Resources

  • Publishers Associations - Being part of, or simply keeping up with the goings on of these organizations, can provide great networking and educational benefits for your company.
  • Book Expos, Publisher Conferences & Trade Shows – These events are places for the book industry to really shine and where buyers and sellers come together.
  • Effective Tip Sheet Guide - Tip sheets are a key selling tool for your titles. Here is a guide to make them the most effective.
  • Online Publishers Resources – These sites are great one-stop-shops for useful book industry information, web tools, and publisher sales software downloads.
  • Comparative Title Guidlines - Most buyers these days will not consider a title without being able to see a comparative title along side it. Here is what they look for.
  • Major Sales Accounts Image Specifications - If you have an Amazon Advantage, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Search Inside the book, Ingram, and/or Baker & Taylor account, this is what you need to know to get your cover images up.
  • Book Advertising - Many of the major sales accounts like Ingram and Baker & Taylor offer great advertising opportunities to maximize the sales of your titles. Find the ad specifications, pricing, and publications here.
  • Book Clubs – These literary sites encourage reading and dialogue about books, which can be a catalyst for book sales.
  • Book Reviews – These sites provide in-depth book reviews and commentary which is highly influential in book sales.
  • Book Trade Publications, Newsletters and eNewsletters – These reads provide crucial book industry inside knowledge so that you can stay on the cutting edge.
  • Print on Demand Digital Resources – These are the essential tools for small publishers and authors alike to produce their books efficiently.
  • Book Widgets – Add a bit of flare to your website or blog with these fun widgets.
  • Book Social Networks – These online social networks can connect you not only with similar-minded reading enthusiasts, but also industry professionals who can be great business contacts.
  • Non-Profit and Charitable Literacy Organizations – These nonprofit literacy organizations and charities promote literacy on the national and international level.
  • Specialty Book Sales – These resources cover anything you may need to know about specialty products from new age and beyond.
  • Literary Partners & Associations – These resources are made up of organizations, online groups, and more, that lend support to books.
  • Conscious Media Relations - An excellent company if you would like to up your publicity efforts with radio show interviews.

News & Events

62% say Twitter is a Fad - Huh?

Mike Shatzkin, who is always informative as well as entertaining opened the annual BISG Making Information Pay seminar with some results from the survey they sent out to publishing professionals.
62% say Twitter is a fad, soon to pass
More than 28% say the same about crowdsourcing
75% say that marketing becomes more about digital marketing, web analytics [...]

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Publishers Weekly Gets Sold

Publishers Weekly has been acquired by PWxyz, LLC, a newly formed company headed by one-time PW publisher George Slowik.
The acquisition includes the Web site Publishersweekly.com and Publishers Weekly Show Daily. The new company will retain all of PW’s editorial, art, and advertising employees and the magazine will remain headquartered in New York City. Cevin Bryerman [...]

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