I was, for years, a Design Manager in the publishing industry. This hugh two volume directory "Literary Market Place," is a worldwide resource for the book publishing industry. You'll be amazed and delighted with the scope of information. No touchy-feely stuff, but the nuts and bolts of the industry. It is at your local library reference desk, bring alot of change for the copy machine; and the database is accessible, for a fee, at ITI's LiteraryMarketPlace.com Here are highlights PUBLISHERS includes department heads Alphabetical Listing U.S. Publishers Canadian Publishers International Publishers Small Press including indexes for genre and locations AGENTS and their specialties Alphabetical Listing U.S. and Canada Literary Agents Illustration Agents Lecture Agents International Literary Agents INDUSTY SERVICES and RESOURCES ala the above.
it's a basic resource that's much used by pros... unfortunately, it's too expensive for most to buy...
