ALPSP
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) serves as a meeting point for all those involved in the publication of academic and professional books and journals.
American Library Association  
The voice of America's libraries.

Antiquarian Booksellers Association
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (International) (ABA) is the senior trade body for dealers in rare and fine books, manuscripts and allied materials in the British Isles and elsewhere.

The Article Number Association
The ANA was established by British Business in 1976 to promote and establish the use of the EAN (international article numbering) system.
The Arts Council
Arts Council, Literature Department Funding.
ASLIB  
The Association for Information Management
Association of American Publishers  
The principal trade association of the US publishing industry.
Association of Illustrators 
Membership is open to all illustrators, illustration students, agents, lecturers, art buyers and other organisations and professionals actively involved in illustration.

Bibliographical Society 
Founded in 1892, the Bibliographical Society is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history.

Book Industry Communication
If you want to learn about EDI, this is your site. Become a subscriber and get on the inside track.

Booksellers Association 
The Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, representing over 95% of booksellers in the UK and Ireland.

Book Trust
Independent educational charity founded to promote books and reading and to encourage readers of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy books. Offers information on children's books, books in the news, literary prizes, its publications, and Bookstart, a project that promotes the introduction of children to books at an early age.

The British Council
A global network of gateways to Britain.

The British Library
The national library of the UK.

British Printing Industries Federation  
The BPIF is the business support organisation for employers in the printing, packaging and graphic communications industry.

BTBS Book Trade Charity  
The book trade's own welfare charity.

Copyright Libraries Agency 
The Copyright Libraries Agency acts on behalf of the following five libraries to ensure that they receive legal deposit copies of British and Irish publications: Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, National Library of Wales, National Library of Scotland and Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

Copyright Licensing Agency 
CLA is responsible for looking after the interests of rights owners in copying from books, journals and periodicals.

Crime Writers Association  
The professional body, which sets out to represent writers of crime fiction and non-fiction.

Directory & Database Publishers Association                       All the industry news.                                                  Dotgain
A service for book publishers and printers, the home of book production on the web.                                                   European Association of Directory Publishers  
Information exchange on all matters relating to directories, in particular in the technical commercial and administrative fields. 

European Association of Science Editors 
Aims to promote improved communication in science by providing efficient means for cooperation among editors in all disciplines of science, and to assist in the efficient operation of publications in the sciences.

European Booksellers Federation
Each member state of the European Union is represented by its sole, or main, bookselling trade association, each of which provides two delegates to the General Meetings.

FANDE
Spanish Federation of Books and Periodicals Distributors.

Historical Novel Society  
Founded in 1997 to promote historical fiction.

Institute of Printing  
The professional body for everyone in the graphic arts industry.

Institute of Publishing
The IP is aimed at a broad spectrum of members, including those working in books, magazines and newspapers.

Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators 
The ISTC offers opportunities to exchange views and information with other professional communicators.

Institute of Translating and Interpreting 
The independent professional association of practicing translators and interpreters in the United Kingdom.

International Board on Books for Young People  
A non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.

International Copyright Trading Information Database
Shenyang (China) based, with information and news on publications, international publishing organisations etc., in English and Chinese.

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions  
The leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users.

International Publishers Association 
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is the professional organization of national associations which are recognized as representative of publishers in 65 member countries.

Irish Book Publishers Association 
A cross-border organisation whose members comprise most of the major publishing houses in Ireland with a mixture of trade, general, legal, and academic publishers as members.

Library Association 
The association for librarians and information managers.

LIC 
Library and Information Commission is a national source of expertise, advising Government on all issues relating to the library and information sector.

Live Literature Network
The Arts Council's Literature Network website. A communication forum for writers, promoters, publishers, booksellers, broadcasters.

NAG
The National Acquisitions Group. Improving the production and provision of library materials.
National Association of Paper Merchants  
The accredited Trade Association for paper and board wholesalers.

National Literacy Trust 
The National Literacy Trust is a charity set up in 1993 to work in partnership with others to enhance literacy standards throughout the UK.

Periodical Publishers Association  
The association of UK magazine publishers, its 200 members are responsible for over 80% of magazines published in the UK today.
Periodicals Training Council 
The role of the PTC is to help enhance the performance of people who work in the magazine industry by acting as a focus for information and guidance on good practice in training.

Poetry Book Society
T. S. Eliot founded the Poetry Book Society in 1953 in order to promote a love and understanding of contemporary poetry. The PBS is now a unique membership organisation which exists to keep people all over the world up to date with the best new English language poetry being published in the UK and Ireland today.

The Publishers Association
Representing the booktrade in UK, European Commission and foreign governments.

Publishing Choice  
Publishing Choice is the association of independent publishers of English Language teaching and training materials. It represents a large proportion of the independent companies working in this discipline.
Public Lending Right 
Under the United Kingdom's PLR Scheme authors receive payments from government funds for the free borrowing of their books from public libraries in the United Kingdom. To qualify for payment, authors must apply to register their books with the PLR Office. Payments are made annually on the basis of loans data collected from a sample of public libraries in the UK.
Publishers Licensing Society  
Together with the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, its directors make up the board of the Copyright Licensing Agency. PLS and ALCS secure mandates from rights owners

Publishers Research Services
Specialist information research service for the book trade.

The Publishers Training Centre
Training courses and books on the publishing profession.

Romantic Novelists' Association  
UK association open to published and non-published writers of romantic fiction.

Scottish Library Association 
Kite-marked information on people, organisations, libraries, events and resources of Scottish interest.

Scottish Publishers' Association 
A trade association of almost 80 Scottish publishers.

Society of Authors                                       
The Society of Authors is a non-profit making organisation, founded in 1884 "to protect the rights and further the interests of authors". 

Society of Freelance Editors and Proofreaders 
The SFEP is an organization with the twin aims of promoting high editorial standards and achieving recognition of the professional status of it members.
Society of Indexers
Professional indexers with specialists in over 100 subjects across a wide variety of media.
Society of Young Publishers
The Society of Young Publishers is open to anyone in publishing or a related trade.
The Tony Godwin Memorial Trust
The Tony Godwin Memorial Trust was established in 1976 to encourage the talents of young publishers and to honour Tony Godwin, a UK prominent publisher in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The UK Office for Library and Information Networking
UKOLN homepages.

WATCH
Writers, Artists and their Copyright Holders.

Watford School of Publishing
The UK's leading supplier of new publishing talent through its postgraduate, degree and other courses. Fully digital production suite now running for consultancy and training. Extensive industry links.

Welsh Book Council
To stimulate interest in books in Welsh and books of Welsh interest in English, together with other related material.

Women in Publishing
Speaker meetings, social events, training courses and a directory.

World Intellectual Property Organization  
One of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations, WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States.

Writers Guild of Great Britain
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain was established in 1958, its aim, then as now, was to ensure that writers of all media are properly represented.