Tools for Publishers

Key Links 

• SPD and Ebooks (FAQs)
• Nominate a title for SPD's monthly SPD Handpicked
• Tips for Reading SPD's Sales & Royalty Reports
• Marketing Archive (April '14 to March '15)
• BISAC Code Primer

SPD's Preferred Printers

These five printers are the ones most commonly used by SPD publishers. We recommend getting quotes and samples from them all and are happy to recommend them and/or talk about them.  Just call SPD and ask to talk to Brent about your printing needs! 

• Bookmobile
• Thomson-Shore
• Spencer Printing
• McNaughton & Gunn
• Publishers' Graphics
• BR Printers

Additional Publisher Information from SPD

• Important Numbers!:  ISBNs, Books-in-Print, Bar Codes, Library of Congress
• Publisher Guide to Review Media
• Kevin Sampsell at the Center for Fiction on Starting a Micro-Press

Key Book Industry Sites for Publishers

• Publishers Weekly
• Bookwire

Key Service Organizations for Publishers

• Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)
• Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)
• Small Publishers, Artists & Writers Network (SPAWN)