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Online Publishing Related Websites
Online Publishing Associations
Association of Electronic Publishing (AEP) http://members.tripod.com/~BestBooksCom/AEP/
A self-policing organization whose members assure a certain standard is maintained within the online publishing industry.
Members
Awe-Struck E-Books http://www.awe-struck.net
Boson Books http://www.cmonline.com/boson
New Concepts Publishing http://www.newconceptspublishing.com
Dreams Unlimited http://www.dreams-unlimited.com
Gemini Books http://www.lisawrites.com/gem-pub.html
GLP Publishers http://www.glpubs.com
Petals of Life Publishing http://www.petalsoflife.com
Diskus Publishing http://www.diskuspublishing.com
The Fiction Works http://www.fictionworks.com
Montain View Publishing http://www.whidbey.com/mountainview
Electronically Published Internet Connection (EPIC) http://www.eclectics.com/epic
A professional organization of published authors, established to provide a strong voice for online publishing. Contains articles, links relating to online publishing
Internet Free-Press TalkBack Forum http:///www.free-press.com/forums/talkback.html
A virtual organization that aims to bring together everyone with an interest in online publishing.
The Writers Club http://www.writersclub.com
Members receive newsletters, access to databases filled with agent and publisher information and access to online courses. The site also offers on-demand publishing for members.
The BookWire Index http://www.bookwire.com/index/Online-Publishers.html
The Electronic Publishing Association http://www.epaonline.com/
An international association of independent companies dealing with electronic publishing on CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and the Internet
The Electronic Network (TEN) http://www.topica.com
A network for the online book and online publishing community. Members include writers, editors, publishers and distributors, software companies, libraries, manufacturers of electronic book readers and related devices as well as other interested parties.
Online Book Stores
Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com
Barnesandnoble.com http://www.bn.com
Bertelemann Online http://www.bol.com
BookLocker.com http://www.booklocker.com
Dangdang http://www.dangdang.com
EBookShoppe.com http://www.ebookshoppe.com
Fatbrain.com http://www.fatbrain.com
The Internet Book Shop http://www.ibs.co.uk
WH Smith Online http://www.whsmith.co.uk
Online Book Reviews
Foreword Magazine http://forewordmagazine.com
Starting in January 2000 the magazine will contain onine book reviews as a regular part of the magazine’s editorial content. Will review at least 5 online books per issue.
Midwest Book Review http://www.execpc.com/~mbr/bookwatch/
A column called "The E-Book Shelf " edited by Jim Cox, the founder of the Midwest Book Review
Inscriptions Magazine http://www.inscriptionsmagazine.com
An e-zine for writers which reviews both print and electronic books in each issue
Publisher’s Weekly
Ran its first e-bok review in May. The book was The Mozart Code by Dick Adler, published by Hard Shell Word Factory
E-Book Readers Review Board http://www.delphi.com/ebookreview/
A place for readers,authors and reviewers to post eBook reviews
A Writers Choice http://members.spree.com/writer
Crescent Blues http://www.crescentblues.com
A Web-based magazine covering online books belonging to a wide variety of genres
eBook Connections http://www.ebookconnections.com
A large archive of online book reviews and is home to the online book bestseller list. Posts a list of new online book releases each month and contains information anything online book related.
Huntress views http://www.huntressreviews.com/ebooks.htm
Inscriptions http://www.insccriptonsmagazine.com
Just Views http://justviews.virtualave.net
Rhapsody Magazine http://members.ao.com/rhapsodymg/submissions.html
Romance Communications http://www.romcom.com
SharpWriter.Com http://www.sharpwriter.com
Under The Covers http://ww.silcom.com/~manatee/utc.html
US Times http://www.ustimesbestsellerlist.com/index02.html
Word Musuem http://ww.wordmuseum.com
Buzz Revue News http://home.att.net/~evila/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
Deep Outside SFFH http://www.clocktowerfiction.com/Outside
Online Book Newsletter
ebooknetnewz http://ebooknetnewz.listbot.com
Fortnightly newsletter on developments in the online book industry.
eWriter
Market listings including online book publishers, online magazines and traditional print publications that have an online presence, eBook bestseller list
Running River Reader http://www.runningriver.com
Weekly newsletter spotlights authors and their books with profiles, articles, editorials and links to reviews and other sources of information as well as specifically listing several titles with the web sites of both author and publisher.
Online Book Discussions
ebookNet Digital Forum http://www.ebooknet.com/wwwboard
A bulletin board for discussing all aspects of online publishing. Also contains information on electronic book reading devices including hardware, software and content at http://www.ebooknet.com
E-Writers Club http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/ewriters
Discussions related to news, issues and links related to online publishing hosted by the Yahoo portal. The site also has a chat feature.
Epubnetconf http:/www.onelist.com
For discussion and planning of an online publishing conference
books.co.uk http://www.books.co.uk
Reviews performance of online bookstores
Rachel's Compendium of On-line Book Clubs and On-line Book discussions http://www.his.com/~allegria/compend.htm
Salon.com http://www.salon.com
Two discussions of interest to online book enthusiasts
Would You Read An Electronic Book
Self-Publishing Online Can Be Succesfull
The E-Book Network http://www.ebooknet.com/ten/index.htm
Devoted to issues surrounding the publishing of online books.
E-book List majordomo@exemplary.net
Discussion of all topics related to online book publishing, authoring, marketing and reading
Ebook-L listproc@hawaii.edu
A list devoted to issues surrounding the publishing of online books
e-pub http://www.ebookconnections.com
An unmoderated discussion list discussing all aspects of the online publishing industry.
E-publishing http://www.onelist.com
Expounding on online publishing in all its forms. Also contains current online publishing industry market information for writers and discussiona and planning on an online publishing Web conference.
E-Pub Market Update http://www.ebookconnections.com
Contains current online publishing industry market information for writers
Inkspot Electronic Publishing Resources http://www.inkspot.com/epublish/
A resource for online publishing including articles and links
The Electronic Publishing Forum’s Bulletin Board http://www.thegrid.net/bookware/bbs/bbs.htm
Bulletin board for writers and publishers to discuss topics related to writing and publishing online books.
Subversion http://www.booksquare.com/subversion
Contains interviews and feature articles concerning online publishing
Newsgroups
comp.publish.electronic.misc
alt.books.electronic
Book Publishing and Online Publishing Conferences
5th Annual Simba Online Conference http://www.simbanet.com
Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, California, USA
February 13 – 15 2000
Book Expo America http://bookexpo.reedexpo.com/general/index.html
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illiois, USA
June 2 – 4 2000
Electronic Publishing 2000 http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.ns
Kaliningrad, Russia
August 17 – 19 2000
Frankfurt Book Fair http://www.frankfurt-book-fair.com
Franfurt Burkmesse
Reinekstr. 3
60313 Frankfurt, Germany
October 15 – 23 2000