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    Legal Advice for Publishers:
    Attorney Larry Zerner provides a full range of services to the independent publisher, including copyright and trademark issues, contract negotiating and manuscript vetting for legal issues. Please tell Mr. Zerner that Janice Phelps Williams referred you.

    Liability Insurance for Authors and for Publishers:
    Mike Mansel, CIC Tel. 925-658-1600 Please tell Mr. Mansel that Janice Phelps Williams referred you.

    Marketing information:
    Joan E. Phelps, Publicist and Marketing Consultant
    See your search engine ratings.
    Compare book prices online and see where your book is listed.
    Newspaper Addresses
    Online with Oprah
    Public Library Addresses
    Search Engines
    Talk Show Hosts Producers
    Want to ask a celebrity to endorse your book?
    Buttons to Promote Your Book!

    Bestseller Lists!
    Booksense Bestsellers
    Publishers Weekly
    The New York Times
    San Francisco Chronicle
    USA Today

    Find Bookstores:
    Browse a list of over 4,500 Booksellers, complete with URLs, email addresses and descriptions.
    Booksense.com ("Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds")

    List your books with these online bookstores and databases:
    Amazon's Advantage Program
    Locate Borders bookstores throughout the U.S.
    Locate Barnes & Noble bookstores throughout the U.S.
    Locate Chapters bookstores throughout Canada
    Wordsworth Bookstore, "real books, real booksellers, real bookstore"
    Powell's Bookstore, "The Largest Used and New Bookstore in the World"
    Tattered Cover Bookstore, "Over a million titles"
    Best Book Buys, "Find more. Pay less."
    Books Now
    Pub Link (marketing venue)
    Always Books
    Barnes & Noble
    Books a Million
    Publishers Catalogue Home Page

    Register your books in these databases:
    Obtaining an ISBN number.
    R.R. Bowker (Books in Print) home page
    Obtain an LCCN Online
    U.S. Copyright Office —

    Publishing organizations:
    Book Industry Standard Organization
    Subscribe to the Publishers' List"
    Publishers Marketing Association
    Self-Publishers Hall of Fame c/o John Kremer
    SPAN (Small Press Action Network)
    American Booksellers Association
    Association of American University Presses
    Association of Jewish Book Publishers
    Christian Booksellers Association
    Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
    Horror Writers Association
    Mystery Writers’ of America
    PEN American Center
    Poetry Society of America
    Romance Writers of America
    Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
    Small Publishers Association of North America marilyn@spannet.org

    Business aides:
    Who Owns What — keep up with the confusing world of publishing conglomerates
    Subscribe to Publishers Weekly
    Order US postal stamps and supplies online.
    Literary Market Place online.
    Online currency convertor (How to figure Canadian and UK prices for your books)
    United States rate calculator
    Prices from Brennerbooks.com (Helping Entrepreneurs Help Themselves)

     

     

     

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