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From: [ae 446] at [Freenet.carleton.ca] (Nigel Allen)
Subject: FAQ: Free Publicity for your Magazine or Newsletter
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 01:57:18 GMT

Free Publicity for Your Newsletter or Magazine

If you haven't already done so, you should write to each of the
following directories and ask them to add a listing for your
newsletter and/or magazine. All of them provide free listings,
and most can be consulted at major public or academic libraries.

 Editor
 Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
 Gale Research Inc.
 835 Penobscot Building
 Detroit, Michigan 48226-4094  U.S.A.
 telephone (313) 961-2242
 fax (313) 961-6815

 Editor
 Newsletters in Print
 Gale Research Inc.
 835 Penobscot Building
 Detroit, Michigan 48226-4094  U.S.A.
 telephone (313) 961-2242
 fax (313) 961-6815

 Editor
 Standard Periodical Directory
 Oxbridge Communications, Inc.
 150 Fifth Avenue, Suite 302
 New York, N.Y. 10011  U.S.A.
 telephone (212) 741-0231, ext. 205
 fax (212) 633-2938

 Editor
 The Serials Directory
 Ebsco Publishing
 P.O. Box 1943
 Birmingham, AL 35201-1943  U.S.A.
 telephone 800-826-3024 or (205) 991-1180
 fax (205) 995-1582

 Editor
 Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory 
 Serials Bibliography Department
 R.R. Bowker Co.
 121 Chanlon Road
 New Providence, N.J. 07974 U.S.A.
 telephone 800-346-6049 or (908) 665-2870
 fax (908) 771-7725 or (908) 665-6688

If you would like to receive an International Standard Serial Number
(ISSN) for each of your periodicals, contact:

 National Serials Data Program
 Library of Congress
 Washington, D.C. 20540 U.S.A.
 telephone (202) 707-6452
 (Publishers outside the U.S. should contact their country's national
library for more information about ISSN.)

 In Canada, write to:
  ISDS Canada
  National Library of Canada
  395 Wellington Street
  Ottawa, Ontario
  K1A 0N4
  Telephone (819) 994-6895 (voice)
  Fax (819) 953-0291

If you would like information on registering the copyright on your
periodicals, write to:

 Copyright Office
 Library of Congress
 Washington, D.C. 20559  U.S.A.
 telephone (202) 707-3000 for information
 telephone (202) 707-9100 to order forms and booklets
 (Publishers outside the U.S. should also contact their country's
copyright office for information on local copyright laws.)
 In Canada, contact your local office of the federal Department
 of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, or write to:
  Copyright Office
  Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada
  Ottawa, Ontario
  K1A 0C9
  [The Copyright Office may soon be moved to another department, 
but the above address should work for the time being.]

-- 
Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  [ae 446] at [freenet.carleton.ca]