Useful online resources for academic publishers and self-publishers

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Associations and Organizations
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC): www.aacc.nche.edu
American Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE): www.aashe.org
American Bookseller’s Association (ABA) (BookWeb, BookSense): www.bookweb.org/
American Council on Education (ACE): www.acenet.edu
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS): www.acls.org/
American Educational Research Association (AERA): www.aera.net
Association of American Publishers (AAP): www.publishers.org
Association of American University Presses (AAUP): aaupnet.org/
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL): www.ala.org/ala/acrl/
Association of Education Publishers (AEP): www.aepweb.org/
National Education Writers Association (EWA): www.ewa.org/
Professional and Organizational Development Network (POD): www.podnetwork.org
Professional and Scholarly Publishing (AAP): www.pspcentral.org/
Publisher’s Marketing Association (PMA): www.pma-onlne.com
Sloan Consortium (online education): www.sloan-c.org/
Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN): www.spannet.org
Society for College and University Planning (SCUP): www.scup.org/
Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP): www.sspnet.org
Society of Academic Authors (SA2): www.SA2.info

Text and Academic Authors Association: www.taaonline.net

Directories/Listings
Acqweb: www.acqweb.org
BookWire: www.bookwire.com
Bowker: www.bowker.com
Dustbooks: www.dustbooks.com
Higher Education Publications: www.hepinc.com/
MLA International Bibliography: www.mla.org/bibliography
News Directory.com: www.ecola.com/
Nielsen Bookdata: www.whitaker.co.uk
PubList: www.publist.com/
Pubnet: www.pubnet.org/

Distributors/Wholesalers/Sales
Amazon: www.amazon.com (Marketplace and Advantage programs)
Baker & Taylor: www.btol.com

Barnes and Noble College Stores: www.bncollege.com
Biblio, division of National Book Network (NBN): www.bibliodistribution.com/
Blackwell (retail and library services): www.blackwell.com/
Books xyz (online): www.booksxyz.com/home.php
Consortium (academic catalog, sales and distribution): www.cbsd.com/
Coutts (library services): www.couttsinfo.com
Follett: www.follett.com
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html
Independent Publishers Group (Paul & Co. catalog): ipgbook.com/about.html
Ingram: www.ingrambook.com
Labyrinth Books: www.labyrinthbooks.com (scholarly and university press books)
NACSCORP (supplier to the National Association of College Stores): www.nacscorp.com/
National Association of Independent Publishers Representatives: www.naipr.org/index.html
Nebraska Book Company: www.nebook.com
Publishers Group West (Perseum): www.pgw.com
Quality Books: www.quality-books.com/
Reiters (STM-PTR catalog sales): www.reiters.com/
Stylus Publishing: www.styluspub.com (academic titles from independent presses)
Unique Books: www.uniquebooksinc.com/default.asp
Yankee Book Peddler (Baker &Taylor): www.ypb.com
U.S. Government procurement: www.fedbizopps.gov/

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

Mailing Lists/Exhibits
ABE (Association Book Exhibit): www.bookexhibit.com
Academia Book Exhibits (STM): www.acadbkex.com/
ALA (American Library Association): www.ala.org/
CAMEX (Campus Market Expo): www.camex.org/
CBE (Combined Book Exhibit): www.combinedbook.com
MDR (Market Data Retrieval): www.schooldata.com
Publishers Marketing Association: www.pma-onlne.com
Quality Education Data (QED): www.qeddata.com/
Reference Shelf (Basch): www.basch.com/personnel.asp
Special Libraries Association: www.sla.org
The Scholar’s Choice: www.scholarschoice.com/

Markets/Market Research
Academia Magazine (for academic librarians): www.ybp.com/acad/features/1204_up.html
AERA-ASHE Online Course Syllabi Project: www.higher-ed.org/syllabi/
Bacon’s Information (Cision): www.bacons.com/
Encyclopedia of Associations: library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0114.html
Example of State Adoption Info: www.state.tn.us/education/ci/textbook/txtbkmenu.htm
Gale: gale.cengage.com
Innovative Higher Education (journal) www.uga.edu/ihe/ihe.html
Journal of American History on Textbook Publishing:
www.indiana.edu/~jah/textbooks/2005/forman.shtml
Library of Congress reference desk: www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
LibWeb (Academic Libraries): sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/Academic_main.html
Links Site on College Life and Higher Ed: briefme.com/archive/027/
MIR-UK (Bowker acquisition): www.bowker.co.uk/press/2004_0603_bowker.htm
Monument Information Resource (MIR): www.mirdata.com. See their reviews of college
textbooks at www.facultyonline.com/default.asp
National Center for Education Statistics: www.nces.ed.gov/
Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA): www.TAAonline.net
U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (stats on employment and occupations):
www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
U.S. Govt. reference desk: www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf.shtml
Web Pages of Scholarly Societies: www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/webpages.html
Web US Higher Education Directory: www.utexas.edu/world/univ/

News/News Groups/Listservs
Academic-Education: finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Academic-Education

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

Self-Publishing: finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Self-Publishing

Publicity/Promotion/Advertising
Bookwire: www.bookwire.com/bookwire/otherbooks/Publicity-and-Marketing.html
Bylined article placement: www.bookpr.com/bylinedarticleplacement.htm
Example of an academic author questionnaire (Kluwer):
www.wkap.com/ifip/Editor-questionnaire.doc
Examples of advertising opportunities in publications of professional organizations:
www.apa.org/ads/guide.html; www.ams.org/customers/amsads.html
Example of e-book conversion services:
www.ebookmall-publishing.com/ebook-conversion/index.htm
Example of Internet to press release FAX distribution: www.imediafax.com/
Example of news feed services for web site enhancement: magportal.com/
Example of PR services: www.pubinsider.com/index.html
Example of syndication services: www.writingcareer.com/syndication.shtml
Google Adwords: adwords.google.com/select/
John Kremer: www.bookmarket.com/
Press Release Network: www.pressreleasenetwork.com/
Publicity Primer (tips/checklists): lamar.colostate.edu/~hallahan/hpubty.htm
Television media: www.booktv.org; www.booktv.net
The College Store Magazine: www.nacs.org/public/publications/the_college_store.asp
National Association of College Stores (NACS): www.nacs.org
RSS (Really Simple Syndication): blogspace.com/rss/readers;
www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/
Yahoo Search marketing (Overture): searchmarketing.yahoo.com/srch/index.php

Publishing Business
Copyright Clearance Center: www.copyright.com
Dan Poynter (self-publishing): www.parapublishing.com
Definition of Cost of Goods Sold for tax purposes:
www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99728,00.html
Example of bar code services: www.infinitygraphics.com/
Fern Reis (marketing): www.publishinggame.com/
Free PlanWare for figuring working capital: www.planware.org/workcap.htm
Ivan Hoffman (publishing law): www.ivanhoffman.com/
Library of Congress (LOC): www.loc.gov/
Links to the patent, trademark, and copyright policies of U.S. colleges and universities:
www.nethics.umd.edu/copyown/policies/index.html
Publaw on licensing subsidiary and translation rights: www.publaw.com/subsidiary.html;
www.publaw.com/licensing2.html
Publishing Central: www.publishingcentral.com/subject.html?sid=10&si=1&kwd=book+publishing+distribution
Sales Tax Clearinghouse: thestc.com/
The Donohue Group, Inc. (reasonable PCIPs): www.dgiinc.com
U.S. Copyright Office: www.copyright.gov

Reviews and Article Placements
Academe Magazine: www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubres/academe/
CHOICE Magazine (ALA): www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/choice/home.htm;
www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/nonserialtitles/choicesoutstandingacademic.htm
Content Connections (online reviewing service): www.contentconnections.com
Education Reviews (higher ed book reviews): edrev.asu.edu/index.html
ForeWord Magazine: www.forewordmagazine.com
H-Net Reviews (history, social sciences): www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/
Leonardo; Leonardo Digital Reviews (MIT): www.leonardo.info/ldr.html
Midwest Book Review: www.midwestbookreview.com/
MIR Faculty Online: www.facultyonline.com/
Outlook Magazine: www.aauw.org/outlook/backissues.cfm
Review my Textbooks: www.reviewmytextbooks.org/
SciTech Book News and Reference and Research Book News: www.booknews.com/
Survey Monkey: www.surveymonkey.com