</a><br> <font size="2">1200 U.S. Highway 22<br> Bridgewater, NJ 08807<br> (908) 218.3863</font></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Used to be mainly a wholesaler to libraries. Now wants to be known as the most <i>complete</i> collection anywhere.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.ingrambookgroup.com/">Ingram</a><br> <font size="2">One Ingram Boulevard<br> La Vergne, TN 37086<br> (800) 937.0995</font></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Ingram is the main game in town, and also home to Lightning Source - the POD printer for many of the POD companies listed on this site.<br> </font></p> <p> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><b><font color="#666666" face="Verdana">Independent Publishing</font></b></font></h2> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">i.e. not owned by the Big Five</font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="http://www.bookmarket.com/101pub.html"><font face="Verdana">101 Top Independent Book Publishers</font></a> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Site put together by book-marketing and self-publishing guru John Kremer. If you are interested in finding an indie publisher to carry your title, check out this awesome list of the greats.</font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><b><font color="#666666" face="Verdana">e-Publishing</font></b></font></h2> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b><a href="http://www.aeonix.com/"></a></b></font><a href="http://www.topzone.com/ebookscafe/">EBook Cafe</a><br> <br> <font size="2">Offering a listing of ebooks and POD books. Authors can list their e-books and POD books here for free. Also has a newsletter that announces new releases.</font></font> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b><a href="http://www.aeonix.com/"></a></b></font><a href="http://www.epublishingway.com/">E-Publishing Way</a><br> <br> <font size="2">A resource for people looking to publish or self-publish e-books. Includes articles on formatting and typography, and interviews with e-book publishers and editors. Also includes listings of e-books, one ways to get your book some online exposure.</font></font><p><a href="http://www.tumblebooks.com/asp/flashintro.asp"><font face="Verdana">TumbleBooks</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Innovative publisher of animated, illustrated kids e-books. Interesting idea...</font></p> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" rowspan="3"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="87%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><b><font color="#666666" face="Verdana">Resources</font></b></font></h2> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.andreareynolds.com/12princ.html">12 Steps to Building Your Advice Empire</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Aimed at consultants and how-to experts, this page gives some very good advice to anyone looking to promote themselves and their intellectual property.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="3"><a href="http://www.barcode-us.com/">Barcode US</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Another source for barcodes, for self-publishers</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://barnesandnobleinc.com">Barnes & Noble Corporate Site</a></font> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">This site contains loads of information you won't find at the bookstore site, including <a href="http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/authors/advice/ac_getting.html">information for authors</a> on how to get your book in BN stores.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.bookmarket.com/index.html"><font face="Verdana">Book Marketing Update</font></a> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Not a good-looking site, and it unashamedly promotes reports and services for sale, but it is home-base for the one book no self-pub author or small press should be without: the brick-like tome <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0912411481/wordsmithyboo">1001 Ways To Market Your Book</a> by John Kremer.</font> <p><a href="http://www.yudkin.com/generate.htm"><font face="Verdana">Business Name and Tag-Line Generator</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">While aimed at businesses, Marcia Yudkin's Generator can help you come up with titles or tag-lines for your book. It's not a quick and easy form that you fill in, rather it is an exercise you go through. As such, it will get you thinking about your product much more thoroughly.</font></font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><p><a href="%22http:/www.qksrv.net/click-983711-5765012%22%20target=%22_top%22"><font face="Verdana">Fonts.com</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A very professional site stuffed full of great fonts. Gives away freebies too.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.ivanhoffman.com/helpful.html"><font size="3" color="#FF4000" face="Verdana">Ivan Hoffman, Intellectual Property Law</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Ivan Hoffman is well-known in writers' news groups, for offering advice about contracts and other legal issues writers are likely to come across - contracts, copyright, distribution deals. This site is packed with useful articles - and I bet he'd even let you hire him, if you wanted.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.leechild.com/"><font face="Verdana">Lee Child, Author</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">An example of what an author's website should be - and an award-winning example, at that.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.myfonts.com"><font size="3" face="Verdana">MyFonts.com</font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Looking for a cool, unusual font for your marketing, website or book cover? Don't want to pay hundreds of dollars? Take a trip to myfonts.com, where you can view and buy hundreds of unusual fonts. The site is very user friendly and the prices reasonable. Particularly touching: a font to benefit the American Red Cross, called <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/FontFamily21194.html">September 11</a>, and made up entirely of question marks...</font></p> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a href="#top"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Top</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>!All listings link to book pages on Amazon.com! </b></font></font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><h2><font color="#000080"><font size="5" color="#666666" face="Verdana">Books </font></font></h2> </font></td> <td width="19%" valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" rowspan="4"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">  <p> </p> <p> </p> <FORM action=http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/WritePublish method=get> <P align=left><font face="Verdana"><FONT size=1>Get updates when JDWrite adds new writing/publishing articles</FONT><FONT size=-1><BR><INPUT size=17 value="enter email address" name=user> <br><input type=submit value="submit"><BR>Powered by </FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/"><FONT size=-1>groups.yahoo.com</FONT></A></font></FORM>  <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>!All listings link to book pages on Amazon.com! </b></font></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>!All listings link to book pages on Amazon.com! </b></font></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>!All listings link to book pages on Amazon.com! </b></font></p> </font></td> <td width="87%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" rowspan="4"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <h2><font color="#000080"><font color="#666666" face="Verdana"><a name="gnbk"></a>General</font></font></h2> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898797713/wordsmithyboo">From Pitch to Publication : Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Novel Published</a> by Carol Blake</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A how-to guide to writing proposals from a UK-based agent. (may ship faster if ordered from amazon.co.uk)</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898797713/wordsmithyboo">How To Write A Book Proposal</a> </font><font size="2">by</font><font size="3"> Michael Larsen</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A how-to guide from a successful US-based agent and author. A proposal is your foot-in-the-door with agents and publishers, so you might as well take some insider advice, and get it right...</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0713659823/wordsmithyboo">Writers' and Artists' Yearbook</a></font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A directory of magazine listings and editors, book publishers and contests, for the UK and Canada, mainly.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761530231/wordsmithyboo">The Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers</a></font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761530231/wordsmithyboo"><font size="2"> </font><font size="3">and Literary Agents </font></a><font size="2">by </font><font size="3">Jeff Herman</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A huge book with a self-explanatory title. Herman is an agent so knows whereof he speaks. A directory.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761514813/wordsmithyboo">Writer's International Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents</a> <font size="2">by </font><font size="3">Jeff Herman</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">An international version of Herman's book - for the English-speaking world.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="1" color="#0060F0"><b>new!</b></font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582970440/wordsmithyboo">Writer's Market</a> <font size="2">from </font>Writer's Digest</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">The definitive source for markets (mainly North American). Now available as an <a href="www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582970491/wordsmithyboo">online</a>, often-updated edition. A directory with helpful articles from authors, editors, etc</font></p> <h2><font color="#000080"><font size="5" color="#666666" face="Verdana">for Self-Publishers</font></font></h2> <p><b><font size="1" color="#0060F0" face="Verdana">in the order you might need them</font></b></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963469908/wordsmithyboo">A Simple Guide to Self-Publishing</a></font><font size="2"> by </font><font size="3">Mark Ortman</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A  small (96 pages) intro to self-publishing. Good for the absolute beginner, but not the only research you'll need to do. And oh, look, I'm in the acknowledgements!</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568600739/wordsmithyboo"><font size="3">The Self Publishing Manual </font></a><font size="1">by </font><font size="3">Dan Poynter</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">The bible of self-publishing. In its 13th edition as I type. </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898796466/wordsmithyboo">The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing</a> </font><font size="2">by</font><font size="3"> Tom & Marilyn Ross</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Another tome on everything you need to know.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1881539148/wordsmithyboo">Smart Self Publishing</a> </font><font size="2">by</font><font size="3"> Linda & Jim Salisbury</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A great little book explaining all there is to know about self-publishing via a book packager...and more.</font> <p><font size="5" color="#666666" face="Verdana"><b>Marketing Books</b></font> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/089879983x/wordsmithyboo">Guerrilla Marketing For Writers</a> by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman and Michael Larsen</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">100 tools, or 'weapons' to use in marketing your book. Each is rated by how much they will cost the author - and many cost nothing but time.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0912411481/wordsmithyboo">1001 Ways to Market Your Book</a></font><font size="2"> by</font><font size="3"> John Kremer</font> </font> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">A 'must have' for any author - and I mean any. Even if you think your publisher is going to promote your book, you need this one. Roughly the size of a brick, but don't let that scare you. You can dip into this and come up feeling inspired.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0918880416/wordsmithyboo">Jump Start Your Book Sales</a></font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0918880416/wordsmithyboo"> </a> by </font><font size="3"> Tom & Marilyn Ross</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Another inspiring book on how to market. 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