General Publishing and Bookselling Resources:
American Booksellers Association (ABA)
American Library Association (ALA)
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE)
Arizona Book Publishing Association (ABPA)
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Book Industry Study Group (BISG)
Book Marketing Update
Book Organizations of Colorado (BOOC)
Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA)
Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA)
Green Press Initiative (GPI)
Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association (MPBA)
New Mexico Book Association (NMBA)
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA)
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA)
Publishers Association of the South (PAS)
Rocky Mountain Publishing Professionals Guild (RMPPG)
Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN)
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA)
ISBN-13:
Important Alert from BISG re: erroneous barcodes
Thirteen Is Your Lucky Number (article) (Start here!)
Book Industry Study Group’s ISBN-13 page
Bowker’s ISBN page
ISBN-13 For Dummies
International ISBN Agency
International Organization for Standardization
Uniform Code Council
Publications and E-mail Newsletters:
The Bloomsbury Review
The Book Standard
ForeWord Magazine
O'Reilly Radar: Tools of Change for Publishing
Publishers Lunch
Publishers Weekly
Shelf Awareness
Continuing Education:
New York University/The Center for Publishing
Simon Fraser University Vancouver, Summer Publishing Workshops
University of Denver/Publishing Institute (DPI)
Resources Specifically for Authors and Self-Publishers:
Authors and those interested in self-publishing should contact SPAN and the state publishers associations listed above for information on their resources. The Book Organizations of Colorado link will provide connections to writers groups and more.
Writer's Digest
The PubWest membership directory, containing a list of publishers and contacts in the Western U.S. and Canada, is available for $10. Please send your check to:
PubWest
1940 Mapleleaf Road
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
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