Books about publishing
The Self Publishing Manual, by Dan Poynter. This is the book Kenn used. Para PublishingThe Complete Guide to Self Publishing, Tom and Marilyn Ross. Self Publishing Resources
Organizations
Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) Kenn is past president of this group of over 400 small publishing companies. Largest state-based book publishing association in the U.S. Lots of great info on their website www.cipabook.com
Small Press Association of North America. Neat folks, many great resources and an especially good newsletter. Over 1200 publishing companies nationwide. www.spannet.org
Publishers Marketing Association A national organization of publishers, they facilitate marketing via cooperative efforts. www.pma-online.org
Book Organizations of Colorado Kenn helped create this association of many book-related nonprofits. If you want to find an organization, author or program in Colorado related to books, check here first. www.coloradobook.org
Publishers Association of the West, the largest regional book publishing trade association in the country. Kenn has helped at their conferences, although their focus is on larger publishers. www.pubwest.org
New Mexico Book Co-op An admirable cooperative venture of many New Mexican authors. The site also has some great resources. www.nmbookcoop.com
Arizona Authors Association. Looks like they have a pretty active group down where it's warmer. http://azauthors.com
They also have a good page of links to writers groups, print on demand companies, and author pages, both in Arizona and nationally at: http://azauthors.com/links.html It's a long page, so keep scrolling long after you think you've reached the end.
Midwest Independent Publishers Association (www.mipa.org)
Publishers Association of Los Angles (www.pa-la.org),
(San Francisco) Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (www.baipa.net),
Independent Publishers of the New England (http://ipne.org/),
Small Publishers, Artists & Writers Network (www.spawn.org),
Book Publishers Northwest (www.bpnw.org)
Canadian Authors Association A large national organization with local branches, established in 1921
Nebraska Center for Writers. Links to resources.
Wyoming Writers Inc More links and resources, links to member sites
Book Designers
Kenn does most of the design work on his own books, so he obviously has no taste or standards. Yet people ask him to recommend folks. He knows several fine ones, but to start off this area of the website he'll put a couple of his oldest buddies, Alan Bernhard and Alan Stark of Boulder, doing business as Boulder Book Works. Tell them Kenn sent you, and maybe they'll buy him a beer. www.boulderbookworks.com
Book Printers
Kenn has used several and likes them all. He always gets bids from many publishers for each book. Some of the people he especially likes that he's dealt with personally include (in no order):
United Graphics, Anne Marie Gordon 303 973 9653
Sheridan Books, Mike Daniels 303 838 8990
Central Plains Book Manufacturer . Gary Espy 888 411 3290
Thomson Shore . Dave Raymond 734 426 3939
Colorhouse Graphics, Phil Knight 800 454 1916 x240
Friesens, Cameron Fay 720 872 3058
Local printers that do short run books as well as fliers, brochures etc:
Morrell Printing in Lafayette 303 665 4210
More Book printers:
http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/us/printers.asp
The
clearwater publishing company publishes Kenn Amdahl books in Colorado. Clearwater Publishing Company publishes educational but fun books. Books include There Are No Electrons Electronics <span class="style8">for Earthlings, Algebra Unplugged, Calculus for Cats, Joy Writing: Discover and Develop your Creative Voice, The Land of Debris and the Home of Alfredo. Clearwater also publishes The Barefoot Fisherman: a fishing book for kids by Paul Amdahl. and Economics for the Impatient by C.A. Turner. Our books are about science, math, creative writingg algebra, calculus s, economics, fishing, kids, parenting, education. Curriculums like them, and so do home schoolers. Joy of Writing and The Joy of Writing are not our books, but Joy Writing is. Kenn Amdahl is president. He's a songwriter and author in Broomfield Colorado. Electronics, teaching electricity, teaching math, especially alebra and calculus and creative writing. SAT, LSAT, and other test takers may like these books. They are like books for dummies, algebra for dummies, calculus for dummies, creative writing for dummies, fishing for dummies, parenting for dummies . Or Algebra for Idiots, Calculus for Idiots, Creative Writing for Dummies. Memoir writing or memoir writers may find Joy Writing useful, although it is not The Joy of Writing or the Joy of Sex or the Joy of Algebra for that matter. They are not chicken soup for the writers soul, or algebra for the writers soul, or calculus for the writers soul. They are not strictly speaking Christian or religious or spiritual, but those folks are welcome. Jesus would not disapprove of these books. Jesus might like them. The Rapture of Writing might be a good title. Self-publishers read our books, Dan Poynter is recommended. Top ten bestsellers not on the list. New York Times Bestsellers are loved here. DaVinci Code or Harry Potter fans welcome. Obviously I'm practicing my writing on this web area that you should not be able to see because I need to make this square bigger and have not learned how yet except to type in words, poetry, prose, language, steinbeck type stuff, No Child Left Behind, that's my motto. Naked books, with no girls gone wild, no bikini models no first amendment problems. no amateur index ladies or lightspeed girls or coeds or women. Just books about electricity, like Tesla or Edison might write, books about Algebra like Aristotle might write. Calculus books like Garfield the cat might write. Cat stuff, feline stuff, study guide type raw material. Books for girls who like to read and boys who know how to. Teach yourself math, science, fishing, in clear water or clearwater economics creative writing and poetry. Sing a song. Release a CD Write a book and self publish it. Groups we like include Book Organizations of Colorado, Colorado Independent Publishers Association CIPA Colorado Authors League Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Pikes Peak Writers Aspen Writers Mountains and Plains Booksellers Independent Booksellers SPAN Small Press Association of North America Publishers Association of the WEst Colorado Library Association Last Note Singers Cottonwood the music group. Edward Ormondroyd and George Garrett gave blurbs to our books
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