Links and Resources

These links should lead you to more information then you’ll ever want to know about the publishing industry.

You’ll find some decent books on the legal end of the business here.

Lists of Publishers

• List of English language book publishers
• Book publishing companies of the United States

Licensing and Copyright Clearance

• The Copyright Clearance Center
• The Author’s Registry
• Author’s Licensing and Collecting services
• Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
• Icopyright
• Creative Commons
• International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers
• Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI)

Writers’ Organizations

• The National Writers Union
• Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. (WGAW)
• Writers Guild of America, East, Inc. (WGAE)
• The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds IAWG
• Poets and Writers
• The American Society of Journalists and Authors
• The Editorial Freelancers Association
• Association of Author’s Representatives

Subtopic Organizations

• American Medical Writers’ Association
• Horror Writers Association
• Novelists, Inc.
• Mystery Writers of America
• Romance Writers of America
• Society for Technical Communication
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.

Publisher Organizations

• American Booksellers Association
• The Association of American Publishers
• PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association
• ITI’s Literary Market Place
• Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)

Theater Organizations

• New Dramatists
• Theatre Communications Group
• The Dramatists Guild of America

Comic and Text Syndication

• http://www.creators.com/
• http://www.kingfeatures.com/
• http://www.tmsfeatures.com/
• http://www.unitedmedia.com/
• http://www.gocomics.com/
• http://www.postwritersgroup.com/writersgroup.htm