Often I share information from one of my books. Today, I’d like to talk about something I cover in both Publish Your Book and Promote Your Book—directories. I’m big on directories. Why? If I’m looking for book reviewers, mail order catalogs, newsletters, booksellers, cat-related blogs, newspapers or writers conferences, for example, doesn’t it make sense to seek out a whole bunch of them at once rather than one at a time?
And the way to find a whole bunch at a time is through directories. There are directories of publishers, libraries, magazines, museums, bookstores, radio hosts, mailing lists, editors, artists…Heck, you might even find directories of motorcycle parts stores, science fiction authors, horse whisperers, bird watcher groups…
Today, I thought I’d share with you some of the directories I’ve discovered—all of these are listed among scads, oodles, gobs and tons more resources, tips, ideas and solid information in Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author.
Directories of affiliate programs
http://www.100best-affiliate-programs.com
Directory of book reviewers
http://acqweb.org/bookrev.html
http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/reviews
http://www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net/free-book-reviews.html
Directory of colleges and universities
http://www.50states.com/college
Directory of conferences in a variety of topics
Tomorrow I’ll post links to directories of cover designers, distributors, forums/message boards and fulfillment services.
Promote Your Book is available at Amazon.com in print, Kindle and audio. You’ll also find it at most other online and downtown bookstores.
I’m Patricia Fry, the author of this book and several others for authors.
http://www.matilijapress.com and http://www.patriciafry.com