I'm speaking on Sunday afternoon at the 2016 SCBWI-Wisconsin Fall Conference in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Instead of creating a handout, I'm posting the links from my talk, "Three Routes to Publishing and a Few Side Trips."
Trade Books
2016 SCBWI Market Surveys:
- Publishers of Books for Young Readers
- International Market Survey
- Edited By
- Small Press Market Survey
- Religious Press Market Survey
The Book: The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children
(SCBWI members only; log in first.)
Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market (CWIM), Writer’s Digest Books
Who's Moving Where? News and Staff Changes at Children's Book Publishers by Harold Underdown (The Purple Crayon)
Educational Books
SCBWI Educational Press Market Survey
The Book: The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children
(SCBWI members only; log in first.)
Evelyn B. Christensen’s Education Market Resources:
Tips for Writing for the Education Market
and
Educational Markets for Children's Writers
Self-Published Books
“Self-Publish or Not?”
by Harold Underdown (The Purple Crayon)
Self-Publishing Company Web Sites:
Lulu
Blurb
CreateSpace (Amazon)
Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing
Fast Pencil
Smashwords
Barnes & Noble's Pub-It! (NOOK Press)
Lightning Source (now Ingram’s)
“Start Here: How to Self-Publish Your Book” by Jane Friedman
“Self-Publishing Preview: 2016” by Jennifer McCartney, Publishers Weekly
“Self-Publishing: Best Practices” by Deborah Halverson and Randal Morrison
The Book: The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children
(SCBWI members only; log in first.)
Magazines
SCBWI Magazine Market Guide
The Book: The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children
(SCBWI members only; log in first.)
“Writing for Children's Magazines” by Evelyn B. Christensen
Test Passages
ACT
Scroll down to “Freelance and Item Writing Positions”
Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE)
Educational Testing Service (ETS):
AP, CLEP, GRE, NAEP, PSAT, SAT, and more
Pearson
Good luck!