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Useful Links

The following are links to websites that can be useful or necessary for independent publishers.

Publishing Essentials:

Access Copyright - sign up to get royalties

Barcode Graphics - purchase the barcode for your ISBN

BISAC - identify your subject headings

Canadian ISBN Government Application Site - apply for your free ISBN number (Canada only)

Cataloguing in Publication - free CIP Government Application Site

Public Lending Right Commission - sign up between February 15 and May 1 to qualify for royalties

Writers' Organizations:

Canadian Authors Association

Writers' Union of Canada

Independent Book Publisher's Association

Writing Advice:

Canadian Children's Book Centre

Canadian Editors

Freelance Writing

Miss Nark's First Victim - have your work evaluated

Query Shark - How to write query letters

Writer's Digest

Publishing Advice:

The Changing World of Publishing - Publishers' Weekly

Publishing Basics

Self-Publishing FAQ

Self-Publishing Tips

Into Print:

CreateSpace - Print on Demand (POD) Publisher - part of Amazon

Webcom - Canadian printer - does offset as well as POD - high quality

Mainstream Publishers

Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia

Association of Canadian Publishers

Book Events:

The Word on the Street - Canadian Book Fair

Marketing & Publicity:

Artist First - Radio Show

The Authors' Show - free interview

BookBuzzr - Free Online Marketing Site

Book Marketing Articles

Book Marketing

Book Marketing Tips

Canadian Booksellers' Association

Free Press Release

Vista Print - shop from home for business cards and promotional materials

Online Stores:

100 Mile Finds - set up a storefront

Authors' Book Shop - Online Store

Indie Bound

Indie Reader

Social Media for Authors:

The Authors' Den

GoodReads

Mashable - Social Media Guide

Website Creation:

Dot Easy - Create your own website

Drupal - Create a website

ILaunch - Website Creation

Awards:

Independent Publisher Book Awards

Government Extras:

Canada Council for the Arts

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Local to Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo:

KW Bookstore


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