Resource Links

• Copyediting newsletter

  Country's foremost authority on language news, style advice, and usage tips. If you edit any kind of copy, from marketing materials to employee newsletters to academic works, you owe it to yourself to subscribe to Copyediting. You’ll find that the timely coverage of hot-button language-use issues and sound, practical editorial advice will help you do your best work.

• Corporate Writer & Editor newsletter

  Tips on storytelling, headline writing and communicating online. Each month, four pages of the newsletter are devoted to showcasing the best in employee communications.

• Graphic Arts Information Network

  Formerly the Printing Industries of America, this new, fuller site offers a searchable database of printers nationwide and industry trends, awards and educational opportunities.

• Revving Up Readership

  A great, free e-newsletter for communicators who want to reach more readers and improve the readership of their publications, plus highly effective training and consulting to "polish your publications." Brought to you by Wylie Communications.

• Magnum Opus Awards

  The Publications Management Magnum Opus Awards are the premier way for your outstanding custom publications and the staff who produced them to gain crucial industrywide recognition for strategic, editorial, and visual excellence. Whether you're producing printed marketing communications or your own intranet site, a magazine, a newsletter, or an annual report, if you're producing effective publications with consistent quality and impact, you deserve the recognition that only the Magnum Opus Awards can offer.

• APEX Awards for Publications Excellence

  Awards are given in 97 communications categories, in 11 main categories: newsletters; magazines and journals; magapapers and newspapers; annual reports; brochures, manuals and reports; video and electronic publications; Web and intranet sites; campaigns, programs and plans; writing; design and illustration; and special publications.

• Mercomm awards programs

  Three different awards programs: the Galaxy Awards (marketing), Astrid Awards (design) and Mercury Awards (public relations).

• Custom Publishing Council

  This site represents the interests of custom publishers nationwide. Go here for lists of custom publishers, free newsletters about custom publishing, and success stories about companies that have outsourced their publications to custom publishers.

• Society of Publication Designers

  Leading association for publication designers with site offering jobs, news, awards programs and interesting Q&A with the nation's leading designers.

• The Direct Marketing Association

  An association of direct marketing professionals. Site offers job bank for members, daily news feeds, seminars and additional links.

• PRSA/Public Relations Society of America

  Content includes job listings, how-to seminars, special events and membership information.

• IABC/International Association of Business Communicators

  Audience is corporate communicators and content focuses on multiple areas linked to integrated marketing and communications. Lists resources, events, new books, and interviews with experts as well as archived articles from IABC's Communication World magazine.

• In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association

  For in-house pros who provide graphic design, page layout, copy, printing, mailing and distribution services to their enterprises.

• Association of Publishing Agencies

  An association England that gives you answers to often-asked questions about the efficacy of custom publications. Great stuff to back your custom-publication pitch.

• Publications Management job board

  This job board was designed to serve as the definitive career resource for Publications Management subscribers and job seekers who are searching for new hires and employment opportunities.

• Custom Publishing Council

  Job openings posted by member companies.

• mediabistro.com

  A career and community site for media professionals
  

• Creative Hotlist

  Creative Hotlist is a customizable online application for connecting talent, companies and services. It has a sophisticated search engine and enables users to find individuals, companies and resources for any aspect of the creative marketplace including job openings, creative services, artists, designers, programmers, printers, service bureaus, schools and clubs.
  

• Print Buyers Online

  A community devoted to learning about the print buying industry.