Books and other publications

Book Design and Production: A guide for Authors and Publishers by Pete Masterson who achieved his aim of creating a comprehensive book for beginning publishers or small publishers to help them understand the issues surrounding book design and production. It covers in detail this specific field which forms only a small part of our Publish Your Book. See http://www.aeonix.com/ or at Amazon

ALED, Australian Libraries: The Essential Directory, lists public, academic and special libraries, as well as small publishers and library journals which review books, PO Box 622, Blackwood 5051. <http://www.auslib.com.au/>

APLIS, journal of Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services, PO Box 622, Blackwood 5051. Phone: 08 278 4363. Fax: 08 278 4000. <http://www.auslib.com.au/>

Australian Book Contracts. Published by Keesing Press, PO Box 1566, Strawberry Hills 2012. Phone: 02 9318 0877. Fax: 02 9318 0530. <http://www.asauthors.org>

Australian Books in Print, PO Box 146, Port Melbourne 3207. Phone: 03 9245 7383. Fax: 03 9245 7395. <http://www.thorpe.com.au/>

Bookseller and Publisher, PO Box 146, Port Melbourne 3207. <http://www.thorpe.com.au/>

Coping with Copyright, a guide to using pictorial and written material in Australian libraries, is a useful guide published by the State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Phone: 02 9230 1646

Directory of Library Suppliers used by Australian Libraries, Auslib Press, PO Box 622, Blackwood 5051. Phone: 08 278 4363. Fax: 08 278 4000 <http://www.auslib.com.au/>

How to Publish Your Own Book, a guide to self-publishing in Australia, by Bill Hornadge. Much anecdotal information and advice on pre-computer methods. Review Publications Pty Ltd, Dubbo. Now out of print but sometimes available secondhand.

How to do your own Publishing, by Joanne Beaumont, Orlando Press, Sydney.

How to Start and Produce a Magazine or Newsletter, a useful guide to small publication production. The Worsley Press, PO Box 160, Mentone 3194. Phone: 03 9583 0788. <http://www.worsleypress.com/magbook/index.html>

How to Start and Run a Small Book Publishing Company, by Peter I Hupalo. HCM Publishing, PO Box 18093, West Saint Paul, MN 55118, USA. Website: <http://www.hcmpublishing.com>

Small Scale Publishing for the Academic Community, A lot of information in 16 pages! Published by The Library, University of South Australia, Underdale. and subsequently by Charles Sturt University - Riverina, c1991. Seek in public libraries.

Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers. The guide published previously by the Australian Government Publishing Service is now published by John Wiley and Sons. An older version is available free on the web site at <http://www.agimo.gov.au/information/publishing/style_manual>

PUBLISH YOUR BOOK: Second edition. 120pp paperback Pub. September 2003 ISBN 1 875750 20 7

You can see a PDF of extracts from the book (right- or option-click to download - a 900kb file, 46 pages).