Electronic Publication
Electronic Self-publication - Electronic Publishing
Electronic Publishing and Its Issues
The use of the Internet for publishing and the citing of Internet sources in your writing is different than the print medium. These sites are some that may help you deal with those issues.
You might wish to look at the following pages on this site for additional information:
- Copyright and Electronic Rights: Laws and Agencies
- Writing Contracts and Payscales
- Web Design for Writers
Electronic Publishing Guide to Best Practices for Canadian Publishers archived by the National Library of Canada (some information may be dated). Writers may be most interested in the section on Pros and Cons of Electronic Publishing.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/13/index-e.html
An Incomplete Guide to Print-on-Demand Publishers compares a significant number of print-on-demand publishers and will give you a good overview of the industry.
http://www.booksandtales.com/podframe.htm
E-books are separated from print books in a U.S. court decision. U.S. courts determined that print rights and electronic rights are separate. Random House was unsuccessful in preventing RosettaBooks from contracting the current works of such authors as Robert Parker and Kurt Vonnegut for electronic publication even though they were under contract to Random House for the print versions. View the legal documents.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167952.html
MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
Electronic Self-publishing Sites
The EServer: accessible online e-publishing. The EServer is a unique website where 198 scholars, readers, artists and writers gather to share and discuss their works.
http://eserver.org
The E-Book Directory - List your e-books and e-booklets free on this Canadian site.
http://www.e-bookdirectory.com
Related Information
You might wish to look at the following pages on this site for additional information:
Submitting Link Suggestions
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Updated: January 27, 2005
