Literary Market Place 2005 The Directory of the Book Publishing Industry Reference Book Analysis

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Literary Market Place 2005The Directory of the
Book Publishing Industry Reference Book Analysis

• LIBR 150
• Winter 2005
• N. Mathieson

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Bibliographic Citation, Initialism Call Number

• Literary market place 2005. Medford, NJ
  Information Today, Inc., 2004.
• Known also by its initials LMP
• The LMP is published annually. It is considered
  a serial.
• Call number - R 655.473 LITERAR
• as cataloged by Puyallup Public Library the
  Dewey Classification number assigned by the
  Library of Congress is
• 070.5/025/73 19
• The current years book is placed in reference,
  and the previous year moved to the circulating
  collection.

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Volume 1Publishing Industry Information

• Preface
• Editorial Revision Form
• Book Trade Acquisitions Mergers
• Abbreviations Acronyms
• These four sections appear at the beginning of
  each volume.

• Main Contents Divisions
• Book Publishers
• Editorial Services Agents
• Associations, Events, Courses Awards
• Books Magazines for the Trade
• Indexes

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Features available in both volumes

• Preface
• Book Trade Acquisitions Mergers
• In alphabetical order, lists companies that have
  acquired other companies or have merged within
  the stated time frame.
• Abbreviations Acronyms
• Index to Sections the blue pages
• Index to Advertisers the blue pages

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Book Publishers Vol. 1 1

• U.S. Publishers listed in alphabetical order,
  entries include publishers that report they
  produce an average of three or more books a year.
  Includes 3 indexes
• Geographic Locate publishers with offices in a
  specific state.
• Type of Publication Locate publishers who
  produce childrens books, reference books,
  paperback books mass market or trade, young
  adult books, periodicals, professional books, or
  textbooks, for example.
• Subject Locate publishers who produce books
  about specific subjects ranging from accounting
  to womens studies.
• Imprints, Subsidiaries Distributors
• Unable to locate a certain publishers entry,
  check this section and it will direct you to the
  publisher. Example
• Orchard Books, imprint of Scholastic Trade
  Division, distributed by Sundance Publishing LLC.

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Book Publishers Vol. 1 2

• Canadian Publishers - listed in alphabetical
  order, entries include publishers that report
  they produce an average of three or more books a
  year.
• Small Presses listed in alphabetical order,
  includes U.S. and Canadian publishers, presses
  that were not eligible to be listed in the main
  section. These are paid listings.

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Editorial Services Agents Vol. 1

• Editorial Services
• Index Listed by activity, from abstracting to
  typemarking. Directs user to appropriate page.
• Editorial Services entries listed in
  alphabetical order.
• Literary Agents Alphabetical listing. Informs
  the user of key abbreviations. Warns users some
  agents request a reading fee. No special index.
• Illustration Agents Alphabetical listing. No
  special index.
• Lecture Agents Alphabetical listing of agents
  who handle tours or single engagements for
  writers. No special index.

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Associations, Events, Courses Awards Vol. 1
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• Book Trade Allied Associations
• Index lists associations with ties to the
  industry from advertising, library, literacy, and
  publishing, to writers. Directs users to
  appropriate pages.
• Book Trade Allied Associations entries listed
  in alphabetical order. Includes contact
  information and membership information.
• Foundations
• Lists in alphabetical order Foundations
  associated with the book trade.

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Associations, Events, Courses Awards Vol. 1
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• Calendar of Book Trade Promotional Events
• Index of Sponsors alphabetical listing, directs
  user to year and month and page number of entry.
• Index of Events alphabetical listing, directs
  user to year and month and page number of entry.
• Calendar of Book Trade Promotional Events
  entries are arranged in chronological order by
  year and month.
• January 2006 - ALA Mid-Winter Meeting, Jan.
  20-25, San Antonio, TX
• January 2007 ALA Mid-Winter Meeting, Jan.
  19-24, Seattle, WA

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Associations, Events, Courses Awards Vol. 1
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• Writers Conferences Workshops
• Alphabetical listing by conference name, usually
  includes contact information, location, dates,
  and description of purpose. No special index.
• Courses for the Book Trade
• Alphabetical listing by institution or
  association name, usually includes contact
  information, and topics of courses offered. No
  special index.

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Associations, Events, Courses Awards Vol. 1
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• Awards, Prize Contests, Fellowships Grants
• Alphabetical listing, interfiled, of company
  names, organizations, and awards. Entries
  usually include contact information, description
  of event, award, and closing date.
• Users should note that many of the major awards
  are not open to application.
• Includes information regarding fellowships and
  grants that are available to authors and
  students who are pursuing publishing related
  studies.
• No special index to this section.

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Books Magazines for the Trade Vol. 1

• Books Magazines for the Trade
• Reference Books for the Trade
• Alphabetical listing of book titles, usually
  includes contact information, description of
  contents or purpose, descriptive details, ISBN
  and price.
• Magazines for the Trade
• Alphabetical listing of magazine titles,
  magazines published specifically for the book
  trade industry, it does not include book review
  and index journals. Entries usually include
  contact information, description of purpose,
  publication frequency, ISSN, and cost.
• No special index for these sections

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Volume 2Service Providers and Suppliers

• Preface
• Editorial Revision Form
• Book Trade Acquisitions Mergers
• Abbreviations Acronyms
• These four sections appear at the beginning of
  each volume.

• Main Contents Divisions
• Advertising, Marketing Publicity
• Book Manufacturing
• Sales Distribution
• Services Suppliers
• Indexes

Be sure to read the brief descriptive information
at the start of each section.
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Advertising, Marketing Publicity Vol. 2

• Advertising Agencies
• Promotional Printing Allied Services
• Activity Index
• Activities from Binders to Typography
• Promotional Printing Allied Services
• Public Relations Services
• Direct Mail Specialists
• Mailing, Duplicating, Fax Services
• Mailing List Brokers Services
• Columnists Commentators
• Subject Index
• Subjects from Animals, Pets to Travel Resorts
• Columnists Commentators

• Book Review Syndicates
• Book Review Index Journals Services
• Book Exhibits
• Book clubs
• Book Lists Catalogs
• Serials Featuring Books
• New Services Feature Syndicates
• Radio, TV Cable Networks
• Radio Programs Featuring Books
• TV Programs Featuring Books

Two specific indexes are included, entries are
listed alphabetically.
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Book Manufacturing Vol. 2

• Complete Book Manufacturing
• Prepress Services Index
• Services from Art Design to Word Processing
  Interface
• Prepress Services
• Printing, Binding Book Finishing Index
• Services from Adhesive Binding Hard to Workbook
  Printing
• Printing, Binding Book Finishing
• Manufacturing Materials Index
• Materials from Binding Supplies to Paper Mills
• Manufacturing Materials
• Manufacturing Services Equipment Index
• Book Manufacturing Equipment Distribution
  Mailing Manufacturing Brokers or Brokering
• Manufacturing Services Equipment

Four specific indexes are included, entries are
listed alphabetically.
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Sales Distribution Vol. 2

• Book Distributors Sales Representatives
• Wholesalers Activity Index
• Activities from Accounts Bookstores to
  University Press Books
• Wholesalers
• Prebinders to Schools Libraries
• Book Exporters Importers
• Export Representatives
• Shipping Services
• Shipping Suppliers

One specific index is included, entries are
listed alphabetically
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Services Suppliers Vol. 2

• Consultants Activity Index
• Consultants
• Book Producers
• Electronic Publishing Productions Services
  Index
• Electronic Publishing Products Services
• Employment Agencies
• Clipping Bureaus
• Typing Word Processing Services

• Translators Interpreters Source Language
  Index
• Translators Interpreters Target Language
  Index
• Translators Interpreters
• Artists Art Services Activity Index
• Artists Art Services
• Photographers
• Stock Photo Agencies

Five specific indexes are included, entries are
listed alphabetically.
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Industry Yellow Pages

• The yellow pages pertain only to their own
  volume. Be sure to note what type of entries may
  be excluded at the beginning of each index.
• Company Index (Vol. 1 2)
• Alphabetical listing includes name, contact
  information, and page number of main entry.
• Orchard Books is not listed in these yellow
  pages. Orchard Books is found under Imprints,
  Subsidiaries Distributors, where the user
  discovers it is an imprint of Scholastic Trade
  Division. A user will have to look further than
  the company index to locate Orchard Books.
• Personnel Index (Vol. 1 2)
• Alphabetical listing includes name, contact
  information, and page number of main entry.
• Publishers Toll Free Directory (Vol. 1)
• Alphabetical listing includes name, city, state,
  toll free number and page number of main entry.

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Arrangement of Entries

• Alphabetical arrangement of listings within each
  section.
• The company name is most often filed in direct
  order, unless part of the name is someones
  surname.
• G W Medical Publishing Inc. is filed under - G
• G P Putnams Sons is filed under - P

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Indexing

• Many of the sections have their own index found
  just before or after the section.
• The Contents page lists these specific section
  indexes in italics.
• Each volume contains Industry Yellow Pages that
  include a Company Index and Personnel Index, that
  reference listings in that volume only.
• A brief description of what is included appears
  at the beginning of these indexes. Guide words
  are included.
• Finally, each volume ends with an Index to
  Sections and an Index to Advertisers, on blue
  pages, that comprise both volumes.
• References are to page numbers only, not volumes
  and page numbers.

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Scope Currency

• The Literary Market Place (LMP) is the directory
  of the book publishing industry. Published
  annually, it is the resource consulted by users
  looking for current industry data on publishers,
  literary agents, associations, distributors, and
  events.
• The Editorial Revision Form is included in each
  volume. LMP solicits up-to-date information from
  each listing at least once a year.
• Company entries usually list name, contact
  information, significant personnel, and
  additional info such as number of titles
  published in a year, and types of books
  published.
• Company entries also include ISBN prefixes and
  SANs.
• SANs are unique numbers assigned to the
  addresses of publishers, wholesalers and
  booksellers. ISBNs and SANs are administered by
  R.R. Bowker LLC. There is no provision for
  locating a publisher by its SAN in these volumes.
  The SANs has become THE identification code for
  electronic communication within the industry. The
  use of the SAN significantly reduces the problems
  faced by other non-standard numbering systems
  such as billing errors, books shipped to the
  wrong points, errors in payments and returns.

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Purposes

• The Literary Market Place has many users
• Publishers may use LMP to locate current
  information about other publishers, printers,
  wholesalers, and manufacturers.
• Suppliers will find up-to-date names and numbers
  of prospective publishing customers.
• Job hunters will be able to locate contact names,
  addresses, and phone numbers throughout the
  publishing industry.
• Writers can locate current information about
  publishers and literary agents.
• LMP is used chiefly by members of the book
  industry, but it can be useful to broadcast
  personnel in arranging author interviews,
  bookstore buyers, and librarians.

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Physical Format

• Print - 2 volumes, continuous paging from one
  volume to the next
• LMP is available online at http//literarymarketpl
  ace.com
• Subscription and free use (which limits access)
  options are available
• Annual subscriptionfor LMP and ILMP 399.00
• Weekly subscriptionfor LMP and ILMP 19.95
• ILMP is the International Literary Market Place
• LMP online is updated twice a year

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Credentials or Reviews

• LMP is a reference without competition. Those
  needing current data on publishers, their rapidly
  circulating staff, and support systems must have
  LMP. REFERENCE AND RESEARCH BOOK NEWS

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Personal Impression

• The LMP seems difficult to use at first glance.
  Familiarizing yourself with its purpose,
  contents, and indexes, goes a long way to helping
  you realize that you can use them successfully
  for locating information about publishers,
  agents, conferences, book clubs, and trade
  related services.
• A writer may find using the latest Writers
  Market along with LMP will provide the user
  additional information about submitting
  manuscripts to publishers or agents.

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Reference Uses

• Are there publishers of childrens books in
  Washington state?
• Compare entries under Washington in the U.S.
  Publishers Geographic Index with the entries
  under Childrens Books in the U.S. Publishers -
  Type of Publication Index.
• I want to find an agent to represent my
  manuscript.
• Agents are listed in alphabetical order,
  including contact information, types of books
  they represent, fees, if any, and titles recently
  placed. Skim section to locate agent that
  represents your type of manuscript.
• Does Readers Digest still have their condensed
  novels book club?
• Volume 2 has a section on book clubs. Look
  alphabetically for Readers Digest.

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Internet Search

• Unless you already know the name of the
  publisher, agent, or the event you want more
  information on, the print LMP or LMP online will
  give you the most directory type information
  available than other directories I found on the
  internet.
• On LMP Online, Free Users and Subscribers have
  full access to Small Presses and several other
  categories.
• In the Publishers and Agents categories, Free
  User access is limited to company names and
  addresses. 
• Subscribers have access to full profiles of
  Publishers and Agents.
• All users may use alphabetic browsing, keyword
  searching of all fields, and Advanced Search
  options.

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Internet Search Results

• Searching for a publishers of childrens books in
  Washington, not D.C., Ive found a promising site
  on the first page of results.
• The first result for a search of literary
  agents is writers.net, which includes helpful
  articles and the data is searchable by location
  or topic.