• organisations
• journals featuring artists books
• international bookshops & galleries
• book arts collections and archives
• reference & contemporary book arts exhibition catalogues
• artists book centres
• artists bookfairs & events
• materials suppliers
• bookshops and galleries in the UK
• book arts websites
• further reading on the book arts
• design services, bookbinders & print studios
• british library
  • The Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP)
  • The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
  • Legal Deposit
• ISBN related links
• Intellectual Property & Copyright
• Copyleft & Creative Commons

www.artistsbooksonline.com
An artist-led resource for UK artists making one-off books or small editions. Provides an opportunity to share exhibition costs online or at artist’s book fairs. 

Booklynwww.booklyn.org
An artist run organisation that distributes, publishes, exhibits and runs educational programmes involving contemporary artists books. 

The CODEX Foundation, USA
www.codexfoundation.org
Established in 2005 with the aim of preserving and promoting the arts of the book. 

Fine Press Book Association
www.fpba.com
An association dedicated to the appreciation of finely printed books and their production. Open to presses, collectors, printers, artists etc. 

Letterpress Alive
www.letterpressalive.co.uk.
Established by the Alembic Press to archive information on letterpress activities in the UK and encourage a greater awareness of the subject. 

Philobiblon
www.philobiblon.com
A prolific website for artists’ books information, plus links to numerous book arts websites. The website also has links to book arts discussion groups. 

Publish and Be Damned
www.publishandbedamned.org
Collects and exhibits an international selection of artists published periodicals, from fanzines to Journals, concentrating on experimental editorial directions. 

The Book Art Project
Paul Johnson Director
www.bookart.co.uk
Paul Johnson’s project to encourage book arts in education. 

The Society of Bookbinders
www.societyofbookbinders.com
The Society of Bookbinders is dedicated to traditional bookbinding and to the preservation and conservation of the printed and written word.

Afterimage
www.vsw.org/afterimage/index.html
A bi-monthly journal of essays, reviews, artists’ pages and opportunities. 

Ampersand
www.greenchairpress.com/amp.cgi
Quarterly Journal of The Book Arts, published by Pacific Center for the Book Arts. 

A-N (Artists Newsletter)
www.a-n.co.uk
Features on artists’ books and regular exhibition opportunity listings. 

Art Monthly
www.artmonthly.co.uk
Has a regular monthly column featuring artists’ books and multiples. 

Art on Paper
www.artonpaper.com
Journal featuring contemporary and classic works on paper in many formats. 

Artists’ Books Reviews
www.artistsbooksreviews.info
Quarterly publication edited by Joe D’Ambrosio. 

Book Arts Newsletter (BAN)
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk
Free download newsletter (every 4-6 weeks) for news of exhibitions, publications and opportunities in the book arts field. 

Imprint
www.printcouncil.org.au
Quarterly journal of the Print Council of Australia, with regular artist’s book features. 

Journal of Artists’ Books
http://jab-online.netJAB is now online. Back issues can be downloaded as PDFs. 

Parenthesis: The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association
www.fpba.com 

Printmaking Today
www.printmakingtoday.co.uk
The journal of graphic arts worldwide, with regular book arts features. 

The Art Book
www.blackwellpublishing.com
Quarterly publication of essays and reviews of new publications on the visual arts, including artists’ books. 

The Blue Notebook: Journal for Artists’ Books
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bnotebk.htmPublished twice-yearly by Impact Press, UWE Bristol. Essays and features on contemporary artists’ books. 

The Bonefolderwww.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/A free, peer-reviewed e-journal for bookbinders and book artists. 

Umbrella onlinehttp://umbrellaeditions.com
Editor: Judith A. HoffbergA journal of the arts and artists’ books, published since 1978.  Back issues are now archived online. 

Other journals occasionally featuring artists’ books include:

Art in America

Artforum

Arts Canada

Art Journal

Art Review

Crafts

Creative Review

Engage Journal Visible Language  

Art Metropole
788 King Street West,Toronto,M5V 1N6,Canada
www.artmetropole.com
Artists’ books, multiples and video media store, gallery, publisher and distributor.  

Barbara Wien
Galerie und Buchhandlung für Kunstbücher
Linienstrasse 158 im Hof, D 10115, Berlin, Germany
www.barbarawien.de
Artists’ book gallery, press and well stocked bookshop.  

Boekie Woekie
Berenstraat, 161016 GH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.boekiewoekie.com
Artist-run bookstore and gallery for artists’ books in Amsterdam. 

Booklyn, USA
www.booklyn.org/buy.php
Artist-run collective, online sales. 

Bookstorming, Paris
www.bookstorming.com 

Florence Loewy - Books by Artists
9/11 rue de Thorigny, Paris 75003, France
www.florenceloewy.com
Bookstore and gallery for artists’ books.  

Grahame Galleries + Editions
Centre for the Artist’s Book
1 Fernberg Road, Milton, 4064 Brisbane,Australia
www.grahamegalleries.com
Exhibitions and sales of artists’ books. Organiser of artist’s book and multiple fairs. 

Johan Deumens
Dr N. G. Piersonstraat 1, NL 2104 VG, Heemstede, The Netherlands
www.artistsbooks.com
Sales and promotion of artists’ books and editions by international artists. 

Joshua Heller Rare Books Inc.
www.joshuahellerrarebooks.com
Contemporary fine press and artists’ books with online catalogue.  

La Libreria
64A Queen St., Bugis Village 188543, Singapore
www.lalibreria.com.sg
Artist’s book shop and gallery, providing a showcase for artists.   

Moufflon Bookshop (Nicosia)
P.O. Box 22375, Nicosia 1521, Cyprus
www.moufflon.com.cy/
Bookshop and gallery with an interest in artists’ books 

One Star Press
www.onestarpress.com
Artists’ books press, online sales. 

Paradigme
41 rue Clovis Hugues, F-13003, Marseille, France
Artist’s book shop run by Atelier Vis-à-Visemail: bookaffair@wanadoo.fr  

Printed Matter Inc.
195 10th Avenue, NY 10011, USA
www.printedmatter.org
New York’s major artist’s book shop, publisher and distributor, also organise a book arts fair with all books available by mail order through their website. 

Studio Bibliografico Marini
Via Bari 37370010, Valenzano BA, Italy
www.libreriamarini.it
Antiquarian, fine press and artist’s book dealer.  

Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers LLC, USA
www.vampandtramp.com
Specialist dealer of fine press and artists’ books.  

Visual Studies Workshop, USA
www.vsw.org/press/index.html
Artists’ publications from VSW Press and associated artists.  

Walther Koenig Buchandlung
Ehrenstrasse 4D, 50672 Köln, Germany
www.buechermarkt.net
Books on the arts, and artists’ books all featured on the website, with mail order.   

A selection of larger archives and collections. For a more comprehensive list of collections and archives, see the list of book art websites.  

UK, Ireland and Europe 

British Library
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
www.bl.uk
Approximate number of books held: 5000. Public Access: By Reader’s TicketUK National Library, receiving legal deposit copies.  

Chelsea College of Art & Design Library
John Islip Street, Millbank, London SW1P 4RJ
http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/
Approximate number of books held: 2500. The collection was started in the 1970s to document work produced by contemporary avant-garde artists; it is strong on Fluxus, American conceptual works and British artists. Public access by appointment.   

King Saint Stephen Museum
Székesfehérvár, Fö utca 68000, Hungary
www.szikm.hu
Approximate number of books held: 1200. A collection founded by the art historian Márta Kovalovszky in 1987.The Museum also organises artist’s book exhibitions. Open to the public.

Manchester Metropolitan University Library
All Saints, Manchester M15 6BH
www.specialcollections.mmu.ac.uk
Approximate number of books held: 1700. The artist’s book collection can be searched on the Library’s web catalogue. Reference collection. Public access by appointment.  

Meermanno-Westreenianum - Museum van het Boek
Prinsessegracht 301514 AP, Den Haag, The Netherlands
www.meermanno.nl
Approximate number of books held: 1,000. Modern fine print collection: 30,000The museum, opened to the public in 1852, has since developed into the national museum of the history and the art of the book.  

National Art Library: Book Art Collection, Word & Image Department, Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington, London SW7 2RL
www.nal.vam.ac.uk
Approximate number of books held: 5000. Catalogue: http://ipac.nal.vam.ac.uk. A major reference library and the Victoria and Albert Museum’s curatorial department for the art, craft and design of the book.  

National Irish Visual Arts Library
National College of Art and Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
www.ncad.ie/nival
Collection comprises books by Irish artists and non-Irish artists living or working in Ireland.  

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Special Books Collection, Dean Gallery, Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3DS
www.nationalgalleries.org
Approximate number of books held: 4500. Open to the public, by appointment.  

St Bride Printing Library
Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EE
www.stbride.org
A world-famous collection of printing and related subjects: paper and binding, graphic design and typography, typefaces and calligraphy, illustration and printmaking, publishing and book-selling.  

Tate Library and Archive
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
Online catalogue: www.tate.org.uk/research/researchservices/researchcentre/default.htm
Approximate number of books held: 4000. A comprehensive collection documenting the work of contemporary artists from the 1960s to the present. Reference collection, public access by appointment  

Winchester School of Art Library
Park Avenue, Winchester SO23 8DL
www.library.soton.ac.uk
Reference collection with public access by appointment. Online and paper catalogue. The collection was started in the early 1970s and includes a wide range of formats, with an emphasis on contemporary British artists.  

USA and Canada 

Bibliograph
#1202-3334 de Gaspé, Montréal QC, Canada
www.bibliograph.ca
English/French library and reading room specialising in independent publications: zines, comics, artists’ books.  

Booklyn Artists’ Books Study Collection/Archive37
Greenpoint Avenue, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11222, New York, USA
www.booklyn.org
Approx. number of books held: 700. Reference collection, with some lending for institutional research or exhibitions.Booklyn has a wide spectrum of contemporary book arts by living artists including, fine collage books, collaborative projects, fine letter press, independent press, multi-media books, photographic books, unique books, and ’zines.  

Brooklyn Museum of Art Library
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238, USA
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Large reference collection, access by appointment only.  

Franklin Furnace / MOMA Artist’s Book Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
www.moma.org
Access by appointment, see website for details.  

Joan Flasch Artist’s Book Collection
John M Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 37 South Wabash, ChicagoIl 60603, USA
www.artic.edu/saic/art/flasch/
Approximate number of books held: 5000. Located within an institution but open to the public. The collection includes artists’ books and multiples as well as other experimental art forms from the 1960s to the present.  

Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
http://wally.rit.edu/cary/
Reference collection with access by appointment only.Approx. 20,000 manuscripts on: bookbinding, papermaking, type design, calligraphy and book illustration.  

Rhode Island School of Design Library
2 College Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
http://library.risd.edu
The collection scope covers: multiples and limited edition small press, some unique books, late 1960s to present. Reference collection with public access by appointment. 

Visual Studies Workshop Research Archive
31 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607, USA
www.vsw.org
An extensive collection and archive of artists’ books and related disciplines from the early 1970’s onwards. Visits by appointment.  

Yale Center for British Art: Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
1080 Chapel Street, P.O. Box, 208280 New Haven, Connecticut CT 06520, USA
www.yale.edu/ycba
The Center’s Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts houses c. 30,000 volumes, including a growing collection of contemporary British Artists’ Books. 

A Tale of Two Cities: Artists’ Books from Bristol and New York, Sarah Bodman (ed) Impact Press, UWE, Bristol, 2001 (O/P free download at www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bookpub.htm)

Artists' Books Revisited, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada and Secession, Vienna, Austria, 2005, ISBN 0 920956 76 9 

Books As Art, Boca Raton Museum, USA, 1991 

Books As Art, Andrew Bick (ed), Cheltenham & Gloucester College of HE, 1998,ISBN 1 86174 067 0 

Books By Artists, Art Metropole, Toronto, 1981 

Books by Artists, Sarah Bodman (ed), Impact Press UWE, Bristol, 1999,ISBN 0 9536076 0 7 

Books By Artists, Printed Matter, DIA, New York, 1992 

Book Works, London, publications catalogues, 1994 onwards 

British Artists’ Books 1970-1983, Atlantis Gallery, London, 1984 

Cooking the Books: Ron King and Circle Press, Andrew Lambirth, Yale Center for British Art/Circle Press, London, 2002 Collaborations: Ian Tyson and Jerome Rothenberg Livres d’Artiste 1968 – 2003,Eric Linard Galerie, Published by ed.it, France, 2003 

Eye on Europe: Prints, Books and Multiples/1960 to now, Deborah Wye and Wendy Weitman, MOMA, New York, 2006, ISBN 870 703714 

Outside of a Dog: Paperbacks and other Books by Artists, Clive Phillpot, and Sune Nordgren, BALTIC, Newcastle, 2003 

Pop-up, Peek, Push, Pull … An Exhibition of Movable Books and Ephemera from the collection of Geraldine Roberts Lebowitz, James A.  Findlay, Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, USA, 2001, ISBN 0 9678858 3 3 

Repetivity: A Platform for Publishing Simon Cutts and Colin Sackett, RGAP, Derby, 2000, ISBN 0 901437 50 6 

Sitting Room: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books, Lucy May Schofield and Tom Sowden, Righton Press, Manchester, 2006, ISBN 1 900756 34 X 

The Book Made Art University of Chicago Library, Chicago, 1986 

The Consistency of Shadows: Exhibition Catalogues as Autonomous Works of Art, Anne Dorothee Böhme and Kevin Henry, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003 

The Coracle: Coracle Press Gallery 1975-1987, Exhibition at Yale Center for British Art, USA November 1989 - January 1990, Coracle, London, 1989 

The Space of the Page - Sequence, Continuity and Material, John Janssen, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 1997, ISBN 1 900081 56 3 

Turning Over The Pages: Some Books in Contemporary Art, Pavel Büchler (ed),Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge, 1986 

The Body and the Book: Looking at the artist’s book and the body, Dr Stephen Bury, Flaxman, London, 1996 

UK Artists’ Books 1992, Working Press, London, 1992 

Work And Turn: Artists’ Bookworks From The UK 1980-1992, Open Editions, London, 1995, ISBN 0949004065 

If you have Internet access, it is worth visiting the websites of book arts centres as many of them have archives of exhibitions, educational programmes and details of future opportunities. 

Centre des Livres d’ Artistes / Pays - Paysage
17 Rue Jules Ferry, 87500 Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France
www.centredeslivresdartistes.info
Centre for artists’ books with exhibitions, archive and publication programme.  

Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, NY 10001, New York, USA
www.centerforbookarts.org
A major centre for book arts, with exhibitions, book arts classes and residencies. 

Center for Book and Paper Arts
Columbia College Chicago, 1104 S. Wabash, 2^nd Floor, Chicago IL 60605, USA
www.colum.edu/centers/bpa
An educational centre with public access for exhibitions and feature lectures for book arts events. Their website also has an informative links section.  

Idaho Center for the Book
1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83725, USA
www.lili.org/icb
Educational and archive centre, with exhibitions. 

Nordic Centre for Artists’ Books, Oslo
http://ncfab.org
NCFAB works to promote artists’ books within the Nordic countries. 

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Avenue South, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
www.mnbookarts.org
Exhibitions and book arts classes. 

Pyramid Atlantic8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA
www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org
Exhibitions, residencies and organiser of artist’s book fairs.  

Research Centre for Artists’ Publications (ASPC)
Neues Museum Weserburg, Teerhof, 2028199 Bremen, Germany
www.nmwb.de
Centre covering artists’ books, magazines, mail art, Fluxus, concrete poetry, with over 60,000 artists’ publications. Open to the public. 

San Francisco Center for the Book
300 De Haro Street, San Francisco 94103, USA
www.sfcb.org
Exhibition programme, archive and book arts classes. 

Visual Studies Workshop
31 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607, USA
www.vsw.org
Exhibition programme, archive collection, summer schools and residencies. 

Women's Studio Workshop
PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472, USA
www.wsworkshop.org
Artists’ books publishing and residency programme since 1974. Visit their digital web archive of artists’ publications, documenting every page of their archived books. 

This list includes fairs where artists’ books are the main feature or are significantly represented. For a list of large international book fairs, such as the Frankfurt book fair, visit the website:

www.kuenstlerbuecher.de/messen.htm 

Artist’s Book Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Organised by Rafael Castaner and Julia Pelletier
www.rafa-c.com 

Artists’ Books and Multiples Fair, Australia
Organised by Grahame Galleries
www.grahamegalleries.com 

Bristol Artist’s Book Event (BABE),
UKBi-annual artist’s book event, organised by Arnolfini and UWE, Bristol
www.arnolfini.org.uk / www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk 

Contemporary Creative Books International Fair, Marseille, France
Organised annually by Atelier Vis-à-Visemail: bookaffair@wanadoo.fr for information. 

Editions and Artist’s Book Fair, USA
Annual event organised by Printed Matter.
www.eabfair.com / www.printedmatter.org 

Fine Press Book Association Fairs, UK
Regular book fairs in the UK, for members.
www.fpba.com 

Glasgow International Artists' Bookfair
Organised by Helen Shaddock and Harald Turek
www.giab.org.uk 

International Contemporary Artist’s Book Fair, Leeds University, UK
Annual artist’s book fair organised by Chris Taylor and John McDowall.
email book.fair@ntlworld.com 

Les éditeurs, la foire, France
Artist’s book fair organised by the Centre des Livres d’Artistes.
www.centredeslivresdartistes.info 

London Artists Book Fair (LAB), UK
Annual event organised by Marcus Campbell
www.marcuscampbell.co.uk 

Manchester Artist's Book Fair, UK
Organised by the Righton Press at Manchester Metropolitan University
www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/rightonpress/ 

Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, USA
Fair and conference programme in Silver Spring, USA
www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org 

scissorspaperstone  artists' book and multiples fair
Bi-annual one-day fair at London Print Studio, UK
www.londonprintstudio.org.uk 

Seoul International Artist’s Book Fair
Annual fair organised by the Korean Bookarts Association.
www.kba21.com 

Small Publishers Fair, London, UK
Annual fair for small and independent publishers, including artists’ books.Organised by RGAP (Research Group for Artists’ Publications)
www.rgap.co.uk   

R K Burt and Co. Ltd
57 Union Street, London SE1 1SG
Tel: 020 7407 6474Fax: 020 7403 3672
www.rkburt.co.uk
sales@rkburt.co.uk
Wholesale paper suppliers, speciality papers for creative use. The RKB Gallery was created in November 1999. Dedicated to promoting ‘works on paper’, the gallery provides a space for degree level art students to gain an insight into how an exhibition is created including responsibility for advertising, curating, hanging and staffing.  

William Cowley
97 Caldecote Street, Newport Pagnell, Bucks MK4 0DB
Tel: 01908 610038Fax: 01908 611071
www.williamcowley.co.uk
Manufacturers of hand-made parchment and vellum for illuminating, printing and bookbinding.  

Innova Art Ltd
www.innovaart.com/en/book-art.html
info@innovaart.com
Innova Art has developed a series of “Book Art” papers in conjunction with artists, photographers, book artists and university lecturers, designed for the very specific requirements of digital book art and binding. See the website for supplier outlets.  

J Hewit & Sons Ltd.
Kinauld Leather Works, Currie, Edinburgh EH14 5RS
Tel: 0131 449 2206, Fax: 0 131 451 5081
www.hewit.comsales@hewit.com
Manufacturers of fine bookbinding leathers and suppliers of equipment, tools, materials and sundries for all bookbinders. Mail order available through the website, with agents around the world. Also have 2nd hand equipment and discontinued items to sell in their Bargain Basement on thewebsite.  

John Purcell Paper
15 Rumsey Road, London SW9 OTR
Tel: 020 7737 5199, Fax: 020 7737 6765
www.johnpurcell.net
jpp@johnpurcell.net
Specialist suppliers of papers for artists; hand-made, mould and machine made, various Japanese and unusual papers. Mail order always available, ask for a catalogue.  

F J Ratchford Limited
Kennedy Way, Green Lane, Stockportc Cheshire SK4 2JX
Tel: 0161 480 8484, Fax: 0161 480 3679
info@fjratchford.co.uk
www.fjratchford.co.uk
A comprehensive range of bookcloths, accessories, leathers and coverings, with worldwide delivery available.  

The Bag ‘N’ Box Man Ltd
Unit 1, West Street, Shutford, Banbury OX15 6PH
Tel: 01295 788522, Fax: 01295 788523
www.boxes-bags.com
Boxes from stock or custom-made to order, cards, rubber stamps and packaging. 

Wrights of Lymm Ltd.
Warrington Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0SA
Tel: 01925 754368
www.stonehouses.co.uk
info@wrightsoflymm.co.uk
Gold Leaf manufacturer and supplier of gilding and restoration materials, specialist decorating and artists’ materials.

Arnolfini bookshop
16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
Tel 0117 917 2304                        
www.arnolfini.org.uk/about/bookshop.php
Independent gallery bookshop with regular displays of artists’ books. 

Bertram Rota Ltd
31 Long Acre (First Floor), Covent Garden, London WC2E 9LT
www.bertramrota.co.uk
Private press, artists' books, modern first editions and books on the arts. 

bookartbookshop
17 Pitfield Street, Hoxton, London N1 6HB
Tel: 020 7608 1333
www.bookartbookshop.com
A huge selection of contemporary artists’ books for sale and a lively exhibition programme. 

EMH Arts / The Eagle Gallery
159 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3AL
Tel: 020 7833 2674
www.emmahilleagle.com
Contemporary gallery dealing in and publishing artists’ books by represented artists. 

Firecatcher Books
The Last Drop Village, Hospital Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire BL7 9PZ
Tel: 01204 597511
www.firecatcherbooks.co.uk
Artist run bookshop and gallery 

Here shop and gallery
108 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RU
Tel: 0117 9422222
http://sparror.cubecinema.com/here/mainmenu.html
Independent, small-press and underground art, books, ‘zines and more. 

Marcus Campbell Art Books
43 Holland Street, London SE1 9JR
Tel 020 7261 0111
www.marcuscampbell.co.uk 

Off-Centre Gallery
13 Cotswold Road, Bristol BS3 4NX
offcentre@lineone.net 

Tate Modern bookshop
Tate ModernBankside, London SE1 9TG
www.tate.org.uk/shop/books.htm
Contemporary artists’ publications and reference books.  

The Permanent Bookshop
Permanent Gallery, 20 Bedford Place, Brighton BN1 2PT
www.permanentgallery.com
A wide range of limited edition artists’ books, small-press publications, magazines and occasional papers.  

Walther Koenig Books
Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA and at 80 Charing Cross Road, LondonWC2H 0BF 
Tel: 020 7706 4907, Fax: 020 7705 4911
www.koenigbooks.co.uk/
Contemporary and out of print artists’ books from pre-1960.  

Whitechapel Art Gallery
Artwords Bookshop, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
Tel 020 7247 6924                       
www.artwords.co.uk 

• www.alteredbookartists.com, International Society of Altered Book Artists. 
• www.ambeck.mdd.dk, Artists’ books and related works by Danish artist Mette-Sofie D. Ambeck. 
• www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com, Works by Angela Lorenz, with links and info on artists' books. 
• www.antonwuerth.de, Artists' books and works by Anton Würth. 
• www.artichokeyinkpress.com, Founded in 1993 by Christopher Wilde, AYP publishes limited edition books made with artists and writers. 
• http://artistsbooks.slq.qld.gov.au, Australian Library of Art collection of artists books. 
• www.artspacemackay.com.au/artists_books, Australian centre with exhibitions, collection, reading room and forum. 
• www.ashoalofmackerel.com, Glasgow and Gothenburgh based publishing house, specialising in small limited edition artists book.
• www.aspectable.com, Artists’ books and graphic works by Conor Lucey. 
• www.beatricecoron.com, Paper-cut artists’ books by Beatrice Coron. 
• www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk, UWE Bristol Centre for Fine Print Research,  artists’ books website for projects, exhibitions, archives, publications and free downloads including the Book Arts Newsletter. 
• www.bookarts.ua.edu, For useful bookarts web resource links. 
• www.bookhad.ac.uk, Search engine for book arts study and research in selected institutions and collections in the UK, with useful links. 
• www.bookworks.org.uk, Book Works (established 1974) website, lots of useful information on artists’ publications, projects and mail order. 
• www.brokenrules.co.uk, Artists’ books by Ken Campbell. 
• www.buchkunst.info/moderne_buchkunst/index.htm, Reinhard Grüner’s excellent artist’s book collection website. 
• http://www.bway.net/~fly/Zines, books and artworks by FLY. 
• www.cbbag.ca, Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. 
• www.cca-kitakyushu.org, Japanese international gallery / book art research publishing. 
• www.circlepress.com, Circle Press (established 1967) publishes artists’ editions of classic and contemporary texts, posters and books. 
• www.clarellen.com, Digital photography, artists’ books and publications by Douglas Holleley, author of Digital Book Design and Publishing. 
• www.colophon.com, Fine Press books, plus links to a number of related websites. 
• www.coracle.ie, Artists’ books by Simon Cutts, Erica van Horn and associated artists and writers. 
• www.couchprojects.com, Artists’ books and online projects by Angie Waller. 
• www.craftycards.net/projects/index.htm, Karen Schwitzer's Ker-bloom! zine, each issue always letterpress-printed. 
• www.dailytwit.com, The Daily Twit, a nonsensical newspaper about nothing, by Magnus Irvin. 
• www.dampflat.com, Artists’ books and editions by Jackie Batey, with working visuals and background information on each book. 
• www.faction.org.uk, Artists’ books by Lin Charlston, Heather Weston and Emily Artinian. 
• www.foldpage.org, Bookworks, publications and works by Sarah Albon, Clare Bryan, Sue Doggett, James Keith and Penny Stanford. 
• www.forumbookart.com, Heinz Stefan Bartkowiak’s Forum Book Art (established 1988) publication website with artists’ images, mail order, useful links and events information. 
• www.getyourwaron.com, Books and related items by David Rees. 
• www.granarybooks.com/catalog.html, For information on Granary Books artists’ and writers’ projects. 
• www.greenchairpress.com, Susan Angebranndt’s letterpress and fine press works with useful information. 
• www.indeprintent.com/index.htm, Artists’ books by Ral Veroni. 
• www.indulgencepress.com, Established by Wilber Schilling (aka Chip) in 1993, Indulgence Press publishes contemporary authors, artists and poets. 
• http://jab-online.net, Online site for the Journal of Artists’ Books, established by Brad Freeman. 
• www.karenhanmer.com, Artists’ books by Karen Hanmer. 
• www.karenmagazine.com, KAREN is more interested in the weather than what to wear, sell by dates than celebrity. 
• www.keithsmithbooks.com, Keith Smith’s Books, an invaluable website for his bookbinding guides, information and mail order. 
• www.laurarussell.net, Artists’ books by Laura Russell. 
• www.library.unisa.edu.au/resources/subject/artistsbks.asp, A good resource for links and information on book arts. 
• www.mermaidturbulence.com, Founded in 1993 to publish contemporary works by artists and writers. 
• www.mobilivre.org, The Mobilivre-Bookmobile travels across the USA and Canada in a vintage airstream trailer, visiting communities with a range of over 300 artists’ bookworks. 
• www.mpawson.demon.co.uk, Mark Pawson’s wonderful website of multiples, artists’ books and much more. 
• www.noosaregionalgallery.org/books.html, Australian gallery with an annual artist’s book programme of events. 
• www.ottoillustration.com, Artists’ books and related works by Otto. 
• www.outofbinding.com, Bookbinding and book works by Carmencho Arregui. 
• www.pabagallery.com, Photo Book Art Gallery website, Connecticut, USA. 
• http://pages.britishlibrary.net/writersforum/ , Writers Forum, a non-profit-making publisher of innovative poetries founded by the late Bob Cobbing (1920-2002). 
• www.philobiblon.com, Major site for artists’ books with links to book arts websites, and the Book Arts-L discussion forum. 
• www.popularkinetics.com, Carol Barton’s kinetic book works and pop-ups with useful information and links. 
• www.preachersbiscuitbooks.com, Founded in 2004 by Kris Merola and Tate Shaw. The publishers collaborate with visual, sound, and language artists to produce contemporary publications. 
• www.productiongray.com, Artists’ books by Gray Fraser. 
• www.redfoxpress.com, Francis van Maele’s Redfoxpress, for mail art and artists’ books. 
• www.safetygearmuseum.com, Artists’ books and related projects by Canadian artist Bill Burns. 
• www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/rarebooks/index.html, The Rare Books Collection and permanent exhibition: Mirror of the World. 
• www.smabs.co.uk, Stuart Mugridge’s artists’ books projects and links. 
• www.smallpress.org.uk, Listings and advice for small press publishers. 
• www.so-multiples.com, Océane Delleaux’s research website for artists’ publications. 
• www.spygirlfriday.com/page1/page9/page9.html, Spy Emerson’s Underground Public Library project. 
• www.theartistsbook.org, A fantastic site for South African artists’ books, packed with information. 
• http://umbrellaeditions.com/index.php, Judith Hoffberg's Umbrella journal online. 
• www.weproductions.com, Weproductions’ catalogue of artists’ books (established 1971) and useful links. 
• www.wotadot.com, Artists’ books by Ana Vicente and Ivan Richards. 
• www.zeth.no, Artists’ Books and projects by Norwegian artist Kurt Johannessen. 
• www.zinebook.com, A mine of information on all aspects of Zines from archives to making, and places to see them. 
• www.zyarts.com/zybooks, UK-based exhibition and information website, featuring artists making books, artist’s book gallery, news and links. 

• Bartkowiak, Heinz Stefan, Bartkowiak’s Forum Book Art, Hamburg, Germany,  see www.forumbookart.com 
• Barton, Carol, The Pocket Paper Engineer: How to Make Pop-Ups Step-by-Step, Popular Kinetics Press, USA, 2005, ISBN 0 9627752 0 7 
• Bicknell, Les, Are There Any Limits To What Can Be Called Book Art? Essex, 1994 
• Bodman, Sarah (ed), Artist’s Book Yearbook 2008-2009, Impact Press, Bristol, UK, ISBN 0 9547025 6 5 
• Bodman, Sarah (ed), Artist’s Book Yearbook 2006-2007, Impact Press, Bristol, UK, ISBN 0 9543810 9 2 
• Bodman, Sarah (ed), Artist’s Book Yearbook 2003-2005, ISBN 0 9536076 9 0(O/P free PDF download from www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bookpub.htm) 
• Bodman, Sarah (ed), Artist’s Book Yearbook 2001-2, Impact Press, Bristol, UK, ISBN 0 9536076 7 4 
• Bodman, Sarah, Artists’ Books Creative Production and Marketing, Impact Press UWE Bristol, 2007, ISBN 0 9547025 7 3  (free PDF download from www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bookpub.htm) 
• Bodman, Sarah Creating Artists’ Books A & C Black, London, July 2005, ISBN 0 7136 6509 2 - 2nd edition, A & C Black, London, December 2007, ISBN 9-780713-6387521 and Creating Artists’ Books Watson-Guptill, New York, September 2005, ISBN 0 8230 1012 0 
• Bright, Betty, No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America 1960-1980, Granary Books, New York, 2005, ISBN 1 887123 71 7 
• Bury, Dr Stephen, Artists’ Books: The Book as a Work of Art 1963-1995, Scolar Press, London, 1998, ISBN 185928 163X 
• Bury, Dr Stephen, Artists’ Multiples 1935-2000 Ashgate, Hants, 2001, ISBN 0 7546 0075 0 
• Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists’ Books MOMA, New York, 1994, ISBN 0878781517 
• Clay, Steven (ed), When will the book be done? Granary Books publishing from 1980s onwards, Granary Books, New York, 2001, ISBN 188712343 
• Courtney, Cathy, Private Views and Other Containers, Estamp, London, 1992,ISBN 1 871831 09 1 
• Courtney, Cathy, The Looking Book: A pocket history of Circle Press 1967-1996,Circle Press, London, 1996, ISBN 0 90138071 7 
• Courtney, Cathy, Speaking of Book Art: Interviews with British and American Book Artists, The Red Gull Press, 1999, ISBN 0962637254 
• Doggett, Sue, Bookworks: Books, Memory and Photo Albums, Journals, and Diaries Made by Hand, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1998, ISBN 0823004910 
• Doggett, Sue, Bookworks: Fresh Approaches to the Practical Art of Bookbinding,  Apple Press, 1998, ISBN: 1840920904 
• Doggett, Sue, Handmade Books, A&C Black, 2003, ISBN 0713667699 
• Drucker, Johanna, The Century Of Artists' Books, 2^nd edition paperback, Granary Books, USA, 2004, ISBN 1 887123 02 04 
• Ford, Simon, Artists’ Books in UK and Eire Libraries, Estamp, London, 1992 
• Fusco, Maria and Hunt, Ian (eds), Put About: A Critical Anthology on Independent Publishing, Book Works, London, 2004, ISBN 1 870699 70 X Gooding, Mel and Rothenstein, Julian, The Book of Shrigley, Redstone Press, London, 2005, ISBN 1 870003 24 1 
• Harrison, Holly, Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking, Rockport Publishers, Mass, USA, 2003, ISBN 1564969959 
• Hellion, Martha (ed), Libros de Artista/Artists' Books, Vol I, Turner, Mexico, 2003,ISBN 84 7506 580 5 
• Hellion, Martha (ed), Libros de Artista/Artists' Books Ulises Carrión: Personal Worlds or Cultural Strategies, Vol II, Turner, Mexico, 2003, ISBN 84 7506 581 3 
• Hoffberg, Judith, Umbrella: The Anthology 1978-1998, Umbrella Editions, Santa Monica, USA, 1999, ISBN 0 9635042 2 3 
• Holleley, Douglas Digital Book Design and Publishing, Clarellen, New York, 2003, ISBN 0 9707138 0 0 
• Hubert, Renée Riese and Judd David, The Cutting Edge of Reading: Artists' Books, Granary Books, New York, 1999, ISBN 1887123210 
• Johnson, Robert and Stein, Donna, Artists’ Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, Thames and Hudson, London and Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 2001, ISBN 0 500 2394 8 
• Klima, Stefan, Artists’ Books: A Critical Survey of the Literature, Granary Books, New York, 1998, ISBN 1 887 12318 0 
• Lauf, Cornelia and Phillpot, Clive, Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books,Distributed Art Publishers (DAP), USA, 1998, ISBN 1 881 61694 0 
• Lyons, Joan (ed), Artists’ Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, Visual Studies Workshop Press, New York, 1993, ISBN 0 879 05280 5 
• Moeglin-Delcroix, Anne (ed), Looking, Telling, Thinking, Collecting: four directions of the artist's book from the sixties to the present, Edizioni Corraini, 2004, ISBN 978 8887942811 
• Peixoto, Tanya (ed), Artist’s Book Yearbook, Magpie Press, Middlesex, UK1994-5, ISBN 0 9523880 0 61996-7, ISBN 0 9523880 6 51998-99, ISBN 0 9523880 3 0(all available from www.bookartbookshop.com) 
• Phillpot, Clive and Hendricks J, Fluxus: selections from the Gilbert and Lila Silverman collection, MOMA, New York, 1988, ISBN 0 87070 311 0 
• Rolo, Jane and Hunt, Ian (eds), Book Works: A Partial History and Sourcebook, Book Works, London, 1996, ISBN 1 870699 20 3 
• Rothenberg, Jerome (ed), A Book of the Book: Some Works and Projections about the Book and Writing, Granary Books, New York, 2000, ISBN 1887123288 
• Silveira, Paulo, A Pagina Violada: Da ternura a injuria na construçao do livro de artista, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil, 2001, ISBN 85 7025 585 3 
• Smith, Keith, 200 Books: An Annotated Bibliography, Keith Smith Books, New York, 2000, ISBN 0-9637682-7-1 Keith Smith has written numerous books on binding, concepts and formats for book artists, for the full titles list see: www.keithsmithbooks.com 
• Trusky, Tom, James Castle: his life and art, Idaho Center for the Book, Idaho, USA, 2004, ISBN 0932129412 
• Turner, Sylvie (ed) Facing The Page: British Artists’ Books, Estamp, London, 1993, ISBN 1 871831 11 3 White, Maria, Perratt, Patrick and Lawes, Liz, Artists’ books: A Cataloguers’ Manual, ARLIS/UK & Ireland, UK, 2006, ISBN 978 0 9552445 0 6 
• Zeier, Franz Books, Boxes and Portfolios: Binding, Construction and Design Step-by-step, Tab Books, USA, 1990 ISBN: 0830634835

Book Works Studio
19 Holywell Row, London EC2A 4JB
Tel: 020 7247 2203
www.bookworks.org.uk
Contact: Rob Hadrillrob@bookworks.org.uk
We offer a singular service in hand bookbinding, boxmaking, letterpress printing and printmaking, and specialise in making one-off and limited  edition books, boxes, artists’ multiples and portfolios.  

Brighton Independent Printmaking (BIP)
Module B1, Enterprise Point, Melbourne Street, Brighton BN2 3LH
Tel: 01273 691496
www.brightonprintmaking.co.uk
bip@brightonprintmaking.co.uk
Contact: Ann d’Arcy Hughes or Jane Sampson
An open access Fine-Art print workshop.  Regular workshops and classes.  

Bristol Bound Bookbinding
300 North Street, Ashton Gate, Bristol BS3 1JU
Tel: 0117 966 3300
www.bristolbound.co.uk
information@bristolbound.co.uk
Contact: Rachel and Richard James
Bookbinders specialising in restoration, leather and cloth artists’ books, albums and presentation boxes. We undertake any binding projects.  

Cotswold Bookbinders
Oak Tree House, Ewen, Cirencester, Glos, GL7 6BT
Tel: 01285 770458
Contact: John Jameson
John@cotswoldbookbinders.co.uk
Offering a highly skilled and professional service to a wide variety of customers from the private collector, to the Secondhand & Antiquarian book trade and to Libraries.A wide range of binding tasks are undertaken from simple repairs to  sensitive restoration.  Occasional bookbinding courses also run in the South West. 

Harrington & Squires
The Corridor, 136a Fortress Road, London NW5 2HP
Tel: 0207 2671500
www.harringtonanddquires.co.uk
info@harringtonandsquires.co.uk
Contact: Vicky Fullick / Chrissie Charlton
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday,by appointment.
Bespoke small format letterpress designers and printers, limited editions of books, badges, letterheads, business cards, invitations etc.Founded in 2002, by designers/typographersChrissie Charlton and Vicky Fullick. 

Dove Studios (The Print Room)
Butleigh, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8TL
Tel: 01458 850 682
bronbradshaw@yahoo.com
Contact: Bronwen Bradshaw
Courses in book arts and printmaking offered in studio environment with etching and hand-printing facilities. Occasional exhibitions of prints and artists’ books. 

Bob Howe
Cox’s Cottage, 49 Cleeve Hill Road, Cleeve, Bristol BS49 4PH
Tel: 01934 832671
email: bob.howe69@virgin.net
Traditional Letterpress Printer.  

Londonprintstudio
425 Harrow Road, London W10 4RE
Tel: 020 8969 3247
www.londonprintstudio.org.uk
info@londonprintstudio.org.uk
Open access printmaking facilities and courses for artists and designers, with gallery showing contemporary prints.  

New North Press
Standpoint Studios, 45 Coronet Street, London N1 6HD
Tel: 020 7729 3161
Contact: Graham Bignell
graham.bignell@talk21.com
Editioning service for linocuts, wood engravings and woodcuts, and typesetting for artists’ books and collaborations.  

Regional Print Centre
Canolfan Argraffu, RanbartholYale College, Grove Park Road, Wrexham LL12 7AA, UK
Tel: 01978 311794 (ext: 2286)
printcentre@yale-wrexham.ac.uk
Since 2002 the centre has offered open access printmaking facilities to artists and designers from across Wales and beyond. Subscribe to e-bulletin for more information. 

Salisbury Bookbinders
Cole Street Farm, Cole Street Lane, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 5JQ
Tel: 01747 835696
www.salisburybookbinders.co.uk
nancywinfield@hotmail.co.ukHand bindery with lots of experience working in creative partnership and with artists to present material in interesting ways.  

Seacourt Print Workshop
78 Hamilton Road, Bangor, Co. Down, BT20 4LG, Northern Ireland
Tel/fax: 028 9146 0595
www.seacourt-ni.org.uk
info@ seacourt-ni.org.uk
Facilities for traditional and digital printmaking; courses, workshops, talks.Open access and collaborative printmaking.  

Spike Island Printmakers
133 Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6UX
Tel: 0117 929 0135
www.spikeisland-printmakers.com
spikeprint@btconnect.com
Contact: Irena Czapska
Open access (24 hours for keyholders) fine-art print studio for artists and those wishing to print.  

TypoGNeil Crawford
70A Muswell Hill Road, London, N10 3JR
Tel: 020 8444 1234
neil@typog.co.uk
Typography for artists’ books and catalogues.Collaborations include: Ian Tyson A cast of Dice never can annul Chance, Tetrad, London; Sandy Sykes Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, WSAP Editions, London; Correspondences: A collaboration, EMH Arts/Eagle Graphics, London; Jane Bustin/ Andrew Renton (Atem wende) And a year ago, I commemorated a missed encounter…, EMH Arts, London; Jane Joseph/Mel Gooding A Little Flora of Common Plants, EMH Arts, London; Andrew Bick  Variant/Gloom, EMH Arts, London.  

Valle Walkley
The Studio, 19 Hammelton Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 3PZ
Tel: 020 8289 6613
vallewalkley@hotmail.com
Contact: Daniella Valle, Richard Walkley
Freelance graphic design partnership, specialising in print (book design / typography / artists’ books). Can manage projects through to production. Est. 2002. 

The Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP)

The Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) Programme alerts libraries and other book buyers to forthcoming titles in advance of publication. The British Library contracts an outside agency (currently Bibliographic Data Services Limited) to gather information from publishers on their future titles. A standardised catalogue record for each title is then created to include the author, title, publisher, date of publication, price, and ISBN. Name headings are authority controlled. Library of Congress Subject Headings and Dewey Decimal Classification numbers are added to enable subject access. Up to 16 weeks in advance of publication, these CIP records are added to a range of British Library products and services which are available to public, academic and other libraries, and bibliographic information providers and agencies worldwide. Acquisitions librarians routinely use CIP information in order to place advance orders for new titles.

The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an internationally accepted code which identifies the title of serial publications. It is an eight digit number consisting of seven digits plus a check digit which enables a computer to recognise when the number is incorrectly cited. The check digit may be an X, otherwise the ISSN is fully numeric.

The ISSN is not connected with ownership of the journal, nor does it confer copyright or protect the title of the serial from use by other publishers. The ISSN is not related to legal deposit. Under the Copyright Act of 1911, as amended by the British Library Act of 1972, all publications, including individual issues of serials, must be deposited with the British Library whether they carry an ISSN or not.

Legal Deposit

Publishers and distributors in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland have a legal obligation to send one copy of each of their publications to the Legal Deposit Office of the British Library within one month of publication.

The right of the British Library to receive one copy of every publication distributed in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland is based on the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 and the Irish Copyright Act 1963 (currently being replaced by similar provisions in the Copyright and Related Rights Bill of 1999).

The UK Standard Book Numbering Agency Ltd is the National ISBN Agency for the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It is responsible for assigning ISBN Publisher Prefixes to publishers based in the UK or Republic of Ireland.

Nielsen BookData was formed during July 2002 with the intention of merging Whitaker, first Edition and Book Data. The three companies have served the book industry for more than 140 years. Nielsen BookData offers bibliographic data services to publishers, booksellers and libraries in over 100 countries worldwide.

Nielsen BookNet offers the combined electronic trading services of first Edition and Whitaker through Nielsen BookData

Copyright

The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. (CLA) is the UK's Reproduction Rights Organisation and a member of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO).

Formed in 1982, it is a non-profit making company owned by its members, the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and the Publishers Licensing Society(PLS), to encourage and promote respect for copyright.

The Patent Office: " We stimulate innovation and enhance the international competitiveness of British Industry and commerce. We offer customers an accessible, high quality, value for money system both national and international, for granting intellectual property rights. We develop staff to meet this mission. "

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Copyleft is a form of licensing and may be used to modify copyrights for works such as computer software, documents, music, and art. In general, copyright law allows an author to prohibit others from reproducing, adapting, or distributing copies of the author's work. In contrast, an author may, through a copyleft licensing scheme, give every person who receives a copy of a work permission to reproduce, adapt or distribute the work as long as any resulting copies or adaptations are also bound by the same copyleft licensing scheme. A widely used and originating copyleft license is the GNU General Public License. Similar licenses are available through Creative Commons — called Share-alike.
Copyleft may also be characterized as a copyright licensing scheme in which an author surrenders some but not all rights under copyright law. Instead of allowing a work to fall completely into the public domain (where no copyright restrictions are imposed), copyleft allows an author to impose some but not all copyright restrictions on those who want to engage in activities that would otherwise be considered copyright infringement. Under copyleft, copyright infringement may be avoided if the would-be infringer perpetuates the same copyleft scheme. For this reason copyleft licenses are also known as viral or reciprocal licenses.
In summary: While the copyright only protects the exclusive rights of the originator by excluding all others under penalty, the Copyleft protects the freedom of all others, practically to use copyrighted works as if there were no copyright law at all.