Useful online resources for academic publishers and self-publishers

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Links Last Updated: August 30, 2009

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Associations and Organizations
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC): http://www.aacc.nche.edu
American Bookseller’s Association (ABA) (BookWeb, BookSense): http://www.bookweb.org/
American Council on Education (ACE): http://www.acenet.edu/AM
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS): http://www.acls.org/
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division J (Postsecondary Education):
http://www.aera.net
Association of American Publishers (AAP): http://www.publishers.org
Association of American University Presses (AAUP): http://aaupnet.org/
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) (a Division of the American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/
Association of Education Publishers (AEP): http://www.aepweb.org/
National Education Writers Association (EWA): http://www.ewa.org/
Professional and Organizational Development Network (POD) (faculty development):
http://www.podnetwork.org
Professional and Scholarly Publishing (AAP): http://www.pspcentral.org/
Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN): http://www.spannet.org
Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP): http://www.sspnet.org
Society of Academic Authors (SA2): http://www.SA2.info

Text and Academic Authors Association: http://www.taaonline.net

Directories/Listings
Acqweb: http://acqweb.org/
BookWire: http://www.bookwire.com
Dmoz Open Directory: http://dmoz.org/News/

Google News: http://www.google.com/Top/News/
Dustbooks: http://www.dustbooks.com/editdir.htm
Higher Education Publications: http://www.hepinc.com/
MLA International Bibliography: http://www.mla.org/bibliography
Nielsen Bookdata: http://www.whitaker.co.uk
Pubnet: http://www.pubnet.org/

Distributors/Wholesalers/Sales
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com (Marketplace and Advantage programs)
Barnes and Noble College Stores: http://www.bncollege.com
Biblio, division of National Book Network (NBN): http://www.bibliodistribution.com/
Blackwell (retail and library services): http://www.blackwell.com/
Books xyz (online): http://www.booksxyz.com/home.html
Consortium (academic catalog, sales and distribution): http://www.cbsd.com/
Coutts (library services): http://www.couttsinfo.com/
Follett: http://www.follett.com
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html
Independent Publishers Group (Paul & Co. catalog): http://ipgbook.com/about.html
Ingram: http://www.ingrambooks.com; (Section for Small Publishers):
http://www.ingrambook.com
NACSCORP (supplier to the National Association of College Stores): http://www.nacscorp.com/
National Association of Independent Publishers Representatives: http://www.naipr.org/index.html
Nebraska Book Company: http://www.nebook.com
Publishers Group West (Academic Marketing Program): http://www.pgw.com
Quality Books: http://www.quality-books.com/
Reiters (STM-PTR catalog sales): http://www.reiters.com/
Stylus Publishing: http://www.styluspub.com (academic titles from independent presses)
Yankee Book Peddler (Baker &Taylor): http://www.ypb.com
U.S. Government procurement: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/

Industry Resources (Selected)
BUBL Information service (UK academic): http://bubl.ac.uk/
E-Journal publishing: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/scholcomm/academicpromotion.htm
ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education: http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Guidelines for e-texts: http://ebooks.strath.ac.uk/eboni/guidelines/contents.html
Literary Market Place (LMP): http://www.literarymarketplace.com
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching):
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
New Academia (new publishing model): http://www.newacademia.com/
Project MUSE: Journal of Scholarly Publishing:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_scholarly_publishing/
Resources for STM (scientific, technical, medical) Books:
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/authors/guidelines/stmguides.html
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory: http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/
Virginia Polytechnic’s scholarly publishing digital archive: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/

Mailing Lists/Exhibits
ALA (American Library Association): http://www.ala.org/
CAMEX (Campus Market Expo): http://www.camex.org/
CBE (Combined Book Exhibit): http://www.combinedbook.com

Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA): http://www.ibpa-online.org
MDR (Market Data Retrieval and Quality Education Data [QED]): http://www.schooldata.com
Reference Shelf (Basch): http://www.basch.com/personnel.asp
The Scholar’s Choice: http://www.scholarschoice.com/

Markets/Market Research
Academia Magazine (for academic librarians): http://www.ybp.com/acad/
Cision: http://us.cision.com/
Directory of Book Clubs: http://www.bookclubdeals.com/
Encyclopedia of Associations: http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0114.html
Example of State Adoption Info: http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/textbook/txtbkmenu.htm
Google’s Higher Ed Directory:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Educators/
Innovative Higher Education (journal) http://www.uga.edu/ihe/ihe.html
Library of Congress reference desk: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
Monument Information Resource (MIR): http://www.mirdata.com

Faculty Onlne reviews of college textbooks: http://www.facultyonline.com/
National Center for Education Statistics: http://www.nces.ed.gov/
Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA): http://www.TAAonline.net
U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (stats on employment and occupations):
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
U.S. Govt. reference desk: http://www.refdesk.com
Web Pages of Scholarly Societies: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/webpages.html
Web US Higher Education Directory: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/

News/News Groups/Listservs
ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Publications, e.g., Directory of Scholarly Electronic
Journals and Academic Discussion Lists: http://www.arl.org/
CataList (L-Soft’s searchable database of listservs): http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html
Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com
Claremont Higher Education Abstracts: http://highereducationabstracts.org/journals.htm
Edweek: http://www.edweek.org
Higher Education News Resources and Journals: http://www.higher-ed.org/news.htm
Higher Education Quarterly: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0951-5224
H-Net Discussion Network: http://www.h-net.org/
Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com
POD Network (Professional and Organizational Development): http://www.podnetwork.org
Pub-Forum: http://www.pub-forum.net/
Publishers Lunch: http://www.caderbooks.com/
Publish-L: http://www.publish-l.com/

Publicity/Promotion/Advertising
Bookwire: http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/otherbooks/Publicity-and-Marketing.html
Bylined article placement: http://www.bookpr.com/bylinedarticleplacement.htm
Examples of advertising opportunities in publications of professional organizations:
http://www.apa.org/ads/guide.html; http://www.ams.org/customers/amsads.html
Example of e-book conversion services:
http://www.ebookmall-publishing.com/ebook-conversion/index.htm
Example of Internet to press release FAX distribution: http://www.directcontactpr.com/
Example of news feed services for web site enhancement: http://magportal.com/
Google Adwords: https://adwords.google.com/select/
John Kremer: http://www.bookmarket.com/
Press Release Network: http://www.pressreleasenetwork.com/
Publicity Primer (tips/checklists): http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hallahan/hpubty.htm
Television media: http://www.booktv.org
The College Store Magazine: http://www.nacs.org/public/publications/the_college_store.asp
Marketing Sherpa (e-zines): http://www.marketingsherpa.com/
National Association of College Stores (NACS): http://www.nacs.org
RSS (Really Simple Syndication): http://blogspace.com/rss/readers

Introduction to RSS: http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/
Yahoo Search marketing (Overture): http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/overture.php

Publishing Business
Copyright Clearance Center: http://www.copyright.com
Definition of Cost of Goods Sold for tax purposes:
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99728,00.html
Example of bar code services: http://www.barcode-us.com/
Fern Reis (marketing): http://www.publishinggame.com/
Free PlanWare for figuring working capital: http://www.planware.org/workcap.htm
Ivan Hoffman (publishing law): http://www.ivanhoffman.com/
Library of Congress (LOC): http://www.loc.gov/
Links to the patent, trademark, and copyright policies of U.S. colleges and universities:
http://www.nethics.umd.edu/copyown/policies/index.html
Publaw on licensing subsidiary and translation rights: http://www.publaw.com/subsidiary.html;
http://www.publaw.com/licensing2.html
Publishing Central: http://www.publishingcentral.com/
Sales Tax Clearinghouse: http://thestc.com/
The Donohue Group, Inc. (reasonable PCIPs): http://www.dgiinc.com
U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov

Reviews and Article Placements
Academe Magazine: http://www.aaup.org/aaup/pubsres/academe/
CHOICE Magazine (ALA): http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/scrl/ppublication/choice/index.cfm
Content Connections (online reviewing service): http://www.contentconnections.com
Education Reviews (higher ed book reviews): http://edrev.asu.edu/index.html (slow loading)
Example of student review resource: http://www.textrev.com/textbook.cfm
ForeWord Magazine: http://www.forewordmagazine.com
H-Net Reviews (history, social sciences): http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/
Leonardo; Leonardo Digital Reviews (MIT): http://www.leonardo.info/ldr.html
Midwest Book Review: http://www.midwestbookreview.com/
MIR Faculty Online: http://www.facultyonline.com/
Outlook Magazine: http://www.aauw.org/outlook/backissues.cfm
SciTech Book News and Reference and Research Book News: http://www.booknews.com/
Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com