Before you start
Free sound advice on looking for an agent.
How to get published
Find concise guidelines on who to approach and how, plus dos and don’ts at www.spreadtheword.org.uk. Includes lists of agents and publishers.
www.need2bpublished.blogspot.com
Blog to help unpublished authors negotiate all those tricky hurdles to publication – all the way from writing a good enough book to approaching a publisher (and beyond). It's had a huge response from publishers and agents as well as authors. The site's mastermind, Nicola Morgan, is an oft-published author and Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland. She regularly speaks about how to get published and various aspects of being published.
How to avoid charlatans
Invaluable guide to spotting the fraudsters.
Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2008
This is our Bible – includes names and addresses of every publisher and agent, with advice for writers starting out from luminaries including Terry Pratchett, Bernard Cornwell and Andrew Davies, plus a foreword by Ian Rankin. The website offers articles, advice and industry news.
Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2008
The Bible for those writing for children.
The Publishers Association
For market statistics and trends.
Lulu
Web-based bookshop and publishing house that never turns away writers and prints copies of books to order. Lulu has ushered in a minor revolution in self-publishing.
