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Book Review and Book Information Sites
 | Midwest Book Review - Jim
Cox specializes in books from independent (small to medium-sized)
publishers. He employs many volunteer reviewers and reviews a lot of books. |
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Volunteer to be a reviewer - Midwest Book Review is always looking for new
volunteers to write book reviews. Check their guidelines and see how easy it
is to sign up! |
| BookReporter.com
- Carol Fitzgerald hosts a general book information site for readers,
discussing books of general interest and their authors. |
| ForeWord Magazine -
ForeWord Magazine also specializes in reviewing books from small independent publishers. |
| DearReader.com -
Suzanne Beecher has an interesting concept in a book review site. If you join
her site, she will e-mail you excerpts of various books that correspond with interests
you select so that you can decide whether or not to buy them. |
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The New
York Times Sunday Book Review |
| Readerville - Readerville
started as just an Internet site but now has added a hard-copy magazine.
Besides book reviews they have general discussions about literature, reading,
and authors. |
| Association for
Mormon Letters - AML reviews LDS literature, posting hundreds of reviews
of LDS books. |
| AuthorsOnTheWeb - This is
another Carol Fitzgerald site with discussions about authors. |
| Author Yellow Pages -
Another Carol Fitzgerald site. Here she features little online "yellow pages"
ads by authors, to help readers look up author biographies and other
information about authors. |
Helps for authors
| Mapletree's help for writers links -
We have
a long list of helps for authors—some are paid online classes you can take
at home—some feature valuable information you can learn for free on the
Internet—on this separate page. Don't underestimate the value of additional training in writing! We
also have links posted to help you sell your writing, evaluate your writing,
or see what the competition is like. |
| Writers' Bookstore - We have a
list of books for sale that are especially helpful for writers. Check it out. |
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www.writingclasses.com - Gotham writers' workshop. Gotham offers
comprehensive writing classes either online or in New York City. They have a
wealth of resources to help authors. |
| Colorado
Independent Publishers Association - This Colorado organization conducts
many workshops and instructional sessions for aspiring authors. Click here for
their current calendar of events. |
| U Own It Domains
- For $8.95 per year, you can purchase a domain name. We recommend that, where
possible, authors purchase a domain name consisting of their name, and a
domain name for each book, to help
promote your books. |
| Register.com - A
reasonably-priced professional-quality web site hosting service. Mapletree
Publishing Company recommends this service for authors to set up author web
sites. |
| Writer's market
- At the writer's market guide, you will find a selection of consumer magazines, trade journals and fiction markets. Find informative details like frequency, circulation and payment range.
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Publishing Business:
| Literarymarketplace.com
- the world's largest, most complete database of the publishing industry. |
| Publisher's Marketing
Association - Now called the Independent Book Publishers Association, this
is the leading organization of small to mid-sized publishers in the United
States. |
| The Small Publishers Association of
North America - Formed in the late 90's by Tom and Marilyn Ross, this
organization seeks to advance the image and profits of small independent publishers
through education and marketing opportunities. |
| Publishers Weekly - the
international news magazine for book publishing and bookselling. The Web site
has searchable databases of current and archived bestseller information,
author appearance schedules and articles from the magazine. |
| Midwest Book Review -
Besides providing online book reviews, MBR has assembled a long list of links
of valuable resources for authors, publishers, and readers. |
| BookZonePro
Events Calendar - The world's most comprehensive publishing events
calendar. |
| John
Kremer's bibliography of books about publishing - John Kremer, the author
of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, and one of the leading authorities
on book marketing, has assembled a tremendous bibliography of books on book
promotion, publicity, and general publishing information. These are
recommended reading for publishers and authors. |
| UScity.net directory - Contains a directory for states in the United States for publishers and other businesses. |
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Book Publishing - A forum about book publishing, allowing you to view multiple book publishing posts, and post your book publishing comments.
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Miscellaneous Shopping Sites:
| Free e-books - Project Gutenberg has
assembled a library of classic books that you can download for free. Their
library includes works from Shakespeare, Poe, Dante and others. It includes
Sherlock Holmes Stories, Tarzan and Mars books, Alice in Wonderland,
and thousands of others. |
Homeschooling link exchange
with mapletreepublishing.com: If you have information we feel would be helpful
to our visitors, and would like to post a link to Mapletree's homeschooling
information pages, we'll gladly exchange links with you.
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