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Copyright law, fair use, and public domain:
Copyright Clearance Center - licenses rights for numerous publications.
Online Books Page - lists copyright duration in various countries.
Stanford University Libraries - provides information on copyright issues, permissions, public domain, and fair use
US Copyright Office - outlines copyright basics and shows the complete text of the U.S. copyright law.
Book development and marketing:
Beyond the Book(R) Marketplace - offers creative professionals and copyright holder directions to respected professionals who work in every aspect of writing, content creation and copyright management.
Ellen Reid's Book Shepherding(R) - serves authors who want to own their own publishing company and produce books of exceptional quality.
Greenfire Creative - provides writing, editing, and related services to help individuals and organizations tell their stories.
iUniverse.com - offers a variety of book publishing, editorial and marketing services to help authors publish, market and sell fiction, poetry and nonfiction books
PeopleSpeak - "An Eye for Details" - editorial, proofreading, production management and bookshepherding services.
Publication Services - provides editorial-based book production services to publishers both large and small.
Schoolhouse Network - is an editorial development group that provides a complete range of editorial services to publishers of educational media for the Elementary through High School markets.
Tributary Books - produces books for the general trade publishers, and selected specialized projects.
WordWise, Inc. - provides editorial and production services for educational publishers.
Associations/Organizations
Publisher's Association of the West - is an organization devoted to serving the needs of small to medium sized publishers in North America.
