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AA Independent Press Guide
The AA Independent Press Guide is a free online resource for writers and artists. It features detailed listings
on nearly 2,000 literary magazines and publishers, and has links to over 600 internet magazines.
ACappela.com
"Write better ... Get Published." Author and consultant Patrika Vaughn shows you "how to write it, how you can successfully market what
you write to magazines and book publishers, and how you can choose the publishing option that's best for you."
Authorlink
"The award-winning rights marketplace where editors and agents buy and sell
unpublished and published manuscripts and screenplays. Providing the serious
writer with access and exposure to the broadest range of legitimate publishing professionals. Plus industry news,
information, and marketing services for publishers, literary agents, writers and readers."
Author Mania
"A guide to writers trying to break into print and internet publishing."
Author Network
"For writers, about writing." U.K.-based.
Book of Zines, The
A directory to "readings from the fringe." Zine and e-zine resource guide.
Bookwire
A portal. Includes this: "The Bookwire index is the most comprehensive, easiest to use guide to the book
resources of the Internet, containing more than 5,000 categorized links to book sites around the world."
Coverscript.com
If you have a manuscript, novel, novella or short story you would like to see adapted to screenplay form then our
professional screenplay service can help you. Other services are provided, including: story analysis, consulting, ghostwriting and
rewriting. Helpful resources include: contest advice, tips for the screenwriter and screenwriters/writers links.
Digital Journalist, The
Early Modern Literary Studies
EmailUniverse.com
Make your e-newsletter or e-zine more productive.
Fine Print, The
Home of the e-book The Fine Print, which analyzes, ranks, and dissects the publishing contracts of 73 of the
biggest print-on-demand and e-publishers, with the aim of helping newer writers avoid being scammed by publishers who overcharge and under-deliver.
Freelance Writer's Web Community, The
Internet Classics Archive, The
Italian American Writers.Com
LauraHird.com
"Regular pick of the best new writing and stuff."
LitLine
"A website for the independent literary community."
Loft Literary Center, The
"Offering programs and services for writers and readers."
ManuscriptEditing.com
"Serving writers, literary agents and publishers since 1976. Fiction and nonfiction welcomed."
Medieval and Classical Library
The Muse Apprentice Guild (The MAG)
Wonderfully energetic August Highland and numerous international co-editors publish hundreds of authors (poetry, fiction, more) every quarter.
National Writers Union
The NWU is "the union for freelance writers working in U.S.
markets." A "full-boat" organization—and website—devoted to
every conceivable concern of the working writer.
Net Author
Online resource for writers. "The strongest writing
help you can obtain without a prescription."
Open
Directory Writer's Resources Page
The Open Directory Project's cornucopia (1000's) of destinations under
the heading "writer's resources"! Pack a lunch!
Publishers Weekly
"The International news source of book publishing and bookselling." The big cheese.
Rogue Scholars Collective, The
Young, sassy, entertaining.
Romantic Literature
A directory of Romanticism links.
Toasted Cheese
"Our primary reason for creating Toasted Cheese
is to provide a place where writers can get honest feedback on their work and
honest information about issues important to writers.
Wilbers.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Stephen Wilbers offers archived columns, writing resources, online workshops and
helpful exercises here.
WritersDigest.com
Affiliated with the Writer's Market family of publications,
this is the online version of the familiar newsstand monthly, and a wide-ranging resource in its own right.
Worldwide Freelance Writer, A
Information treasure house for writers seeking international markets.
Writers House
An actual house on the campus of U Penn that serves as a center for 150 public writing programs and activities, from
seminars to readings to webcasts.
Writer'sMarket.com
From the homepage:
"Writer's Market has been the freelance writer's
'bible' since 1921, providing complete market contact information, query letter clinics, pay rates,
submission guidelines, and more. And now it's available online."
Writers Net
"WritersNet is the Internet directory
of writers, editors, publishers and literary agents. We bring together the
elements of literary success in one place. Search our directory for the help you
need or tell us, and our visitors, what you have to offer the writing world. Add
yourself to our ever-growing directories of talent and services."
Writer's Weekly
Besides the website, which features "Warnings" on
publishing scams, WW publishes a newsletter for freelancers, with 56,000 subscribers.
Writer's Resource Center
As it says.
Writers Write
"Your one-stop resource for information about books, writing and publishing."
Books
Alex
A collection of digital documents in the subject areas of
English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy.
Books A to Z
Project Gutenberg
Bookstores
A1 Books
Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble
Borders Books
Buy.com
"10% off Amazon.com's prices on over 900,000 books."
Chapters Books
Cafes, Coffeehouses (Online)
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Exciting, fabulous gathering of talent, touring companies, and events, some online, some offline.
Contests
FirstWriter.com
In addition to a host of other services to writers, FirstWriter.com maintains a searchable list of current and upcoming literary
competitions.
E-publishing
Dead End Street
"The premier e-book publisher of alternative
literature." Crime, erotic and the like.
EPPRO
The Electronically Published Professionals. Maintains a directory of
e-publishers, an e-books gallery with purchase options, membership, chat and
other resources for the burgeoning industry of e-publishing.
Fine Print, The
Home of the e-book The Fine Print, which analyzes, ranks, and dissects the publishing contracts of 73 of the
biggest print-on-demand and e-publishers, with the aim of helping newer writers avoid being scammed by publishers who overcharge and under-deliver.
Hard Shell Word Factory
E-publisher. Categories include Mystery, Suspense, Action,
Adventure, Romance, Horror, Western, Historical, General Non-fiction, kids
e-books. E-bookstore, too.
Legal and Business
Fine Print, The
Home of the e-book The Fine Print, which analyzes, ranks, and dissects the publishing contracts of 73 of the
biggest print-on-demand and e-publishers, with the aim of helping newer writers avoid being scammed by publishers who overcharge and under-deliver.
National Writers Union
The NWU is "the union for freelance writers working in U.S.
markets." A "full-boat" organization—and website—devoted to
every conceivable concern of the working writer.
U.S. Copyright Office
The Library of Congress Copyright Office. Here is where to get
copyright forms and information on how to register your copyrights.
International Trademark Association
Everything you want to know about trademarking your product,
including your own name, your business name or logo, your web identity, whatever.
Libraries
The Internet Public Library
Library of Congress
The website features, besides Collections and Services, special
sections called Legislative, American Memory (History), Exhibitions (Gallery),
Copyright Office, and more.
Literary Search Engines
Pilot-Search
Allied to Pif Magazine.
Newsgroups (Usenet)
news: rec.arts.books
Lively discussion of all things to do with books—and not.
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newsreader and bring up the latest messages from this Usenet newsgroup. If not,
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computer in connection with your mail program. Search the mail program's Help
files under "news".]
news: misc.writing
Configure, if necessary, in the same manner as above.
Portals
Bookwire
"The Bookwire index is the most comprehensive, easiest to use guide to the book
resources of the Internet, containing more than 5,000 categorized links to book sites around the world."
Culture Animal
August Highland and cohorts explore the cutting edge of culture. Highland is: "Director of Culture Animal, originator of Hyper-Literary Fiction, Microlinear Storytelling, Next-Gen Nanopoetics,
Genre-Splicing, Mediated Narrative Repatterning, Exhibition Literature and Metapoetics Theatre, founder of the Worldwide Literati
Mobilization Network, the International Belles Lettres Federation and the Superheroes of Humanities, and editor of the Muse
Apprentice Guild."
The Muse Apprentice Guild (The MAG)
Wonderfully energetic August Highland and numerous international co-editors publish hundreds of authors (poetry, fiction, more) every quarter.
Web Del Sol
This premier literature portal has links to all sorts of
literary zines and enterprises. It's unique, ambitious and broad in appeal.
Publishing Industry
American Booksellers Association
"The
not-for-profit trade association representing independent bookstores
nationwide."
Wheatmark
Book self-publishing information.
Reading Rooms
New York Times Online
A couple of minutes are required to sign-in, then you can read the Times every day for free.
Online Books Page, The
The Gutenberg Etext Homepage
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Christian Science Monitor
Reference
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Unbeatable as an all-purpose reference. Be sure to bookmark it.
Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Instant online dictionary and thesaurus. Bookmark this one.
NewsDirectory.com
A wonderful directory of hot links to newspaper and magazine websites around the world.
Open
Directory Writer's Resources Page
The Open Directory Project's cornucopia (1000's) of destinations under
the heading "writer's resources"! Pack a lunch!
Presses and Publishers
AA Independent Press Guide
The AA Independent Press Guide is a free online resource for writers and artists. It features detailed listings
on nearly 2,000 literary magazines and publishers, and has links to over 600 internet magazines.
Granary Books
Graywolf Press
"Books to sink your teeth into." A meaty,
serious writer's site from St. Paul, Minnesota, with connections to The College
of St. Benedict.
Holy Cow! Press
"Holy Cow! Press is a small literary press devoted to searching out and
publishing the best the Upper Midwest (USA) has to offer in regional
poetry, fiction and biographies."
Italian American Press, The
"The Italian American Press lists and promotes Italian Americans and other
Self-Published Authors. We also sell instructional used books on Writing and other subjects as well as Collectible Sheet Music,
including a number of memorable Italian Songs."
iUniverse.com
Allied with Barnes and Noble bookstores, iUniverse
will, among other things, publish (free!) out-of-print books for which the author owns the
rights and is able to provide two copies for scanning.
Milkweed Editions
"Milkweed Editions is an award-winning, nonprofit literary publisher of high-quality books
that places an emphasis on cultural diversity, environmental stewardship,
exceptionally crafted poetry, and insightful literature for adults and children
in the middle grades."
Slipstream Press
"Slipstream Magazine is a yearly anthology of some of the best poetry and fiction you'll
find today in the American small press."
Women's and Woman-Owned Publications and Resources
Feminism and Women's Literature
"This page is devoted to sites specifically on women's literature, feminist
criticism, and gender studies." A links page devoted to the aforementioned.
Moondance
Philosophical Mother, The
Moms, here's the publication for you.
Victorian Women Writers
Wise Women's Web
"A magazine of women's literature."
Workshops and Seminars
Coverscript.com
If you have a manuscript, novel, novella or short story you would like to see adapted to screenplay form then our
professional screenplay service can help you. Other services are provided, including: story analysis, consulting, ghostwriting and
rewriting. Helpful resources include: contest advice, tips for the screenwriter and screenwriters/writers links.
Poets and Writers Magazine
The online version of this print mag. Well done New York-based publication with much to offer.
Teachers and Writers Collaborative
"... [F]ounded in 1967 by a group of writers and educators who believed that writers could make a unique
contribution to the teaching of writing. T&W brings writers and educators together in collaborations that explore the
connections between writing and reading literature and that generate new ideas and materials."
writersbootcamp.com
Focus on screenwriting. "Writers Boot Camp empowers writers and creative professionals to achieve personal and career breakthroughs as
other successful Writers Boot Camp alumni have already done to earn
their places at the highest levels of the entertainment industry."
WritingClasses
"Teaching more than 5,000 students a year, Gotham Writers' Workshop is New York City's and the United States' leading
creative writing school. 10-Week classes are offered at multiple locations in New York
City and online at WritingClasses.com.
Write/Publish Sites
Falling Rock Online Publishing
Just getting started, but it might be just the thing for you.
The Muse Apprentice Guild (The MAG)
Wonderfully energetic August Highland and numerous international co-editors publish hundreds of authors (poetry, fiction, more) every quarter.
"A marketplace for publishing, reviewing, buying and selling creative works—directly from writers.
You discover new writers and artists, help save trees, and get the best prices."
"An online publishing community of real people helping real people."
Write Gallery, The
"Featuring work by and about new writers, young writers, writers with room to grow."
Writing.com [Formerly Stories.com]
Young Writers Resources
Writeworks.net
"An online journal of student writing." Based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
YPP.Net
Calls itself "The best online news and media
service for young people." A portal, with links to youth-oriented
zines, among other things.
Zine Resources
Book of Zines, The
A directory to "readings from the fringe." Zine and e-zine resource guide.
EmailUniverse.com
Make your e-newsletter or e-zine more productive.
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