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2000 Poet's Market: 1,800 Places to Publish Your Poetryby Chantelle BentleyISBN 0898799155 (0-89879-915-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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2004 Poet's Market: 1,800 + Places to Publish Your Poetryby Nancy Breen, Vanessa LymanISBN 1582971870 (1-58297-187-0)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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2004 Writer's Marketby Katie Brogan, Robert Lee BrewerISBN 1582971897 (1-58297-189-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: '2004 Writer's Market'Book summary:Writer's Market is the world's bestselling writing reference. Why? Because more writers get published using Writer's Market than any other resource. Unlike any other reference, the information in Writer's Market is completely updated every single year--guaranteed! From book publishers to script buyers, writers will find the crucial information they need to contact more than 8,000 editors, including what they're looking for, how much they pay, how fast they respond, and more. Quick-reference symbols and indexes make finding the right information easy and fast. An invaluable selection of articles and interviews add even more to the mix, helping readers to break into print and market their work successfully. [via]
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2005 Writer's Marketby KATHRYN BROGAN, Robert Lee BrewerISBN 1582972710 (1-58297-271-0)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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2006 Guide To Literary Agentsby Katie Brogan, Robert Lee Brewer, Joanna MastersonISBN 1582973997 (1-58297-399-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '2006 Guide To Literary Agents'Book summary:This annual, comprehensive directory provides writers with the information they need to find the best agent for their work. The 2006 guide includes: Complete, newly updated contact information to more than 600 non-fee-charging agents, all who adhere to the ethical guidelines established by the Association of Author Representatives and the Writers Guild of America Insider interviews with top agents, including Evan Marshall, Ann Rittenberg, and Donald Maass Invaluable new articles on writing conferences, researching agents' websites and fees, screenwriting secrets and more With book publishing becoming even more driven by agents, this guide will continue to be an essential tool for writers who want to get published. [via]
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Arnold's Ancient Axioms: Typography for Publications Editorsby Edmund C. ArnoldISBN 0931368022 (0-931368-02-2)
Softcover, Lawrence Ragan Communications
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The Art and Science of Book Publishingby Herbert S. BaileyISBN 0821409700 (0-8214-0970-0)
Softcover, Ohio Univ Pr
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Away with the Fairiesby Kerry GreenwoodISBN 1590583132 (1-59058-313-2)
Softcover, Poisoned Pen Pr
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Phryne Fisher is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. To do so, she takes a job within the women's magazine that employed the victim and finds herself enmeshed in her colleagues' deceptions.
But while Phryne is learning the ins and outs of magazine publishing first hand, her personal life is thrown into chaos. Impatient for her lover Lin Chung's imminent return from a silk-buying expedition to China, she instead receives an unusual summons from Lin Chung's family followed by a series of mysterious assaults and warnings. -
Bead Creative Art Quiltsby Nancy EhaISBN 0965647633 (0-9656476-3-3)
Hardcover, Creative Visions Press
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Book Doctorby Esther CohenISBN 1582433240 (1-58243-324-0)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book Doctor'Book summary:This title offers a modern-day romance and a hilarious, knowing look at the troublesome process of bringing a book into the world - for readers and struggling writers everywhere. Arlette Rosen earns her living helping strangers with their book ideas. She thinks she knows a good book from a bad one, and believes that all writers should aim to be James Joyce, or Proust, or at least not forgotten too quickly. Enter Harbinger Singh - an unusual hero - Singh earns his living as a tax lawyer. Still in love with his ex-wife, Singh wants to win her back. And, he also wants revenge. He decides the path to Carla is through writing a book. All he needs is help with the actual writing. Arlette Rosen and Harbinger Singh meet and enter each others lives in unalterable ways, ways that form the unusual path "Book Doctor" takes. It is a path full of books, sex, movies, love, music and continual revelation. [via]
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Book Publishing: The Basic Introductionby John P. DessauerISBN 0826406211 (0-8264-0621-1)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book Publishing: The Basic Introduction'Book summary:"One of the few essential books about publishing". -- Samuel S. Vaughan
"An outstanding job of describing the publishing process". -- Jeremiah Kaplan [via]
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Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary Typesby Marjorie Eberts, Margaret GislerISBN 0844243361 (0-8442-4336-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Hardcover, McGraw-Hill - Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary Types: ISBN 0844286184 (0-8442-8618-4)
Hardcover, Vgm Career Horizons - Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary Types: ISBN 0844243361 (0-8442-4336-1)
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Casanova Was a Book Lover: And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities About the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Booksby John Maxwell HamiltonISBN 0807125547 (0-8071-2554-7)
Hardcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, Cmyk Amd Rgb Formulas, for Print and Web Med Iaby Jim KrauseISBN 1581802366 (1-58180-236-6)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, Cmyk Amd Rgb Formulas, for Print and Web Med Ia'Book summary:The best-selling author of Idea Index and Layout Index returns with an all-new title! Color Index provides more than one thousand color combinations and formulas-- guaranteed to help graphic artists solve design dilemmas and create effective images for both print and the Web. From progressive colors to natural tones, Color Index makes choosing hues for any job easier! Designers will start working with color in exciting new ways and create original, eye-catching designs that pop off the page. It's all the inspiration they need to explore and experiment with color as never before! Just like the other clever little design books in this series, Color Index is portable, packed with inspiration, and neatly packaged in a colorful, sturdy vinyl jacket [via]
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Copyediting: A Practical Guideby Karen JuddISBN 1560521430 (1-56052-143-0)
Softcover, Crisp Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Copyediting: A Practical Guide'Book summary:"Every item intended for reading should be copyedited," says Karen Judd: books and periodicals, of course, but also appliance instructions and menus. Strange, then, that Judd's Copyediting is one of the few resources on the subject, but no matter. It's a terrific guidebook. Judd takes on all aspects of copyediting with startling authority, from copyediting symbols to advice on getting work. Intervening chapters cover punctuation and grammar, spelling, style and word usage, numbers and abbreviations, specialized copyediting, proofreading, and more. "Copyeditors ... know that Massachusetts is a commonwealth, not a state," says Judd. "They would know exactly how to address the pope if they met him. They don't mind going back over 1,000 manuscript pages because they have just decided to spell out numbers up to 100 after all." While they need not be good spellers or trivia buffs, they need to know when to look up a word or fact. And, though copyeditors tend to be stringent about the uses and abuses of language, "Copyediting means doing what the publisher wants, whether you agree with it or not." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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- Copyediting: A Practical Guide: ISBN 1560526084 (1-56052-608-4)
Softcover, Crisp Pub Inc - Copyediting, a Practical Guide: ISBN 0865760292 (0-86576-029-2)
Softcover, W. Kaufmann - Copyediting, a Practical Guide: ISBN 0865760284 (0-86576-028-4)
Hardcover, W. Kaufmann - Copyediting: A Practical Guide: ISBN 0931961947 (0-931961-94-7)
Hardcover, Crisp Pub Inc - Copyediting: A Practical Guide: ISBN 1560521430 (1-56052-143-0)
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- Copyediting: A Practical Guide: ISBN 1560526084 (1-56052-608-4)
Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000,00-- Or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!by Marc McCutcheonISBN 1884956173 (1-884956-17-3)
Softcover, Quill Driver Books
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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations: 500+ Historic and Modern Color Formulas in Cmykby Leslie CabargaISBN 0891348573 (0-89134-857-3)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns
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The Everything Get Published Book: Everything and Everyone You Need to Know to Become a Successfully Published Author!by Peter RubieISBN 1580623158 (1-58062-315-8)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscriptby Glenda Neff, Jack Neff, Don Prues, Glenda Tennant NeffISBN 089879921X (0-89879-921-X)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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Getting Your Book Published for Dummiesby Sarah Parsons Zackheim, Adrian ZackheimISBN 0764552570 (0-7645-5257-0)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Ghosting: A Double Lifeby Jennie ErdalISBN 1400079551 (1-4000-7955-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Graphic Design Cookbook: Mix & Match Recipes for Faster, Better Layoutsby Leonard Koren, R. Wippo MecklerISBN 0811831809 (0-8118-3180-9)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Graphic Design for the Electronic Ageby Jan V. WhiteISBN 082302122X (0-8230-2122-X)
Softcover, Watson-Guptill Pubns
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Holy Places & Temples of Indiaby John HowleyISBN 0965385809 (0-9653858-0-9)
Softcover, Ten Speed Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Holy Places & Temples of India'Book summary:India has a vast array of cultures, religions and interests. But many people miss the real meaning and value of India-the spiritual side. This is not due to a lack of interest, but because it is difficult to find an easily understandable book on this subject. This book is different. It goes deeper into the heart of India-its spiritual side. What yogis and ascetics have been realizing for centuries. [via]
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How to Get Your E-Book Published: An Insider's Guide to the World of Electronic Publishingby Richard Curtis, W. T. QuickISBN 1582970971 (1-58297-097-1)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns
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How to Publish Your Children's Bookby Liza N. BurbyISBN 0757000363 (0-7570-0036-3)
Softcover, Square One Pub
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How to Publish Your Nonfiction Bookby Rudy ShurISBN 0757000002 (0-7570-0000-2)
Softcover, Square One Pub
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How to Write & Illustrate Childrens Books and Get Them Publishedby Felicity Trotman, Treld Pelkey BicknellISBN 1582970130 (1-58297-013-0)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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How to Write & Sell Your First Novelby Oscar Collier, Frances Spatz LeightonISBN 0898797705 (0-89879-770-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Write & Sell Your First Novel'Book summary:Even the most famous novelists had to start somewhere. Now you can make your start - successfully - with this book.
Literary agent Oscar Collier and successful freelance writer Frances Spatz Leighton team up to give you practical, specific advice on how to write your first novel and get it published. You'll find 100 expert tips, including:
Solid Writing Instruction- choose the kind of novel you want to write
- make characters, dialogue and plot work together to keep your reader (and prospective editor) turning the pages
- determine how many characters your story needs
- establish a daily writing routine that works for you - and gets your novel finished
- revise, edit and prepare your manuscript for submission
Expert Marketing Advice- the pros and cons of using an agent - and how to represent yourself if you so choose
- contract negotiations
- publicity and self-promotion basics
Actual Case Histories- Conversations with Five New Novelists, a chapter dedicated to enlightening and inspiring interviews with newly published authors
- valuable insight into the working methods, attitudes and specific strategies superstar novelists used to get published - to help you start building your own success
"This book should inspire many yearners to start writing and stop talking about doing so. It is rich with tactical, down-to-earth information on how to write novels and content with agents and publishers."
-Howard Cady, former editor-in-chief of Little, Brown; Putnam's; and Holt, Rhinehart & Winston [via]More editions of How to Write & Sell Your First Novel:
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How You Can Make $25,000 a Year Writing: No Matter Where You Liveby Nancy Edmonds HansonISBN 0898794056 (0-89879-405-6)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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If You Don't Buy This Book, We'll Kill This Dog!: Life, Laughs, Love, and Death at the National Lampoonby Matty SimmonsISBN 1569800022 (1-56980-002-2)
Hardcover, Barricade Books Inc
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Into Temptationby Penny VincenziISBN 1585678422 (1-58567-842-2)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Into Temptation'Book summary:Into Temptation, the third book of the Lytton family trilogy, shifts the focus to New York City and Barty Miller. Rescued from the slums as a baby by Celia Lytton and now living in New York, Barty heads more than half of the Lytton publishing house. Falling on bad times, the family is worried that Barty will make a business decision that would be devastating to them. But will she? As events unfold, long-buried secrets concerning the whole family are revealed, shaking the very foundations of the Lyttons world.
An enthralling epic of the glamorous life in the mid-20th century with scenery that extends from New York to London, Into Temptation gives apt and telling insights into the world of the British aristocracy and their literary legacy. Readers have come to depend on Vincenzi for her enchanting prose style and the epic scope of her dramas: like the Lytton family sagas that precede it, Into Temptation does not disappoint. [via]
Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents 2007by Jeff HermanISBN 0977268217 (0-9772682-1-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, 2006: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over!by Jeff HermanISBN 0977268209 (0-9772682-0-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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This 15th annual edtion of the classic best-selling writers directory provides everything working writers need to find the most receptive publishers, editors, and agents for their work. Each entry presents an overview of the publisher (more than 400 are profiled), including its history and current lines, followed by the names of specific editors, the areas of interest, and complete contact information. It also features listings for more than 130 top literary agencies, along with their agents, who they represent, and how to contact them. Finally, this important reference includes expert guidance on such valuable topics as how to pitch a book, prepare a winning query an proposal, and negotiate a contract. [via]
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Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents 2004: Who They Are! What They Want! and How to Win Them Over!by Jeff HermanISBN 0871162016 (0-87116-201-6)
Softcover, Watson-Guptill Pubns
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The Making Of A Bestseller: Success Stories From The Authors And The Editors, Agents, And Booksellers Behind Themby Brian Hill, Dee PowerISBN 0793193087 (0-7931-9308-7)
Softcover, Kaplan
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Max Perkins: Editor of Geniusby A. Scott BergISBN 1573226211 (1-57322-621-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Max Perkins: Editor of Genius'Book summary:The man who invented the modern profession of book editing finally got his due, 31 years after his death, when this revelatory biography appeared. A. Scott Berg's detailed explication of Maxwell Perkins's work on the manuscripts of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and a host of other important American writers shows how much the Scribner's editor contributed to their books, all the while maintaining that he only helped his authors find the best in themselves. This 1978 National Book Award winner is a thorough, carefully considered account of a seminal period in American publishing. [via]
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Michael Joseph: Man of Wordsby Robert JosephISBN 0907069665 (0-907069-66-5)
Hardcover, Career Pr Inc
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No Angelby Penny VincenziISBN 1585676071 (1-58567-607-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfictionby William ZinsserISBN 0809592223 (0-8095-9222-3)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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Out of the Slush Pile and into Printby Gerald W. Haslam, Perry GlasserISBN 0913734381 (0-913734-38-1)
Softcover, Poets & Writers
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Pagemaker 6.5 for Dummies: Internet Editionby Galen GrumanISBN 0764501267 (0-7645-0126-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Perfect Pages: Self Publishing With Microsoft Wordby Aaron ShepardISBN 0938497332 (0-938497-33-2)
Softcover, Shepard Pubns
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Producing a Quality Family Historyby Patricia Law HatcherISBN 0916489647 (0-916489-64-7)
Softcover, Myfamily.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Producing a Quality Family History'Book summary:For anyone looking to create a useful, lasting history of your family: This is a book that should adorn the library or bookshelves of all genealogists! Whether you're an amateur or professional, chances are the ultimate goal of your research is to produce a quality family history. Producing A Quality Family History, by Patricia Law Hatcher, guides you through the steps required to create an attractiveand functionalfamily history report. Learn how to organize your work, how to write the narrative, choose type faces, grammar styles, and punctuation. You'll also see how to create useful bibliographies and discover ways to incorporate photos and illustrations effectively plus much, much more![via]More editions of Producing a Quality Family History:
Production For Graphic Designersby Alan PipesISBN 1585671592 (1-58567-159-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Publisher's Lunchby Ernest CallenbachISBN 0898152887 (0-89815-288-7)
Hardcover, Ten Speed Pr
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Publisher's Lunch: A Dialogue Concerning the Secrets of How Publishers Think and What Authors Can Do About Itby Ernest CallenbachISBN 0898152879 (0-89815-287-9)
Softcover, Ten Speed Pr
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Putting Your Passion Into Printby Arielle EckstutISBN 0761131221 (0-7611-3122-1)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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The Quotable Book Loverby Ben Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson, Nicholas A. BasbanesISBN 158574655X (1-58574-655-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quotable Book Lover'Book summary:The bibliophiles of the world are an erudite and witty bunch, especially the hundreds of quotable sages and wags whose bons mots are collected in this tribute to the written word. The authors of these insights, spanning centuries and continents, include Aeschylus and Lady Bird Johnson, Gustave Flaubert and Francis Bacon, Russell Baker and Isadora Duncan, Katharine Hepburn and Mark Twain, Pablo Picasso and Brad Pitt.
The quotations offer witticisms as well as philosophical insights. Woody Allen quips, "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia." And Franz Kafka declares, "Books must be the axe to break the frozen sea inside me." Mark Twain reflects, "I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor, and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat." And Fran Lebowitz notes that "Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature." Aristotle observes that "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." H.L. Mencken explains, "I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved, which a cow enjoys on giving milk." And Thomas Mann opines that "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
In all, there are more than 500 quotations that pithily consider every aspect of authors, readers, collectors, and books. Entertaining and provocative, it is the sort of book that makes you sit friends down and read them just one more entry. In one such entry, Robertson Davies observes that "There are many people--happy people, it usually appears--whose thoughts at Christmas always turn to books. The notion of a Christmas tree with no books under it is repugnant and unnatural to them." This is just the sort of book to make such people remarkably content. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $100,000 a Year or Moreby Robert W. BlyISBN 0805078037 (0-8050-7803-7)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More'Book summary:[via]The definitive guide to becoming a successful freelance writer, now in an updated and expanded third editionSecrets of a Freelance Writer has long been the authoritative guide to making big money as a commercial freelance writer. In this new edition, you'll find out how to make $100,000 a year--or much more--writing ads, annual reports, brochures, catalogs, newsletters, direct mail, Web pages, CD-ROMs, press releases, and other projects for corporations, small businesses, associations, nonprofit organizations, the government, and other commercial clients.
You'll also learn how to start out as a freelancer, market yourself to clients, create a successful personal Web site to cull more sales leads, follow up on potential customers to build your practice, and run your business on a day-to-day basis.
Secrets of a Freelance Writer is the definitive guide to building a successful and lucrative freelance writing practice.More editions of Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More:
Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $85,000 a Yearby Robert W. BlyISBN 0805011927 (0-8050-1192-7)
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The Sell-Your-Novel Tool Kit: Everything You Need to Know About Queries, Synopses, Marketing and Breaking Inby Elizabeth LyonISBN 0936085401 (0-936085-40-1)
Softcover, Blue Heron Publishing
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Smart Self-Publishing: An Author's Guide to Producing a Marketable Bookby Linda G. Salisbury, Jim SalisburyISBN 188153930X (1-881539-30-X)
Softcover, Tabby House Books
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Something Dangerousby Penny VincenziISBN 1585677094 (1-58567-709-4)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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Spy: The Funny Yearsby Kurt Andersen, Graydon Carter, Tom PhillipsISBN 1401352391 (1-4013-5239-1)
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Sushi For Beginnersby Marian KeyesISBN 1842230441 (1-84223-044-1)
Hardcover, Poolberg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sushi For Beginners'Book summary:Sushi For Beginners has all the right ingredients for a thirtysomething novel. The thirtysomething girls are there, looking for a better job, a better man, ANYTHING other than what they've already got; there are men to die for and men you wish would drop dead, preferably in agony. And these "so-real you can pinch 'em" people live their lives in a funny, thrilling, sad world that you wish hadn't just ended when you turn the last page. But there is more, because this one is written by best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes.
Where her previous best-seller, Last Chance Saloon, featured Irish folk living in London, Sushi For Beginners is set in Keyes' hometown, Dublin. The only "foreigner" here is Lisa from London, a real madam whose longed-for promotion to Manhattan magazine is knocked off-course a few thousand miles when she is forced to accept the editorship of Colleen, a new magazine for young women, billed by the publishers as "dumbed-down" but definitely "sexy". Lisa would frankly rather eat one of her freebie Patrick Cox stilettos. Still a job is a job, and anyhow, Irish MD Jack Devine could just turn out to be a major consolation prize. Lisa's deputy at Colleen is Ashling, a Little Miss Fix-It, whose early role reversal with her mother (thanks to the latter's nervous breakdown) has induced an organisational paranoia and a handbag filled with emergency equipment to meet any eventuality. Oh, and a best friend whose motives might not always be in Ashling's best interests.
This is a story of three girls' lives, what's made them what they are and their search for happiness--sometimes found in unlikely places and sometimes lost forever. With Sushi For Beginners, Keyes is fast becoming the undisputed Queen of her genre. She is wincingly accurate and wickedly funny, and while she can tackle big issues like homelessness (no pun intended) with honest feeling devoid of over-sentimentality, her insight into the aspirations of thirtysomething women at the turn of the 21st century sets her high above the competition. --Carey Green This review refers to the hardcover edition of this title. [via]
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Techniques of the Selling Writerby Dwight SwainISBN 0806111917 (0-8061-1191-7)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Techniques of the Selling Writer'Book summary:This book provides solid instruction for persons who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and polish, and finally, how to sell the product.
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We Blog: Publishing Online With Weblogsby Paul Bausch, Matthew Haughey, Meg HourihanISBN 0764549626 (0-7645-4962-6)
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The Weekend Novelistby Robert Ray, Bret NorrisISBN 0823084507 (0-8230-8450-7)
Softcover, Billboard Books
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Writer Tells All : Insider Secrets to Getting Your Book Publishedby Robert MaselloISBN 0805065512 (0-8050-6551-2)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writer Tells All : Insider Secrets to Getting Your Book Published'Book summary:Robert Masello's Writer Tells All starts at the very beginning of the writing process--"Starbucks should be your reward, not your office"--and follows through to the (often) very bitter end. Most books, says Masello in this humorous introduction to the business of writing a book and getting it published, seem to be "published in the dead of night, distributed under the tightest security, and publicized at a pitch that only dogs can hear." Masello discusses book proposals, first drafts, agents, editors, contracts, publicists, book tours, and royalties. He dispels the myth of the autographed copy (contrary to popular belief, publishers do take signed returns from bookstores), divulges the secret to knowing whether there's a check included with your royalty statement (hint: feel for staples), and discloses the dreary truth about book signings ("you'd make more money babysitting"). He braces his readers for those charming conversations with talk-show hosts who "have spent more time combing their hair than they have preparing for your interview," and he revels in the glory that having a publicist invites. "There's something absolutely wonderful about having someone whose job it is to say nothing but good things about you," he writes. "Even your mom may occasionally have her doubts, but your publicist? Never." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers and Literary Agents 2001-2002: Who They Are! What They Want! and How to Win Them overby Jeff HermanISBN 0761522166 (0-7615-2216-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents 1997-1998by Jeff Herman, Jamie ForbesISBN 0761505083 (0-7615-0508-3)
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Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents 1998-1999by Jeff Herman, Jamie M. ForbesISBN 0761510125 (0-7615-1012-5)
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Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents 2002-2003: Who They Are! What They Want! and How to Win Them Over!by Jeff HermanISBN 0761530231 (0-7615-3023-1)
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Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 1999-2000by Jeff Herman, Herman JeffISBN 0761513531 (0-7615-1353-1)
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Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 2003-2004 : Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over!by Jeff HermanISBN 076153735X (0-7615-3735-X)
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The Writer's Handbook 2005by Barry TurnerISBN 1405041536 (1-4050-4153-6)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Writer's Handbook 2005'Book summary:In the 17 years since its first appearance The Writer's Handbook has developed into a highly useful reference book for writers, journalists, publishers, editors, agents, screen writers and broadcasters. Every writer, established or aspiring, needs a contacts book and this--with its 700-plus pages of names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, websites and advisory essays--is an excellent starting point.
Editor Barry Turner's damning but compelling indictment of the standard of English teaching in Britain forms the introduction to this new edition. From the 1960s onwards "teachers were encouraged to set standards by the lowest common denominator", he argues, and "the impact on English was catastrophic". Brian MacArthur, veteran journalist on and associate editor of The Times has contributed an interesting "insider" piece about book serialisations, new for the 2004 edition.
If you want to approach, say, Scottish Field, an Edinburgh-published magazine, or to access a photograph of an item in the Royal Collection, everything you need to know is here. So are the contact details for European publishers such as Standaard Uitgeverij in Antwerp and the annual Margate Poetry Festival. It's pretty eclectic and exhaustive stuff.
The Writer's Handbook is more narrowly focused than its older rival the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook because it doesn't try to cater for artists as well as writers. Perhaps that's why the handbook is more clearly laid out and somehow handier to use than the yearbook, although if you're serious about getting your work published you probably need both. --Susan Elkin [via]
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The Writer's Handbook 2006by Barry TurnerISBN 1405041544 (1-4050-4154-4)
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The Writer's Handbook 2007by Barry TurnerISBN 1405049375 (1-4050-4937-5)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
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Writer's Market 2007by Robert BrewerISBN 1582974276 (1-58297-427-6)
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Writer's Market Companionby Joe Feiertag, Mary Carmen CupitoISBN 1582972915 (1-58297-291-5)
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Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2007by Not AvailableISBN 0713677120 (0-7136-7712-0)
Softcover, A & C Black
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Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2004: A Directory for Writers, Artists, Playwrights, Writers for Film, Radio and Television, Designers, Illustrators and Photographersby Edited in HouseISBN 0713666595 (0-7136-6659-5)
Softcover, Midpoint Trade Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2004: A Directory for Writers, Artists, Playwrights, Writers for Film, Radio and Television, Designers, Illustrators and Photographers'Book summary:The publication of Writers' & Artists' Yearbook is an annual event as regular and as cheerfully welcome in its red jacket as Father Christmas. Here is the usual feast of information, fully updated for 2004, about getting your writing or artwork published; but this year the cover has a sleeker, more modern, design. The content layout has had a smart makeover too. Now it's less cluttered and easier to read.
Eoin Colfer, the novelist who writes this year's foreword observes "Every possible scrap of information needed by the upcoming or established writer is included." And it certainly isn't just a list of publishers--although of course they're there. There are also listings relating to film, TV and radio and theatre producers as well as a remarkably detailed list of newspaper and magazines both in Britain and elsewhere in the English speaking world, along with dozens of helpful articles. Then there are sections on copyright, finance, societies, prizes, festivals and picture research. And for this, the 97th edition, there are new articles on ghost-writing adaptation and distribution.
Where else could you find, in one compact volume, a list of magazines and newspapers which accept cartoons, full instructions for proof correction, contact detail for Artists' residencies in Tuscany and an advisory article about getting poetry published? If you have the remotest idea that you might ever attempt to sell even the most modest written fragment or the tiniest photograph or drawing then you'd better buy this first. --Susan Elkin [via]
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Writing for Children and Teenagersby Lee Wyndham, Arnold MadisonISBN 0898793475 (0-89879-347-5)
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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshopby Lewis BuzbeeISBN 1555974503 (1-55597-450-3)
Hardcover, Graywolf Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop'Book summary:"I cannot remember when I read a book with such delight." --Paul Yamazaki, City Lights Bookstore[via]
November, a dark, rainy Tuesday, late afternoon. This is my ideal time to be in a bookstore. The shortened light of the afternoon and the idleness and hush of the hour gather everything close, the shelves and the books and the few other customers who graze head-bent in the narrow aisles. I've come to find a book.
In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore--the smell and touch of books, getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books, which began with ordering through The Weekly Reader in grade school. Interwoven throughout is a
fascinating historical account of the bookseller's trade--from the great Alexandria library with an estimated one million papyrus scrolls to Sylvia Beach's famous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, which led to the extraordinary effort to publish and sell James Joyce's Ulysses during the 1920s.
Rich with anecdotes, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is the perfect choice for those who relish the enduring pleasures of spending an afternoon finding just the right book.More editions of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop:
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