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If you have any other links to suggest, post a new message in this thread. ADVICE Bloggers' FAQ: Adult Material (legal guide from EFF) M. J. Rose (early, successful self-published author; articles on self-publishing are scattered throughout the site) Setting Up Your Own Self-Publishing Business. FORUMS Absolute Write Forums: POD Self-Publishing and E-Publishing and Conventional Self-Publishing ebook-community (includes posts by self-publishers of e-books) pod_publishers (a Yahoo Group that attracts people who do self-publishing through Lightning Source) self-publishing (a Yahoo Group that attracts people who do conventional self-publishing) PROMOTION SITES: Authors Erotic Romance Writers Forum (Website promoting the ERWF forum, with listings of members) Manloveauthors PROMOTION SITES: Books, E-books, and Online Fiction forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=26179#26179>Various forums forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=35935#35935>Allreaders.com GLBT Promo (Yahoo Group) Homo Promo (Yahoo Groups; m/m and f/f) The Skinny: Links (list of fan fiction or original blogs at LiveJournal where you can promote online or self-published m/m or f/f fiction; see also forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2199#26179>this link) Uniquely Pleasurable (m/m or f/f online or self-published fiction) REVIEW SITES POD People (self-published books and e-books; changing guidelines; check the blog for the la-*test*-('")) POD-dy Mouth (no longer active, but the archives remain online) Fantasy POD Working Towards the Betterment of Publishing (science fiction) PubGuy (general) iUniverse Book Reviews P.O.D.LINGS (thrillers, science fiction, "some fantasy," action adventure; won't accept love stories or erotica) None May Say (books, music, movies, and comics) Pub-ioneer (science fiction, mysteries, thrillers, military fiction, "dark edgy unusual things; won't take fantasy, romance, nonfiction, poetry, children's lit, young adult lit; for anything else, enquire) Kaye Trout's Book Reviews Book Reviews Websites (with a focus on e-book and POD friendly sites) POD Critic. PODler. leostableford.com. SELF-PUBLISHING SERVICES: Lists Print on Demand Database An Incomplete Guide to POD Publishers Print on Demand and Ebook Publishers SELF-PUBLISHING SERVICES: Free Amazon's CreateSpace (POD) Amazon's Digital Text Platform (e-books). See also Kindle resources, including e-mail lists. CafePress.com (POD) Lulu.com (POD and e-books) SELF-PUBLISHING SERVICES: Popular iUniverse (POD-dy Mouth reports this to be the most popular service used by authors she reviews) Lightning Source (the self-publishing service that Lulu.com and many others use as their distributor; authors can work directly with Lightning Source) SOFTWARE LJBook (turns your LiveJournal entry into a PDF book)
If you have any other links to suggest, post a new message in this thread. ADVICE Bloggers' FAQ: Adult Material (legal guide from EFF) M. J. Rose (early, successful self-published author; articles on self-publishing are scattered throughout the site) Setting Up Your Own Self-Publishing Business. FORUMS Absolute Write Forums: POD Self-Publishing and E-Publishing and Conventional Self-Publishing ebook-community (includes posts by self-publishers of e-books) pod_publishers (a Yahoo Group that attracts people who do self-publishing through Lightning Source) self-publishing (a Yahoo Group that attracts people who do conventional self-publishing) PROMOTION SITES: Authors Erotic Romance Writers Forum (Website promoting the ERWF forum, with listings of members) Manloveauthors PROMOTION SITES: Books, E-books, and Online Fiction forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=26179#26179>Various forums forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=35935#35935>Allreaders.com GLBT Promo (Yahoo Group) Homo Promo (Yahoo Groups; m/m and f/f) The Skinny: Links (list of fan fiction or original blogs at LiveJournal where you can promote online or self-published m/m or f/f fiction; see also forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2199#26179>this link) Uniquely Pleasurable (m/m or f/f online or self-published fiction) REVIEW SITES POD People (self-published books and e-books; changing guidelines; check the blog for the la-*test*-('")) POD-dy Mouth (no longer active, but the archives remain online) Fantasy POD Working Towards the Betterment of Publishing (science fiction) PubGuy (general) iUniverse Book Reviews P.O.D.LINGS (thrillers, science fiction, "some fantasy," action adventure; won't accept love stories or erotica) None May Say (books, music, movies, and comics) Pub-ioneer (science fiction, mysteries, thrillers, military fiction, "dark edgy unusual things; won't take fantasy, romance, nonfiction, poetry, children's lit, young adult lit; for anything else, enquire) Kaye Trout's Book Reviews Book Reviews Websites (with a focus on e-book and POD friendly sites) POD Critic. PODler. leostableford.com. SELF-PUBLISHING SERVICES: Lists Print on Demand Database An Incomplete Guide to POD Publishers Print on Demand and Ebook Publishers SELF-PUBLISHING SERVICES: Free Amazon's CreateSpace (POD) Amazon's Digital Text Platform (e-books). See also Kindle resources, including e-mail lists. CafePress.com (POD) Lulu.com (POD and e-books) SELF-PUBLISHING SERVICES: Popular iUniverse (POD-dy Mouth reports this to be the most popular service used by authors she reviews) Lightning Source (the self-publishing service that Lulu.com and many others use as their distributor; authors can work directly with Lightning Source) SOFTWARE LJBook (turns your LiveJournal entry into a PDF book)