Publishing: the life, the business, practical matters
* Margaret Atwood, ‘The Rocky Road To Paper Heaven’
* Harry Bingham, Writers’ And Artists’ Yearbook Guide To Getting Published
* Nathan Bransford, Author a blog from a writer and former agent with news, views, resources for writers, and excellent FAQs
* Therese Eiben and Mary Gannon, ed., The Practical Writer: From Inspiration To Publication
* Betsy Lerner, The Forest For The Trees: An Editor’s Advice For Writers plus her excellent blog
* Nicola Morgan, Write To Be Published and Help! I Need A Publisher blog
* Michael Neff, Why Do Passionate Writers Fail To Publish?
On literary agents and submitting work
* Galleycat, ‘Successful Query Letters For Literary Agents’ (fiction) and ‘Agent Query Letters That Actually Worked For Nonfiction’
* How To Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal (blog post by myself)
* Chris Hamilton-Emery, 101 Ways To Make Poems Sell
* Noah Lukeman, Ask A Literary Agent
* Paul McVeigh’s blog: lots of up-to-date info on short stories and submitting to journals and contests
* Writers’ Workshop, Literary Agents Advice Centre
* Gabriel Zaid, So Many Books: Reading And Publishing In An Age Of Abundance
On editors and editing
* When Does A Writer Need An Editor? (one of my own blog posts)
* Definitions of Editing: Structural Editing; Copyediting; Proofreading (a series of posts from my own blog describing editing from the points of view of both writers and publishing professionals)
* What We Do (useful description of editorial roles from the Editors’ and Proofreaders’ Alliance of Northern Ireland)
* Why Edit? (super examples, with brief analysis, of the difference good editing can make – from the Society for Editors and Proofreaders)
* Diana Athill, Stet: An Editor’s Life
* Alex Clark, ‘The Lost Art Of Editing’
* Amy Einsohn, The Copyeditor’s Handbook
* Karen Judd, Copyediting
* Carol Fisher Saller, The Subversive Copyeditor and blog
* typetester compare type for the screen
On self-publishing and promotion
* Margaret Atwood, Your Online Presence
* Harry Bingham, Tips On How To Commission Your Ebook Cover Design
* The Book Designer ‘practical advice to build better books’ (and lots of great advice at that)
* Buzzfeed’s 19 Book Cover Clichés
* Delilah S. Dawson, Please Shut Up: Why Self-Promotion As An Author Doesn’t Work and Wait, Keep Talking: Author Self-Promo That Actually Works
* Ellen Lupton, ed., Indie Publishing: How To Design And Publish Your Own Book
* David Gaughran, Let’s Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should and Let’s Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books
* Self-publishing Advice from the Alliance of Independent Authors