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Resources — Electronic Newsletters

Publishers Lunch
Produced by Michael Cader and PublishersMarketplace.com, Publishers Lunch is a Monday-Friday newsletter delivered via e-mail. The newsletter covers industry news, personnel changes, book deals, and more. For $20/month, you receive full access to PublishersMarketplace (deal database, book review database, Lunch archives, job board, rights listings, and member database) and you’ll receive Publishers Lunch Deluxe every work day. Publishers Lunch is a “must read.”

PW Daily (from Publishers Weekly)
Each day brings you the latest information about the Book Publishing and Bookselling industry. (This is a free e-newsletter.)

Bookreporter.com Newsletter
I particularly like this newsletter that offers feature stories, book reviews, polls, contests, and links to related blogs.

The Book Standard Retail Report
This weekly newsletter covers bookselling news; sales-trend analysis and data with bestseller reports; and industry profiles of retailers, distributors and trendsetters.

The Book Standard Bestsellers Chart Alert
From Nielsen BookScan, this weekly newsletter publishes top book-chart positions for fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, regional sales, and other top category sellers.

Shelf Awareness
“Daily enlightenment for the book trade.”

The Book Standard Books-to-Film Newsletter
From journalists at The Book Standard and The Hollywood Reporter, this weekly e-newsletter offers information on rights and deals, and updates on film adaptations in all stages of production.

PW Children's Bookshelf (from Publishers Weekly)
A weekly update on everything you need to know about Children's Book Publishing and Bookselling industry. (This is a free e-newsletter.)

PW Comics Week (from Publishers Weekly)
Stay up to date on the Comics, Graphic Novels and Manga news with this weekly newsletter. (This is a free e-newsletter.)

PW Religion Bookline (from Publishers Weekly)
Each week you get the information that you need to know about the Religion and Spirituality book market. (This is a free e-newsletter.)

Library Journal Review Alert
Every four weeks, Library Journal e-mails this alert that lists which books the magazine will review in the upcoming issue. (Library Journal also offers several other newsletters for the library market.)

For Writers

Book Promotion Newsletter
Francine Silverman’s bi-weekly ezine is for authors of all genres and contains feature articles, promotional coups, and many suggestions for promoting books. Annual subscription is $7.50/year.

Sarah Wernick's Newsletter
Sarah e-mails subscribers a free e-newsletter once or twice a month. Each issue contains useful information for writers interested in book publishing. Topics include proposals, literary agents, collaborations, and related subjects, plus announcements of her upcoming events.

Writer's Gear
Kelly James-Enger’s free monthly e-newsletter provides advice, encouragement and inspiration to writers.

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