SEARCH FOR INFORMATION
Search for publishers, agents, editors, packagers…if you know the name you can find it here.
- publishersmarketplace.com/search.html
- LMP, Literary Marketplace. By registering you can browse for free. Gain access to trade services and resources and basic information on publishers and literary agents worldwide. For complete access to the database you must subscribe.
- Writers Market (book). Where and how to sell what you write.
- Duotrope is a subscription-based service for writers and artists that offers an extensive, searchable database of current fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art publishers and agents, a calendar of upcoming deadlines, a personal submission tracker, and useful statistics compiled from the millions of data points we’ve gathered on the publishers and agents we list.
- The website, pw.org, includes the Directory of Poets & Writers, which provides contact information, publication credits, and biographical information for more than 9,300 authors; databases of literary magazines and journals, small and independent presses, literary agents, MFA programs, writing contests, and literary places; a national literary events calendar; and select content from Poets & Writers Magazine.
QUERY
- How to Write Successful Queries for Any Genre of Writing
By Robert Lee Brewer of Writer’s Digest - The Complete Guide to Query Letters
by Jane Friedman - Get a Query Letter that Gets Results
from queryletter.com
AGENTS
How to find a good one
- Do you need a Literary Agent?
- Hunting for a Literary Agent
- Alerts for Writers – Writers Beware!
- How to find a (REAL!) Literary Agent
Agent Listings
- Association of Authors’ Representatives Find a Literary Agent
- agentquery.com
- Search Literary Agents Database from FirstWriter.com
Are you willing to pay to have someone submit your work to agents?
PUBLISHERS
Which one is Right for You?
- 7 Types of Book Publishing Companies
- The Perils of Searching For Publishers on the Internet
- “Excuse Me, How Much Did It Cost You?”
Publisher Listings
- Florida Publishers
- Florida Publishing and Printing companies from Manta.com
- Poets and Writers small press listings
- publishersmarketplace.com/search.html
- Search Publishers Database from FirstWriters.com
- Review of Publishers from Piers Anthony
Keep up with the latest in the publishing world.
- Publishers Weekly magazine.
Some Florida Publishers’ pages
- Atlantic Publishing
- Bancroft Press
- DocUmeant Publishing
- Faithful Life Publisher, Fort Myers
- Krieger Publishing Co
- Oceanview Publishing
- Peppertree Press
- Rainbow Books
- Star Group International
- University Press of Florida
Publishers of Picture Books/Children’s Books
- Blurb – Make your own book
- Shutterfly
- Book Baby – All types of books
- List of 30 Children’s Book Publishers
SELF PUBLISHING
- Free Self-Publishing Guide from IngramSpark
- Free Self-Publishing Course from IngramSpark
- Free Author’s Guide to Successful Publishing from Friesenpress
- Presentation and Links for Self-Publishing Presentation (2020)
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KDP self-publishing (Amazon) Print on Demand
Createspace is no longer available — POD is now part of KDP. -
Ingram Spark Print on Demand
- Publishing a Book: A Guide to Becoming an Author from Bulk Books
- Wikipedia talks about different types of Self-publishing.
DISTRIBUTORS
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Sell Your Book at Barnes & Noble
- Southwest Florida Bookstores
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Independent Book Publishers Association
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APPLES AND ORANGES: An Analysis And Comparison of Distribution Agreements
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List of Distributors and Wholesalers from NonFiction Authors Association
MISCELLANEOUS