1001 Ways to Market Your Books

Chapter 7:
Designing Your Books as Sales Aids

These are the most up-to-date addresses we have for the companies and services listed in the Sixth Edition of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books.

If you find that any of these addresses are incorrect or you discover additional information (email, web site, toll-free number, etc.), please email the author at JohnKremer@bookmarket.com. We will incorporate any changes as soon as possible into these listings. Thank you.


Dunn+Associates Design, Kathi Dunn, President, 16378 W Stress Road, P O Box 870, Hayward WI 54853-0870; 715-634-4857; 800-305-2563; Fax: 715-634-5617. Email: info@dunn-design.com. Web: http://www.dunn-design.com.

Foster & Foster, George Foster, President, 1401 Wonder Way, Fairfield IA 52556; 641-472-3953; 800-472-3953; Fax: 866-837-0544. Email: foster@lisco.com or info@fostercovers.com. Web: http://www.fostercovers.com.

Designing Your Books as Sales Aids


Bar Code Suppliers

Free bar codes online: http://www.cgpp.com/bookland/isbn.html.

AccuGraphiX, 3588 E. Enterprise Drive, Anaheim, CA 92807-1627; 714-632-9000; 800-872-9977; Fax: 714-630-6581. Email: agxaztek@earthlink.net. Web: http://www.bar-code.com.

Aarongraphics, Damon Vasiliadis, 2903 Saturn Street, Unit G, Brea CA 92821; 714-985-1290; 800-345-8944; Fax: 714-985-1295. Email: info@aarongraphics.com. Web: http://www.aarongraphics.com. Providing bar codes since 1990.

Bar Code Graphics, Andy Verb, 875 N. Michigan Avenue #2640, Chicago, IL 60611; 800-662-0701. Email: averb@barcode-us.com. Web: http://www.barcode-us.com. For more information on using bar codes for publication and UPC codes, see their web site at: http://www.barcode-us.com/info_center/bookinfo.htm.

BarcodeFAQ.com, Web: http://www.barcodefaq.com. A barcode FAQ and tutorial site that also provides product recommendations for printing and scanning barcodes.

Bureau of Engraving, 3311 Broadway Street N.E., Minneapolis, MN 55413; 612-362-5000; 800-786-8727; Fax: 800-786-8734. Email: bureau@earthlink.net. Web: http://www.boe.com/label.

Data-Index, P. O. Box 500, Kirkland, WA 98083-0500; 425-885-9081; 800-426-2183; Fax: 425-885-2467. Email: joblesby@dataindex.com. Web: http://www.dataindex.com.

Film Masters, 11680 Hawke Road, Columbia Station, OH 44-28; 800-541-5102; Fax: 800-826-1410. Email: barcodes@en.com. Web: http://www.FilmMasters.com.

FineLine Technologies, 157 Technology Parkway #700, Norcross GA 30092; 800-500-8687; Fax: 678-969-9201. Email: orders@finelinetech.com. Web: http://www.finelinetech.com.

Fotel, 1125 E St. Charles Road #100, Lombard, IL 60148; 630-932-7520; 800-834-4920; Fax: 630-932-7610. Email: sales@fotel.com. Web: http://www.fotel.com.

General Graphics, 1608 Leishman Avenue, P.O. Box 3192, Arnold, PA 15068; 724-337-1470; 800-887-5894; Fax: 724-337-6589. Email: sales@ggbarcode.com. Web: http://www.ggbarcode.com.

Symbology Inc., 1039 10th Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414-1312; 612-331-6200; 800-328-2612; Fax: 612-331-3500. Web: http://www.symbology.com.

ISBN Bar Code Generator, College Park Press, P.O. Box 143, College Park, MD 20741; 301-422-4626; Fax: 301-422-3047. Email: milgram@cgpp.com. Web: http://www.cgpp.com/bookland/isbn.html or http://www.cgpp.com/bookland.

Uniform Code Council, 7887 Washington Village Drive #300, Dayton, OH 45459; 937-435-3870; Fax: 937-435-7317. Email: info@uc-council.org. Web: http://www.uc-council.org.


Other Book Design Resources

Otabind International; 800-831-7831.

UPI Newspictures, United Press International, 1510 H Street N.W., Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-8000; 800-796-4874; Fax: 202-371-8247. Email: upi.photos@pressroom.com. Web: http://www.upi.com. This service of UPI allows you to use any of 15,000+ news photos for as little as $35.00 each.

Art Resource, 65 Bleecker Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10012; 212-505-8700; Fax: 212-420-9286. Email: artresourc@aol.com. This company is one of many that can provide you with rights to reproduce many paintings and other art work. Art Resource is the rights and permission representative for several Smithsonian museums as well as other fine arts museums. A division, Artists Rights Society, represents many modern artists or their estates, including Braque, Calder, Chagall, Dali, Duchamp, Ernst, Kandinsky, Klee, de Kooning, Magritte, Matisse, Miro, O’Keefe, Picasso, Pollack, Rothko, Rouault, and Warhol.

The Cartoon Bank, Patrick Seaton, Director of Licensing Services, 28 Wells Avenue, Building #3, Yonkers NY 10701; 800-897-8666. Email: patrick@cartoonbank.com. Web: http://www.cartoonbank.com. Features 85,000 cartoons from the pages of the New Yorker magazine.

The Toos Studio, Andrew Grossman, P O Box 2921, Williamsburg VA 23187; 757-220-3076; Fax: 757-220-3079. Email: andrew@cartoonresource.com. Web: http://www.cartoonresource.com. Now besides cartoon illustrations, they also do illustrations for children's books, medical, and technical. Andrew creates wonderful cartoons and illustrations. He has previously worked with Gibbs-Smith, Running Press, Agora Publishing, Penton, and Greenhaven Press.

Joe Kohl Studio, Joe Kohl, 226 Bonaire Drive, Toms River NJ 08757; 732-349-4149. Email: info@joekohl.com. Web: http://www.joekohl.com. A cartoonist and illustrator.

TMS Reprints, Tribune Media Services, 435 N. Michigan Avenue #1500, Chicago, IL 60611; 800-637-4082; Fax: 312-222-2581. Email: tmssales@tribune.com. Web: http://www.tms.tribune.com. Go here for permission to reprint any of the Knight Ridder / Tribune news columns, cartoon panels, or comic strips.

American Society of Indexers, 10100 West 44th Avenue #304, Wheat Ridge CO 80033; 303-463-2887; Fax: 303-422-8894. Email: info@asindexing.org. Web: http://www.asindexing.org.


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