Self Publishing/On-Demand Publishing

First Choice Books 
On-demand publishing and binding services for self-publishing authors. Print-On-Demand (POD) Digital Technology allows you to quickly and affordably get your book into print.

No Contracts - No Hidden Charges - Just one low Price.

General Writing Web Resources

Bookideas.com
BookIdeas has a host of reviewers reviewing almost every type of book publish. Post your book to be reviewed on the Discussion forum, or e-mail a reviewer directly to review your book. Several Xlibris titles have already been reviewed!

Poets & Writers Online
The web version of the excellent publication for creative writers, including articles, advice, forums, and contest listings. 

Writers Write
"Writers guidelines to online publications, writing and publishing news updated on weekdays, message boards, job listings and more."

My Life Publishing 
Personal Memoirs, Ghost Writing, Family and Business History books. 
Susan Woods is an experienced interviewer and writer based in Victoria, B.C. and hosts the popular history radio program "Remember When" on CFAX 1070. She can create your book for you, with text and photographs, or can assist you as a publishing consultant.

Self Publishing in Canada 
A complete guide to designing, printing and selling your book

Dictionaries/Thesauri

The Newbury House Online Dictionary 
"This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries and is based on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English."

AllWords
This one gives definitions, translates words into five different languages, and lets you listen to word pronunciation. 

Cambridge International Dictionaries Online
Allows you to search four different online dictionaries, including the Cambridge International Dictionary of English (jolly good!), the Cambridge Dictionary of American English (dude!), Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs (back off!), and the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms (about time!). 

Your Dictionary
Includes an index of hundreds of online dictionaries in a variety of languages. Subscription required. 

Wordsmyth
American English dictionary and thesaurus. 

Merriam-Webster Online
Large site by Merriam-Webster that features a dictionary and thesaurus. 

Thesaurus.com and Dictionary.com
Related sites that include links to writers' resources, games, word information, and more.

Encyclopedias

Britannica.com
The online version of Encyclopedia Britannica. 

Encyclopedia.com
More than 14,000 articles searchable by keyword or phrase. 

The Encyclopedia Mythica
An online encyclopedia for mythology, legend, and folklore. 
Rhyming Dictionaries

WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary
Capable of searching for end rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double rhymes, beginning rhymes, and first syllable rhymes. 
Quotations

Quoteland.com
"Find quotations on anything; identify quotations by anyone." 

The Quotations Page
"This page was originally developed as a catalog of quotation resources on the Internet; it has since evolved into a large-scale quotation site with many original resources." Includes a quote search. 

QuoteWorld.org
Over 13,000 quotes, in association with Amazon.com. 

The Quotations Archive
"The Quotations Archive is a comprehensive, searchable database of general purpose quotations. Visitors to the website can browse through quotations by subject, alphabetically by author, or they can use the search engine to generate a listing of quotations containing selected keywords or by a certain author." 

Writing Help/References

Online English Grammar
A guide that's searchable through a table of contents. 

Guide to Grammar and Style
Advice on grammar and style from Jack Lynch, an English professor at Rutgers University. 

Variety in Sentence Structure
Some notes on spicing up your writing by playing with sentence lengths and structure. 

WebGrammar
A site devoted to entirely to grammar.

Software

The Writers Store
Online store where you can choose from an extensive list of screenwriting, story development, and reference software 

Writer's Software Companion 
A multimedia learning system for fiction writers, the collaboration of Writer's Digest fiction columnist Nancy Kress and learning expert Terry Boothman.

Writers' Software Ranked
"A guide to the best writer's software for every kind of writing (from screenwriting and novel writing to resume writing and speech writing and every kind in between)."

Final Draft
The best-selling software for writing scripts of any kind. 

Copyright Information

Canadian Intellectual Property Office 
Information on intellectual property for Canadians

Library Of Congress - Copyright Office 
Information on intellectual property for Americans
ISBN & C.I.P. Information

National Library Of Canada ISBN Agency
Information on International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for Canadians

R.R. Bowker 
Information on International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for Americans

Publisher Links

selfpublishing.ca
Self-publishing is gaining popularity all over the world. Once there was a stigma attached to self-publishing. It was believed that people published their own books because they were not good enough for a "real" publisher. That line of thought is wrong! In the next decade, as computer technology improves and trade publishers become even more dollar driven, more and more of our reading material will come from author-publishers. A whole niche is opening up for writers who are willing to do it themselves. For many it has become a chosen option.

bcwriters.com
Writers are advised to ensure their manuscripts conform to publishers' guidelines before sending out their work. Target your submissions to publishers who have a history of producing titles similar to your manuscript. The Canadian Publishers Directory can be found at your local library, and it contains contact and submission information. Most Canadian publishing houses have a web presence—check out book lists and submission guidelines at their websites. If a publisher doesn’t publish illustrated picture books for kids or cookbooks or travel guides or mysteries or whatever, you’re not about to convince him to change his publishing program. Spend some time in bookstores looking at books and book covers that appeal to you and read book reviews published in Books in Canada, BC Bookworld, Quill and Quire, national newspapers and literary review publications.

sources.com
A trade association of English-language publishers which represents the domestic and international interests of member companies. Members publish books and other media for general interest fiction/non-fiction, school, post-secondary and professional/reference markets including law and medicine. Members represent approximately 75% of total annual sales to the Canadian domestic market.

publishers.ca
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) represents approximately 135 Canadian-owned and controlled book publishers from across the country. The membership is diverse and includes publishers from a variety of genres. Over 80% of Canadian-authored titles are published by the Canadian-owned sector. This means a strong Canadian-owned sector is vital to the development of new Canadian authors and writers.

publishersglobal.com
PublishersGlobal is emerging as the definitive resource centre for the global publishing industry -- print as well as digital. While delivering the latest in publishing news and events to industry professionals from around the world, PublishersGlobal also functions as an information marketplace for publishers and their suppliers. As a truly global enterprise, it serve users around the world from Ahmedabad to Zurich; users who read & write in diverse languages ranging from Arabic to Vietnamese. It's tens of thousands of registered users include publishers, editors, authors, rights managers, literary agents, distributors, printers, designers and librarians, to name just a few.