Friday

Starter Resources

Here's a few very good places to start the process of publishing:

http://www.parapublishing.com/sites/para/
Dan is a book marketing expert and has collected piles of useful information for publishers of all levels.

http://literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp
If you are going the traditional route, it's a good idea to find out who is accepting one. Biggest mistake #1 is sending queries off to the wrong type of publisher, or sending it the wrong way.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/home/index.html
Major industry news.

https://www.forewordreviews.com/
A review site (paid), also offers Book of the Year Awards.

http://bookcoverexpress.com/
Awesome book cover designer :)

http://jc-hosting.net/
Web host. You absolutely must have a website. It can be simple, but you need one.

http://us.fotolia.com/
Reasonably priced royalty-free images (no you can't just download stuff from the web!)

Dropbox: an easy way to share files--files too big to email, or if you need multiple people to work on them. Sign up for free! http://db.tt/yGFBTm8

No comments:

Post a Comment