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CLMP Newswire
A bi-weekly e-mail news dispatch covering the literary publishing beat,
reporting new and underreported news geared toward independent publishers
of fiction and poetry nationwide. The Newswire is free for friends and
members, $12 per year for others.
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Grants
Although CLMP has historically served as a regranting agency for several
funders, we currently do not offer any major grants. However, New York
state publishers have access to travel funds through the New York Technical
Assistance Program.
NYTAP Travel Fund | TOP
Literary Magazine Circulation Database
Template
The Literary Journal Circulation Database, developed as a part of LJI,
is a low cost alternative to stand-alone database systems that helps literary
magazines better manage their subscriber records, customer service, marketing
campaigns, and accounting of earned income.
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Chat
Have private meetings with other CLMP members.
Email Lists
CLMP sponsors three email lists (or "listservs") for literary publishers to communicate with each other. litmagslji, an offshoot of the Literary Journal Institute, is for member literary magazines. indie-press is for independent book publishers and those starting a press, and is not limited to CLMP members although the focus is on literary publishers. Discussion ranges the gamut from such prosaic topics as "what do I do if I forgot to print an ISBN barcode on my book?" to complicated discussions of distribution options or the fine points of composing an author contract. Publishers also use the lists to discuss potential joint ventures.
Circtalk is expressly for users of CLMP's circulation database template and provides a forum for questions and troubleshooting.
More on email lists | Join litmagsLJI | Join indie-press | Join circtalk | TOP
Literary Landscape
An online database of literary venues, showcasing the broad, vital range of literary activity across the United States. Designed to be helpful to publishers and authors planning publicity tours, the Literary Landscape will prove browsing for readers and writers as well. Find out where literature is happening in your neighborhood!
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Member Directory
Detailed profile of CLMP members, crosslisted between those with related interests.
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Website
In its first phase, CLMP's website serves as a way for the organization to more efficiently disseminate the technical assistance resources it has developed and collected for the past four decades. Please visit our Publisher Resources section to see if we can help you.
In the future, we hope to build the site into one that will help our member publishers to publicize their work to a larger audience. Future plans include a press release broadcasting service, electronic event announcements, and regular features of member news, new publications, and reviews. Special sections for the media will make www.clmp.org the source for information and experts on independent literary publishing.
Suggestions for the website | TOP
Political Advocacy
Co-founded by CLMP and Poets & Writers, the Literary Network (LitNet) is an advocacy coalition that informs and mobilizes the literary community around issues pertaining to public cultural policy and which maintains a presence in Washington DC to keep cultural issues in the minds of legislators.
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Publications
CLMPages
CLMPages is CLMP's periodic collection of publishing case studies.
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Directory of Literary Magazines and Presses
CLMP's annual publication of literary magazines, presses, and on-line publications. Essential for writers, librarians, and any interested in the world of literary magazines.
More about the directory | Order | TOP
Monographs and Resource Sheets
CLMP's growing library of technical assistance publications for literary publishers. Resource Sheets, which are a free print benefit to members, are available to all on the website. The monographs are longer booklets on various aspects of publishing, including distribution, publicity, and marketing.
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Technical Assistance
New York Technical Assistance Program
The New York Technical Assistance Program (NYTAP) is a program funded by the New York State Council on the Arts Literature Program to provide technical assistance to New York state's many literary magazines and presses, including CLMP members. NYTAP offers a range of programs including workshops, roundtables, one-on-one consulting, and travel funds.
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Consulting and Expertise Exchange
CLMP offers several levels of consultation. Members can receive informal telephone or email consultations with CLMP's knowledgeable staff. For more detailed questions, members can get referrals to publisher colleagues through the Expertise Exchange. From time to time, CLMP offers opportunities for free one-on-one time with professional publishing consultants through technical assistance programs such as the NYTAP and LJI. Members also have access to a list of publishing consultants.
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Workshops and Roundtables
CLMP periodically organizes events to assist and inform publishers regarding various issues of ongoing and topical interest. Workshops, sponsored by technical assistance programs such as LJI and NYTAP, are led by publishing professionals or consultants with expertise in a particular subject such as fundraising, circulation, or publicity. Roundtables are panel discussions of publishers and other experts on a particular topical issue, such as eBooks and their impact on independent publishing and Making the Internet Work for You.
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Online Technical Assistance Resources
Publishers Resources, Publishers FAQ, LJI Toolkit, and Publishers Resources Links provide publishers with help and advice on running a press or magazine efficiently. Search our resources here.
Literary Journal Institute
The Literary Journal Institute (LJI) is a program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to provide technical assistance to CLMP's magazine members. Although LJI's programming activities are finished, many of the resources developed for the program will be available to magazine members through the website or a print-on-demand publication in early 2001.
More on LJI | LJI toolkit | TOP
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