The self-publishing information listed below is available is free .pdf downloads. You need acrobat Reader to view the files, so if you don’t have it, please download it for free here.

• Digital vs. offset printing (71 KB pdf)
  
  
• Preparing electronic image files (71 KB pdf)
  
  
• Manuscript Formatting (for book production) (54 KB pdf)
  
  
• A few basic style tips (90 KB pdf)
  
  

Links to other helpful publishing Web sites:

Publishers Marketing Association (a resource for publishers)
www.pma-online.org

Upper Midwest Booksellers Association (a regional resource for small publishers)
www.abookaday.com

Minnesota Humanities Commission, home of the Center for the Book
www.minnesotahumanities.org

Northeast Minnesota Book Awards
www.d.umn.edu/lib/nemba

The Library of Congress home page
lcweb.loc.gov

The Library of Congress copyright page (information and forms)
www.loc.gov/copyright

The Library of Congress preassigned control numbers (PCN) page (information and forms)
pcn.loc.gov/

A Resource for Publishers
www.bowker.com

Obtaining ISBN numbers from RR Bowker
www.isbn.org/standards/home/index.asp

Books in Print: Find out if a title is still in print
http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/