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Book Publishers

Books AtoZ

Links to related publishing sites, academic research, a calendar of book events, experimental online publications, and advice.

Everyone Who's Anyone in Adult Trade Publishing

Directory of contact information for literary agents, editors, and book publishers in the U.S., U.K., and Canada

Publishers Marketplace

Online database for publishing professionals. From PublisherLunch.

Writers Publish

Resource for authors and publishers featuring news, e-books, freelance jobs, writing contests, and advice.

NetRead.com

The Publishing Portal. Provides the tools, the community, and the knowledge to make book publishing simpler, rewarding, and profitable.

FINDaPLAY.com

Offers a searchable directory of the catalogs of major play publishers.

ITI's Literary Market Place.com

Directory of American and Canadian book publishers. Helps publishing professionals, authors, and those looking for industry data.

Writer’s Resources

BellaOnline: Writing

Danielle Hollister writes articles, reviews links and hosts an email newsletter, and discussion forum.

BloomsburyMagazine.com

The writers’ area is devoted to writers, published and unpublished. Advice, regular updates from the book business, a calendar of literary dates, and links to other sites.

Ideas4writers.co.uk

Ideas to make better writers. Writers’ bookshop, discussion forums, eZine and newsletter, competition, plus writing, computing, and word processing help.

Lit.Org

Offers forums and interviews with published authors. Also paying market and contest listings in a weblog format.

NotWriting.com

Aims to make writers feel better about procrastinators. Features ongoing commentary, diversions, and resources.

Resource Central

Links and resources for writing. Improve your writing skills, library skills, writing style, grammar. Fiction and nonfiction resources.

Scrawl: The Writer's Asylum

Provides writing workshops, story critiques, publication and support information, weekly flash fiction workshops, on-site e-zine publication, and discussion forums.

The Writer at Work

A free, weekly comic, by Richard Krzemien, for writers and creative people of all ages. The Writer mixes the working world of Dilbert with the absurdity of The Far Side.

Website Ideas for Writers

Every writer today needs an effective website as part of a complete marketing plan.

Writer Beware

Warnings and cautions for writers about literary frauds, scams, deceptions, and pitfalls.

WriteSuccess

Ideas, information and inspiration for writers.

Writers Write

Weekly magazine. Features author interviews, articles and daily editorial and publication news. Includes research, genre and marketplace links, as well as forums and archived issues.

Writing Corner

Resources, event listings, feature articles, newsletters and email lists. A site about the art, craft and business of writing.

Writer Beware

Warnings and cautions for writers about literary frauds, scams, deceptions, and pitfalls.

Writing-World.com

Writing articles and resources. Tips about how to become a better writer, get published and find writing markets. From Moira Allen.

eWriteLife.com

Find creative writing articles, prompts, ideas, reviews and other resources for writers.

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Manuscript Editing

Manuscript Editing

This article discusses how Book-Editing-Services.com's proofreading editor assisted me greatly with my manuscript. Though I’d been working on it for about three years, publishers were still rejecting it, saying, “It needs sharpening.” In less than a week, my...

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Secondary English Editing Services

Secondary English Editing Services

Anytime you are uncertain about something, ask questions! You will find there are a number of challenges when editing secondary English, or enhancing the English writing of ESL writers, but the principal dilemma for some is deciphering the meaning of words or phrases...

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How to Edit an English Essay – By a Professional Editor

How to Edit an English Essay – By a Professional Editor

The following article will teach you three of the best techniques to edit you English essay. To start, utilize your software’s spell/grammar check. Second, consult the right style guide or handbook to confirm that your citations and references are formatted correctly....

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Marketing your book manuscript

Marketing your book manuscript

In order to create excellent, professional, and expert impression when attempting to market your manuscript, it has to be formatted properly and presented in as perfect style as possible. Here are some basic guidelines you can follow to make sure your document is in...

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Do I really need editing help?

Do I really need editing help?

Nothing stands out more than a document that reads as though that it was written by an expert, and virtually nothing will accomplish this better than skilled copyediting. Let’s be honest, anybody can scribble. Everybody learns to write and uses the skill often. Even...

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Teamwork is key to successful basic copy editing

Teamwork is key to successful basic copy editing

Successful copy editing is possible only when an author and an editor collaborate. The author and the editor need to work as a team to ensure the final document is clear, polished, and professional. There are a few basic steps to any literary effort. The first step...

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