Barbara Florio Graham will review your publishing contract, commenting on the contract terms, flagging problems, suggesting modifications, and letting you know if there are any clauses that you should refer to a lawyer. Barbara is not a lawyer, and she is not offering legal services. But she's had sufficient experience (having worked as a law clerk) to understand legal language, and has considerable expertise in contract terms and copyright.  A full explanation of this service can be found HERE.

FIND an EDITOR, DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, PROOFREADER, INDEXER, and other useful resources.

CANADIAN LIBRARIES DATABASE 90+ Canadian libraries with purchasing power, ready to print on labels

The best way to self-publish your book is with SmashWords It costs nothing, and they don't try to upsell with extra services. BUT you have to pay to have your book professionally edited first, and create (or pay for) an excellent cover design. Then you can upload your book in Word to Smashwords, and they create the ebook in all formats, and distribute widely. Imprimerie Gauvin is the local printer of choice for those in the Ottawa region. Hull's first genuine commercial printing business, opened in November 1892, they offer offset printing, high-end digital printing, and a mix of both to offer customers a wide range of options at highly competitive prices. They offer a discount to members of Ottawa Independent Writers. CHECK OUT these warnings about publishing scams before you consider working with any publisher who asks you to pay some or all of the costs:   SFWA.org   Writer's Weekly

Red Tuque Books is a Canadian distributor for Canadian small presses  and self-published Canadian authors.  www.redtuquebooks.ca

A book’s cover represents 73% of the buying decision; price represents 17%; rating represents 10%. Canva offers free help to design your own book cover.

The New York Times reviews about 1% of the books that come out in any given year.

Canadian authors now have an organization of agents to consult. Collectively, they represent  represent more than 1,000 writers and illustrators, allowing authors to communicate with the majority of agencies through one officially designated group when it comes to industry issues. The Professional Association ofCanadian Literary Agents  will work closely not only with book publishers but also with federal and provincial governments, prize granting organizations, writers associations, booksellers, literary festivals, review media, and educational institutions.

Publishing Options  This page discusses all the options authors can choose from.

Terry Whalin is the author of more than 60 books from traditional publishers, a former literary agent and still works as an acquisitions editor. He points out that editors and publishers don't read manuscripts; they want a solid proposal. Whalin's book, Book Proposals that Sell, offers 21 secrets to writing a winning proposal. He also offers courses and seminars to help you through the process. Go to http://SimonTeakettle.com/nonfiction.htm

The Self Publisher's Ultimate Resource Guide lists more than 850 curated and verified resources in 33 Categories, compiled by Joel Friedlander and Betty Kelly Sargent. Endorsed by all the top names in the field, including Dan Poynter, Joan Stewart and Patricia Fry, the surtitle of this book describes it perfectly, as every indie author’s essential directory, to help you prepare, publish, and promote professional looking books. Order from http://www.thebookdesigner.com/

Dan Poynter’s Self-Publishing Manual is in its 16th printing. Poynter died in 2015, but his last book was Volume 2 of the Manual, bearing the subtitle, How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book Employing the Latest Technologies and the Newest Techniques. It explains how to write your book faster, publish it for less, discover more economical ways to distribute your book, and earn more profit by cutting out the middlemen. This book covers print books, e-books, audiobooks, and others.

Bobbi Linkemer is a prolific author, writing coach, ghostwriter, and editor. She's written a number of books about writing and publishing, including How to Write a Nonfiction Book: From planning to promotion in 6 simple steps (7th Edition), and The Prosperous Author: The business of writing books.

Author Jane Friedman offers a wide range of advice and experience with all kinds of publishers:
http://janefriedman.com

The Fine Print of Self-Publishing, by Mark Levine, which compares and ranks more than a dozen companies in this growing field. Full review HERE.  This is an area where things change very quickly, companies are purchased by others, terms change, and there are new additions all the time. So you need to have the most current edition. The fourth edition is out now. Mark has two other websites with useful info. Start with
www.Go-Publish-Yourself.com.

Self Publishing: Writing A Book and Publishing Books and eBooks For Yourself and Others
is a  workbook containing 22 chapters of detailed instructions and more than 140 screen shots illustrating every step in the writing and self-publishing process. A. William Benitez, whose company, Positive Imaging, LLC, offers writing, publishing, distribution and web design services, has provided the first clear, comprehensive guide I've come across. Best of all, he describes how to use  free and/or inexpensive software, offering step-by-step instructions for using each one. Read my full review HERE. There's also a complete description of the book, with ordering information, at:  http://selfpublishingworkbook.com  Benitez also offers a free self-publishing eCourse at:http://publishingsimplified.com/FreeSPCourse/SPeCourse2012.pdf

 A blog which discusses the problems with Author Solutions (owned by Penguin) and how to control your book's future without succumbing to scams: The Value of Control by David Gaughran. Don't be mislead by affiliations with top brand names. Penguin Random House owns the world’s largest vanity press – Author Solutions – which is currently subject to a class action for deceptive business practices, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and violation of business statutes in California, New York, and Colorado. Author Solutions and its parent company, Abbott Press, were also listed as a "Writer's Digest Company" until spring, 2014.

Choosing A Self Publishing Service 2014: The Alliance of Independent Authors Guide, compiled by the Watchdog team at The Alliance of Independent Authors, draws on recommendations from ALLi members, warnings from their Watchdog Services, other community word-of-mouth and in-depth research, comparing the most significant self-publishing services -- from single service suppliers to package providers; from large big brand names to smaller sole traders; from off-the shelf providers to bespoke services. The guide evaluates these players, compares one to the other, tells you what they do and don’t do, what they charge and for what. Offerings are categorized, prices examined, royalty structures broken down, terms and conditions trawled, small print scrutinized, and claims checked against the experience of real-life authors who have actually used these services. Using these twenty examples, the guide shows you how to do such a comparison yourself: the good and bad signs to look for, the questions to ask. The aim is to demonstrate all the options you are likely to encounter and show which services are doing a good job — and why you might avoid others. Most importantly, in a landscape where things change rapidly, the Guide provides the criteria by which you can evaluate any author service. This is updated annually by ALLi's Watchdog team, so all the information is bang up-to-date.

Publish Your Book, Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author  (Allworth Press, 2012) is the 35th book from Patricia Fry. Patricia's previous books include The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book,  A Writer’s Guide to Magazine Articles for Book Promotion and Profit, and Over 75 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book. I've contributed to a couple of these, including her other 2012 title from Allworth: Talk Up Your Book, How to Sell Your Book Through Public Speaking, Interviews, Signings, Festivals, Conferences and More. Also check Patricia's excellent blog at:  www.matilijapress.com/publishingblog  Patricia, the Executive Director of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network), a networking organization which she helped form in 1996, is also an excellent publishing consultant.

The Indie Author’s Guide to Publishing Ebooks, by Gary McLaren, publisher of two popular newsletters, Worldwide Freelance Writer and Publish Your Own Ebooks.  Full description HERE. 

The Well-Fed Writer (updated) and The Well-Fed Self-Publisher by Peter Bowerman.
Read reviews HERE and HERE.

Publishize: How to Quickly and Affordably Self-Publish a Book That Promotes Your Expertise, by Susan Daffron, a hands-on guidebook for entrepreneurs who want to add a new revenue stream to their business. Read the table of contents and some sample pages at: www.logicalexpressions.com.

CLICK HERE for Reviews of  the Latest Titles

CHECK COMPARISON CHARTS for e-book and POD publishers, showing costs and royalties at www.publishyourownebooks.com (tiny URL for specific page at: http://tinyurl.com/3nh3o6y Angela Hoy, of WritersWeekly.com and BookLocker.com, provides comparisons of how many books you need to sell to recoup your investment if you use any of the popular POD publishers. Read it HERE. Another useful site: https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/self-publishing

NEW:  Color House Graphics, Inc.: A privately owned business headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, delivers quick response, high quality book manufacturing by combining digital and offset bookmanufacturing to help lower inventory cost. Contact Louis Segovia at Louis@colorhousegraphics.com

POD PUBLISHING COMPANIES I RECOMMEND:  CANADIAN: Five Rivers Publishing is an independent publisher of fiction and non-fiction, giving voice to new and established Canadian authors. They pay royalties of 10% of retail price on print, 50% of net proceeds on digital. U.S.: BookLocker produces beautiful books for self-publishers. You can obtain your own ISBN or let them assign one (no charge). They format for a very reasonable cost, print via Lightning Source (the standard in the industry), and distribute via Ingram. Prices are among the most reasonable in the field.

If you're self-publishing, you need a professional designer for your cover (front, spine and back, properly layered and ready to print) as well as for the interior, in digital format, ready to go to the printer as well as to ebook outlets. I recommend Mike O'Reilly, who has been a friend for many years. Contact him HERE.

Another option for self-publishers is particularly helpful for first-time authors. Foboko is an online tool that allows anyone to write, design, and publish e-books. There's no charge to use their Publishing Wizard software, to access the community, or to publish your book. They offer free distribution via Free-eBooks.net, which attracts over 1,000,000, unique visitors every month to their online library. Developed by Paradise Publishers in Nevada, the company appears to be a viable option for those who want to "test-drive" a book, obtain comments and assistance from other authors, and earn a bit of revenue via advertising posted around their eBook.

Order free PDF reports on writing-related subjects, including correct manuscript format, how to form and run a critique circle, how to identify weak writing and repair it, self-publishing versus traditional publishing, and much more. Go to http://zebraeditor.com/free_reports.shtml

Royalty-free images: http://www.gettyimages.ca/creativeimages/royaltyfree

Check http://www.biography.com/ if you need information about famous people, including lists and statistics.

VIDEO TRAILER FOR YOUR BOOK

Find sound effects for your video: http://www.findsounds.com/

Canadian Printers:

Marquis specializes in short and medium run book printing in Canada. They have two printing plants, with more than 115 employees dedicated exclusively to book production. They offer  formatting and editing for all types of work, web press capabilities and sheetfed presses, with  book binding in-house, including perfect binding, saddle stitching, spiral binding, wire-O, and case bound.

Friesens Corporation is North America’s premier book, yearbook and packaging manufacturer, providing publishers, self-publishers, institutions, businesses and schools with quality, in-house services at a 250,000 sq. ft. state of the-art production facility. They're located in Altona, Manitoba, and have been in business since 1933. But there have been complaints about their publishing arm, so consider using them just for printing.

Go to http://www.beautebook.com/freebies/ to download a template that allows you to create your own six-by-nine book or e-book.

Help with Contracts and Legal Issues:

Free legal forms:  http://findlegalforms.com/free-forms/

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts offers pro bono legal services to low-income artists and nonprofit arts organizations. VLA's other services and programs are open to the entire arts community. Chapters in most U.S. states.

Negotiating a Book Contract: A Guide for Authors, Agents and Lawyers is the third book by Mark L. Levine, a New York lawyer and recognized authority on book publishing contracts. He currently writes the Contracts Q&A column for the Authors Guild Bulletin.  The book's website,
http://www.bookcontracts.com/ contains answers to some frequently-asked questions, book ordering information, and a list of individual chapters, which can be purchased separately.

http://www.legaldocs.com/  a variety of legal documents, most free to download

Ivan Hoffman, Literary & Entertainment lawyer: http://www.ivanhoffman.com/

Sheila J. Levine, partner in Levine Samuel, LLP, has an excellent website and blog on literary law.  It's called A Legal Corner for Authors.

Textbook Publisher has a free list of contract terms you need to know. Prepared for textbook publishers,  Publishing Contracts Explained is useful for anyone.

A useful site for tax forms and information: http://formswift.com/1099-form-guide

Barbara Florio Graham will review your publishing contract, commenting on the contract terms, flagging problems, suggesting modifications, and letting you know if there are any clauses that you should refer to a lawyer. Barbara is not a lawyer, and she is not offering legal services. But she's had sufficient experience (having worked as a law clerk) to understand legal language, and has considerable expertise in contract terms and copyright.  A full explanation of this service can be found HERE.

Independent Book Reviewers: 

SITES OFFERING FREE BOOK REVIEWS:

http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/send-press-releases-review-material-andor/ 
http://acqweb.org/bookrev.html
http://www.bookspot.com/reviews
Look up book review opportunities by the topic of your book:
http://www.world-newspapers.com/review.html

A site to find professional book reviewers (who will review your book free of charge):
http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/send-press-releases-review-material-andor/

CANADIAN LIBRARIES DATABASE 90+ Canadian libraries with purchasing power, ready to print on labels

A comprehensive resources site: http://100kresources.com/

WEBSITES for Publishing Information

www.ParaPublishing.com

(Self-publishing guru Dan Poynter, whose seminars have been featured on CNN, is a leading authority on self-publishing. His newsletter suspeneded publication when he died in 2015, but many of his excellent resources are still available.

The sequel to Dan's popular title, The Self-Publishing Manual, contains new techniques to write your book faster, new technology to publish it for less, new ways to distribute your book more economically, ways to have fun promoting it and how to profit from your investment by cutting out all of publishing’s gatekeepers in the middle. Available now as an eBook in ten different formats. $7.97  from http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/607  and a printed book for  $14.95 from Dan's website. See the cover and blurb HERE.

There's also Dan's terrific Book Publishing Encyclopedia to answer all your questions. Go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Publishing-Encyclopedia-Dan-Poynter/dp/1568601271/

Dan's colleague continues to offer the free newsletter, The Savvy Self-Publisher, with tips and tricks to help the streetwise author publish a book quickly and economically -- and to promote it more effectively. It contains success stories of self-publishers in action, and a treasure trove of tools to help you reach more readers.  http://www.u-publish.com/monthly.htm

This link leads to a helpful article about how to set up a self-publishing business:
http://parapublishing.com/sites/para/information/business.cfm 

www.writing-world.com a huge site with comprehensive information on all aspects of writing and publishing, created by Moira Allen, author of several books.

www.smashwords.com  Smashwords has reached an agreement with Shortcovers to sell their ebooks. This will give their authors and publishers access to readers in 189 countries. Smashwords’ authors and publishers receive royalties of 46.75 percent of the digital list price. Their books are now distributed to Barnes & Noble and many e-book retailers, such as the Apple iBookstore, Aldiko, Stanza, Kobo and Sony. For a helpful article on how to use Smashwords effectively, click HERE. Note that Smashwords does not provide paid services of any kind.  Instead, they offer a free download which provides guidance on how to prepare your book for quality ebook conversion to various formats. It's very important to do this in Word.

www.bookmarket.com
(John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books).  John also has new e-book, Book Marketing 105: Choosing a Book Distribution, which includes information on 30 book distributors, 4 library distributors, 89 book publishers who also distribute for other publishers, 3 sales representatives to the chains, 27 bookstore wholesalers, 34 library wholesalers, and 23 Spanish-language wholesalers, plus a sample book distribution contract. Ebook download, $30.00.

www.spawn.org
(Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network)

The Publishers' Marketing Association has changed its name to the Independent Book Publishers Association. Go to: http://www.ibpa-online.org/

            The Alliance of Independent Authors brings together self-published authors for mutual support.

www.span.net
(Self Publishers Association of North America) The new owner, Brian Jud, has officially changed the name from SPAN to the Association of Authors and Publishers for Special Sales (AAPSS -- pronounced apps). www.bookaapss.org<http://www.bookaaps.org/

Association of Educational Publishers: http://www.aepweb.org

The Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators:  http://www.scbwi.org  

Association of Canadian Publishers: publishers.ca

A list of Canadian publishers prepared by the Canadian Authors' Association:
https://canadianauthors.org/national/canadian-book-publishers/

Association of American Publishers: publishers.org

www.bookcentre.ca/   (The Canadian Children's Book Centre)

www.beneaththecover.com/  (a useful site with information about all aspects of pubishing)

You can download a free database of POD publishers HERE. For nearly a decade, Dehanna has been one of the top trusted sources for POD information and the POD Database has been recommended by Dan Poynter, U-Publish, Writers Digest, Preditors & Editors, Published.com, Writer's Weekly and many other great Writing Sites as well as recognized as a Top 101 Best Web Site for Writers.

            Bibliocrunch.com - an online resource connecting writers with the publishing professionals they need,  
            such as editors, graphic designers and formatters.

            BookDesignTemplates.com

Between the Lines, a free writers' e-zine brought to you by The Editorial Department, a 26-year-old freelance editorial firm with 14 editors on staff who provide both developmental consultation and sentence-level editing of nearly all genres of fiction and nonfiction and also a team of dedicated support staff to help our unagented authors find representation for their work.

www.WriteToYourMarket.com  and  www.BookCoverCoaching.com
 (wonderful sites for publishing help)

            www.authorronknight.com  Ron Knight is a co-founder of UpAuthors, and his site contains many free
            booklets on book promotion, including 71 Ideas to Sell Books.

http://abookinsideforum.ning.com/  a forum for self-publishers

The Book Designer offers a free newsletter, and when you subscribe you will receive a copyright report specifically for publishers   Joel Friedlander, proprietor of Marin Bookworks, offers great tips in his newsletter. Here's a delightful humor piece (with serious information) Joel posted recently.  Click HERE

www.selfpublishedauthors.com

http://www.book-publishing-companies.com/

www.book-publishers-compared.com

http://www.blogcatalog.com/

http://www.backofthebook.ca/

http://www.bookmarketingworks.com/mktgmattersnews/

http://www.buildbookbuzz.com

http://www.publishingbasics.com/current/

http://poddymouth.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/top-pod-self-publishers-in-terms-of-book-sales/
(POD publishers ranked by book sales)

Writers Beware:  http://www.sfwa.org/beware

http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/   information about self-publishing from Gary McLaren. Sign up for his free newsletter

www.matilijapress.com  books by Patricia Fry, including The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book,  A Writer’s Guide to Magazine Articles for Book Promotion and Profit, and Over 75 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book. Also check Patricia's excellent blog at:  www.matilijapress.com/publishingblog  Patricia is also an excellent publishing consultant.

The Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind (Comfort Publishing) is the first in a series by author and international speaker Gail Martin. She explains everything a new author needs to know about marketing, and provides a helpful checklist beginning with six months before launch and carrying on to six months afterwards, when most authors don't realize they still have work to do if the book is going to succeed. She includes budgeting, charts, and tips from other published authors at the end of each of the 20 chapters. Other books in this series will cover social media, blogging, book tours, and other promotional efforts. Check out Gail's home study course, The Solopreneur Survival Guide, and her e-books, 154 Power-Packed PR and Marketing Tips, and Passion, Profit and Partnership: Entrepreneur Success Strategies. The owner of Dreamspinner Communications, Gail offers a free newsletter and podcasts of phone interviews with successful authors and entrepreneurs. Mini-review HERE.

The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, the updated version of Tom and Marilyn Ross's classic book. Writers Digest Books.

Take a look at a virtual book tour: http://cleasimon.blogspot.com/

http://www.firstwriter.com/ a subscription-based service where you can search for agents, publishers, magazines, and contests worldwide.

SOURCES: a searchable, deep-indexed database of Canadian experts, media spokespersons, and other sources of information.

ISBN information:

www.isbn.org Bowker in the U.S.
Library & Archives Canada (specific page re ISBN HERE)
CONVERT 10-DIGIT ISBNS TO 13-DIGIT - FREE: http://www.isbn.org/converterpub.asp
GET BARCODES – FREE: http://www.barcoding.com/upc/

http://www.publishingbasics.com/2004/01/11/the-skinny-on-isbns-2/  article by Fern Reiss on ISBNs http://newsletter.logicalexpressions.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151   article by Susan Daffron on ISBNs

AGENTS & OTHER SERVICES:

CONTRACT REVIEW - JUST $75/hour. Contact Barbara Florio Graham: bfg at SimonTeakettle.com

There are about a dozen literary agencies in Canada. One I can recommend is PSLiterary.com  Carly Watters is a hands-on agent that develops proposals and manuscripts with attention to detail and the relevant markets. PSLA’s mission is to manage authors’ literary brands for their entire career. See Carly's own website and read her blog at: http://carlywatters.com/

 http://www.LitMatch.net  The largest, most complete directory of literary agents on the web

            QueryTracker.net: About 200 publisher listings and 1,000 agent listings. Basic service is free.

Association of Canadian Publishers http://www.publishers.ca/index.htm  includes advice about preparing a book proposal and a list of literary agents by province

http://www.litmatch.net/AgentBlogs.asp  agent blogs

The Association of Authors' Representatives

http://www.ebookcrossroads.com/agents.html

http://www.writers.net/agents.html

http://www.agentquery.com/  a comprehensive database of literary agents

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com

http://www.writersservices.com/agent/us08/agent_us.htm   U.S. agents

http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/  

http://www.writersservices.com/agent/row08/index.htm    index of agents

http://www.agentquery.com/   information about agents, editors,  as well as a paid newsletter

http://www.acqweb.org/pubr.html    publishers in all genres

http://www.writeanonfictionbook.com/ARTICLES/Literary%20Agents.html  Bobbi Linkemer's helpful article

http://www.londonfreelance.org/  an organization of writers in the U.K.

http://www.writersunion.ca/  (The Writers' Union of Canada, which publishes a number of helpful booklets, including Anthology Rates and Contracts, Author and Literary Agent, and New Technologies, which includes information on e-books and print-on-demand publishing).  TWUC also publishes the Writers' Guide to Canadian Publishers, a list of publishers who currently accept unsolicited manuscripts, and a Contracts Self-Help Package, which inlcudes a Model Trade Book Contract and Help Yourself to a Better Contract.

            https://canadianauthors.org/national/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Literary_Agents_ListF.pdf 

            Poets & Writers: http://www.pw.org/

Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents, for sale on his website: www.jeffherman.com

Websites that list foreign rights agents:  

http://www.swayzeagency.com/aboutus.html 
http://www.obrien.ie/contact.cfm?list=lite 
http://www.escritores.org/recursos/agentes.htm 
http://www.esslinger-verlag.de/foreign/agencies.php 
http://www.henryholt.com/foreignagents.htm 
http://www.mcclelland.com/rights/agents.html 
http://www.randomhouse.ca/rights/foreign.html 
http://www.scribepub.com.au/rights.html 
http://www.tla1.com/Sub-Agents.htm 
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/aguk2.html 
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/foreign_rights.html 
http://www.newmarketpress.com/foreignrights.asp 
http://www.loewe-verlag.de/rights/agencies.html 
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/press/sub.html 
http://www.spectrumliteraryagency.com/foreign.htm

For a single list of 1,400 literary agents, including 250+ foreign rights agents, you can instantly download a copy in Word format for $30 at http://www.bookmarket.com/orderform.htm.

OTHER RESOURCES

SPAWN sponsors the Self-Publishers Online Conference (SPOC), held every spring. The three-day event will feature 15 speakers and a virtual exhibit hall. Attending the conference live is free, and SPAWN members will get discounts on the recordings. Learn more at the SPOC site: http://www.SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com

NEW: The Secrets of Emotional, Hot-Button Copywriting: How to Employ the 7 Key copy Drivers that Make People Act, by Denny Hatch, the most respected authority on direct mail in the U.S.,  who has drawn from the top sellers to show the reader exactly how to reach the public, whether with paid ads or in media releases and promotional materials. Published by Target Marketing, for whom Denny writes a popular free newsletter, Business Common Sense.  Order using this URL.  Read Bobbi's full review HERE.

Become a Real Self-Publisher, by Michael N. Marcus (Silver Sands Books)

The Well-Fed Self-Publisher by Peter Bowerman. Read Bobbi's review HERE.

Help naming your book, from Marcia Yudkin at Named at Last. Read about choosing the best book title HERE.

A free calendar to help you plan book promotion and publicity
www.directcontactpr.com/files/files/Publicityplan2010.pdf 

www.writersweekly.com/

www.writerswrite.com/

www.lulu.com
(custom publishing of many types of digital content; based in Canada)

http://www.wwaow.com/  (the World Wide Association of Writers, a division of Peleman Industries NV in Belgium; check their FAQs for their publishing program)

www.selfpublishing.ca/
 (Suzanne Anderson, author of  Self-Publishing in Canada)

www.self-pub.net  (Kimberly Martin)

http://smallpress.typepad.com/index/   a blog for independent publishers

www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfair.html   (listings of book fairs and similar literary events, primarily U.S.)

http://www.bellerophonproductions.com   Craig Hines offers checklists for various steps in the production process, designed for academic papers, but just as useful for other types of publications  

http://www.writeanonfictionbook.com   helpful information from Bobbi Linkemer

Sherrill Wark offers proofreading, editing, and document preparation via: 
 http://www3.sympatico.ca/swark/

Susan Daffron and James Byrd run http://www.LogicalExpressions.com which can help you self-publish your book.

http://www.writers-publish.com/book-distributors.html  information on self-publishing and distribution

http://newselfpublishing.com/index.html#blog  free resources on self publishing from author/publisher Aaron Shepard of Shepard Publications and Sales Rank Express.

Create a billboard containing a quote, your website URL, or anything else you want to highlight on your website or on social media: http://recitethis.com/

BOOK PROMOTION & PUBLICITY

www.matilijapress.com  books by Patricia Fry, including The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book,  A Writer’s Guide to Magazine Articles for Book Promotion and Profit, and Over 75 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book. Also check Patricia's excellent blog at:  www.matilijapress.com/publishingblog

www.thepublicityhound.com  Joan Stewart publishes a terrific free newsletter and offers many free booklets and resources on her website. Some of the key resources for book publishers that follow have been gleaned from her tips. All of her paid materials are well worth the cost.

I See Your Name Everywhere, a new book about how to obtain publicity. Read my review HERE.

Free All-in-One Media Directory with TV and weekly newspaper databases, 5,000 links to print and electronic media on the Internet, 1,600 e-mail addresses for radio and TV stations, and 200 links to Internet/computer related magazines:  http://www.gebbieinc.com

Raleigh Pinskey, author of  101 Ways to Promote Yourself:  http://www.promoteyourself.com

Publishize: How to Quickly and Affordably Self-Publish a Book That Promotes Your Expertise, by Susan Daffron, a hands-on guidebook for entrepreneurs who want to add a new revenue stream to their business. Read the table of contents and some sample pages at:
www.logicalexpressions.com.

"How to Get Booked on NPR"  (local and national shows on National Public Radio:
www.publicityhound.com/publicity-products/marketing-tapes/NPR.htm

www.afcp.org/design/general/freepapers.asp  The Association of Free Community Papers

www.SpeakerMatch.com  - a paid service matching speakers with event bookers

www.midwestbookreview.com

How to reach journals who review books for librarians: http://tinyurl.com/85dkpfk

If your book would make a great gift,  consider purchasing The Gift List for Holidays, which includes national and regional magazines, the top 250 newspapers, major wire and news services, and national television. $349. from http://www.giftlistmedia.com

http://www.earthcalendar.net    holidays, events and special celebration days that you might be able to relate to your book

http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com paid bi-weekly newsletter

LIBRARY DIRECTORIES

http://www.PublicLibraries.com lists all U.S. libraries by types and state, with phone numbers. Ask to speak with Collections Development Services.

           http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/libdir 
           http://www.webpan.com/msauers/libdir

           A list of 2,224 U.S. public and college libraries, in various data formats, for $40. from 
http://www.bookmarket.com/orderform.htm
Note that this is not a curated list, so probably contains many local branches who do not have purchasing power. 

The Donohue Group, Inc. (DGI) is a library contract services firm with extensive experience in cataloging, retrospective conversion and publisher cataloging-in-publication.

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CANADIAN LIBEL LAW

The Canadian Booksellers' Association

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A NOTE RE DISTRIBUTION:
Ingram and Baker & Taylor are WHOLESALERS, not distributors. All they do is provide a way for booksellers to order the books. A distributor actively markets the books they represent to those booksellers, and most demand a higher discount--usually 65-75%.

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