The British Library is a key player in the British publishing world. Here are links to the most important websites.
Bestsellers | Author organisations (including copyright) | Charities, councils, projects and trusts | Publishers and booksellers | Digital and Electronic | Research Organisations | Literature live
Bestsellers
Nielsen BookScan. This month's top titles - Great Britain
Nielsen BookScan Children's Top 10 - Great Britain
Author organisations (including copyright)
Authors Licensing and Copyright Society
Copyright Licensing Agency
National Union of Journalists
New Writing North [The writing development agency for Northern Arts]
PEN (England)
PEN (Scotland)
Public Lending Right UK
Society of Authors
trAce Online Writing Centre [1995-2005; an Archived site only]
WATCH: writers, artists and their copyright holders
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Charities, councils, projects and trusts
Bibliography and Book History Links
Blueshield [Protecting cultural heritage threatened by disaster]
Librarianship and Information Sciences Service
Yr Academi Gymreig / The Welsh Academy
Achuka (children's books)
Book Trust
British Council
Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Designer Bookbinders
GLAM-Group for Literary Archives and Manuscripts
History of Advertising Trust
National Literacy Trust
Northern Ireland Publications Resource
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies
Preservation Advisory Centre
Poetry Society
Records of British Publishing and Printing at Reading University Library
Scottish Book Trust
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
The Reading Club
UK Literary Heritage Working Group
Welsh Books Council
Publishers and booksellers
Fine Press Links
Virtual Reference Library
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Association of Online Publishers
Booksellers Association
TheBookseller.com (includes Directory of contacts)
BooksfromScotland.com
Crime Writers' Association
Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Directory and Database Publishers Association
Independent Publishers Guild
Inpress Books
ISBN Agency
LOLLIPOP: list of little press publications
Periodicals Publishers Association
Publishers Association
Scottish Pamphlet Poetry: umbrella organisation for small press publishers
Welsh Books Council
Digital and Electronic
Arts and Humanities Data Service
Association of Online Publishers
Book Industry Communication
Digital Curation Centre
Digital Preservation Coalition
D-Lib Magazine
Intute: Arts and Humanities
JISC - The Joint Information Systems Committee
People's Network
Resource Discovery Network
UKOLN [A centre of expertise in digital information management]
UK Web Archiving Consortium
Research Organisations
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Consortium of Research Libraries in the British Isles (CURL)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Research Information Network (RIN)
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
Literature live
British Library Sound Archive
British Theatre Guide
Drama Collections in the British Library
Performing Arts Websites
Archive of the Now
Artifact [Internet resources in the arts and creative industries]
British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech
British Arts Festivals (provided by the British Arts Festivals Association)
Live Art Development Agency
Performing Arts Data Service
Playwrights on the Web (Worldwide, but US based)
Poet Casting [Currently offline. UK Web Archive version]
Poetry Archive
Poetry Kit
Memorable TV (backgound on TV scripts)
Whatsonstage
