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The Association
of American Publishers The trade association for publishers in the US.
The American
Bookseller's Association Regional bestsellers, author tours, bookstore
info.
The
American Library Association Recommended book lists, many other resources.
GPO
Access Access to many government publications.
Publishers
Weekly The magazine that covers publishing.
To find publishers:
Publishers
Yahoo's list of publisher web sites.
Top
101 Independent Book Publishers An intriguing and useful list.
Other Useful Sites
Bookstores:
I used to list a number of stores
here, but they are now on their own page, where you will find bookstores
offering new books, used books, out-of-print books, remaindered and other
bargain books, and ebooks. If one of them doesn't have the book you seek,
it probably isn't available:
Purple
Crayon Bookstores
Books/Publishing:
The
Gutenberg Project A sizable and growing collection of complete, public
domain, downloadable classics.
Bartleby.com
A commercial version of the above. Free, but has advertising.
IPL
Reading Room Online Texts Excellent index of electronic texts all over
the Internet.
Association
of American University Presses Online Catalog Information about many
books published by university presses.
Amazon
Books You know this as a very large online bookstore. It is also useful
as a sort of free and searchable Books in Print.
Literary
Market Place: Home Page The WWW site of the most comprehensive directory
of publishers and related companies.
The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books I may have written
it but I think it's fair to say this has a lot to say about publishing in
general.
Native
American Books Books by and about Native Americans.
Feminist
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Utopia A great index site of the SF and
fantasy I find the most interesting.
E-Zine
Index A comprehensive listing of electronic 'zines.
Book Reviews:
Boston
Book Review
BookPage
Reviews from a well-known bookstore freebie.
Booklist
Home Page
ALA
"Best" Lists
Book
review newsgroup
The Hungry Mind Review
Writing:
Writing-World.com:
Inkspot is gone, but this site fulfills many of the same needs. It even
has materials that used to be on Inkspot. More commercial in tone, but maybe
that will help it to survive.
Market
Watch: A daily digest of publishing news, personnel changes, mostly
about magazines, but covering general news too.
WritersNet A directory
and starting point to/for writers on the Internet.
For Writers Another
useful starting point.
Intellectual
Property and the National Information Infrastructure Cyberspace and
copyright.
Columbia
Guide to Online Style How to cite online references.
Editorial Freelancers
Association A good source if you seek freelance help or want information
about freelancing.
Writer Beware A highly educational
site, with case studies, focusing on scams victimizing writers.
Poetry: either Internet
Poetry Archive Home page or Electronic
Poetry Center Home Page or The
Academy of American Poets Keep away from poetry.com (it's part of a
vanity publishing business).
Interesting examples
of on-line publishing:
Plastic.com A new approach to the news?
News stories are submitted by the users of this site.
The William Blake Archive
An amazing project. Huge images, but worth the wait if you are a Blake fan.
HMS Beagle For biomedical
professionals, but lots for laypeople too.
DisInformation Disinformation, or
just alternative political points of view?
Tulip Book Beautiful engravings
in this carefully reproduced rare book.
Moscow Channel! News and commentary
on Russia.
I hope you have
found this page and this site useful. Please visit The
Purple Crayon Bookstores page to find some recommended bookstores
and to learn how to support this site while doing your usual online shopping.
Thank you.
