Note: These resources for writers were current at the time of writing … but some may no longer be valid. If you see something that should be changed or deleted, would you let us know? Thanks.
Books
88 Money-Making Writing Jobs by Robert Bly
1001 Ways to Market Your Books by John Kremer
Be Your Own Literary Agent by Martin Levin
Buyology by Martin Lindstrom
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market by Alice Pope
Don’t Think Pink by Lisa Johnson and Andrea Learned
Get Known Before the Book Deal by Christina Katz
Guerrilla Marketing for Writers: 100 No-Cost, Low-Cost Weapons for Selling Your Work by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman, Michael Larsen, and David L. Hancock
Guide to Literary Agents by Chuck Sambuchino
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Intellectual Property by Roger E. Schechter and John R. Thomas (Highly recommended.)
Kirsch’s Handbook of Publishing Law by Jonathan Kirsch
Law in Plain English for Writers by Leonard D. DuBoff
Literary Marketplace by various editors
On Writing by Stephen King
Plug Your Book! by Steve Weber
Publicize Your Book! by Jacqueline Deval
Putting Your Passion into Print by Arielle Eckstut and David Sterry
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day by Dave Evans
Social Networking Spaces: From Facebook to Twitter and Everything In Between by Todd Kelsey
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit by Lawrence Block (highly recommended)
Telling True Stories by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call
The Art & Craft of Writing Christian Fiction by Jeff Gerke
The Art of Styling Sentences by Ann Longknife and K.D. Sullivan
The Book on Writing by Paula LaRocque (highly recommended)
The Copywriter’s Handbook by Robert Bly (highly recommended)
The Facebook Era by Clara Shih
The Literary Market Place
The Pocket Wadsworth Handbook by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell
The Public Domain by Stephen Fishman
The Writer’s Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents
The Writer’s Handbook
Twitter Power 2.0 by Joel Comm
Why People Buy Things They Don’t Need by Pamela N. Danziger
Why She Buys by Bridget Brennan
Writer’s Market by Robert Lee Brewer
Websites
Amazon.com (online store and book database)
AuthorCentral.Amazon.com (free author promo page on Amazon.com online store)
Blogger.com (free blog site)
Bowker.com (publishing industry information source)
ChristinaKatz.com (blog from the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal)
Copyright.gov (website of the US Copyright Office)
Facebook.com (social network)
FreeWebsite.com (free website creation)
ForeWordReviews.com (website for ForeWord Reviews magazine)
GoDaddy.com (for paid website hosting)
MediaBistro.com (jobs and resources for freelance writers)
Newpages.com/writing-conferences (a clearinghouse of information about current conferences, workshops, retreats, and so on for writers)
Pred-Ed.com (“Preditors & Editors” website, a clearinghouse of information for authors)
PRWeb.com (for book publicity services)
PublicityHound.com (for book publicity ideas)
PublishersMarketplace.com (home of the Publisher’s Lunch e-newsletter)
PublishersWeekly.com (website of Publisher’s Weekly magazine)
Twitter.com (social network)
TypePad.com (free blog site)
Wix.com (free website creation)
WordPress.com (free blog site)
WriterMag.com (website of The Writer magazine)
WritersDigest.com (website of Writer’s Digest magazine)
Writing.ShawGuides.com (writer’s conference information clearinghouse)
Yola.com (free website creation)
Magazines / Newsletters / Conferences / Other
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) Annual Writers Conference (www.asja.org/wc)
Bookmarks magazine
Colorado Christian Writer’s Conference (writehisanswer.com/Colorado)
Firefly: The Complete Series on DVD (just because, you know, this show rocks)
ForeWord Reviews magazine
Frozen Grand Central http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo. (Best visual example ever of the power of “product differentiation.”)
Greater Philly Christian Writer’s Conference (writehisanswer.com/Philadelphia)
Indiana University Writers’ Conference (indiana.edu/~writecon)
Library Journal magazine
Mount Hermon Writer’s Conference (mounthermon.com)
New York Review of Books magazine
New York Writer’s Workshop & Pitch Conferences (newyorkwritersworkshop.com)
Poet’s and Writer’s Magazine
Publisher’s Lunch newsletter (available at PublishersMarketplace.com)
Publisher’s Weekly magazine
PW Daily newsletter (available at PublishersWeekly.com)
San Francisco Writer’s Conference (sfwriters.org)
The Writer magazine
World Literature Today magazine
Write From the Heart Seminars (HalZinaBennett.com)
Writer’s Digest magazine
Writer’s Journal
Writers Studio at UCLA Extension (uclaextension.edu/writers)
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