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Once Upon a Tome

The misadventures of a rare bookseller

by Oliver Darkshire ...

'Peculiarly hilarious!' - William Gibson'Every page is a pleasure' - Lindsey FItzharris'Utterly charming' - Tom Holland'Laugh-out-loud' - Garth Nix'A must read' - Fergus Butler-Gallie'Brims with self-effacing charm' - Caitlin Doughty'Unfortunately I have mislaid the book in question' - Neil GaimanWelcome to Sotheran... ... Read more

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'Peculiarly hilarious!' - William Gibson'Every page is a pleasure' - Lindsey FItzharris'Utterly charming' - Tom Holland'Laugh-out-loud' - Garth Nix'A must read' - Fergus Butler-Gallie'Brims with self-effacing charm' - Caitlin Doughty'Unfortunately I have mislaid the book in question' - Neil GaimanWelcome to Sotheran...
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The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s

by Brian Aldiss ...

In a major publishing project, all of Brian Aldiss’ 300+ short stories are being collected together for the first time.In a major publishing project, all of Brian Aldiss’ 300+ short stories are being collected together for the first time.Volume one takes us from his very first story – A Book in Time, published in The Bookseller in 1954 and never seen again until now – right up to his establishment ... Read more

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In a major publishing project, all of Brian Aldiss’ 300+ short stories are being collected together for the first time.In a major publishing project, all of Brian Aldiss’ 300+ short stories are being collected together for the first time.Volume one takes us from his very first story – A Book in Time, published in The Bookseller in 1954 and never seen again until now – right up to his establishment
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Writing to Learn

How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All

by William Zinsser ...

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning. ... Read more

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This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
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10,000+ Book Titles: A Massive List of Titles to Inspire You

by Toby Welch ...

When searching for a title for your book, nothing stirs the creative juices like a list of existing book titles to get your brain thinking. Or if you are looking for names for your pieces of art, articles, or other works, scroll through this list of over 10,000 book titles to be inspired.Some book titles may not always make sense but they are properly spelled, not typos. As you will see, titles ... Read more

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When searching for a title for your book, nothing stirs the creative juices like a list of existing book titles to get your brain thinking. Or if you are looking for names for your pieces of art, articles, or other works, scroll through this list of over 10,000 book titles to be inspired.Some book titles may not always make sense but they are properly spelled, not typos. As you will see, titles
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How to Job Search in Book Publishing

The Ultimate Insider's Guide

by Suzanne Collier ...

How to Job Search in Book Publishing is the ultimate insider's guide for anyone applying for jobs in UK book publishing, or in the industry and thinking of their next move.HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2026 - SPECIALIST BUSINESS BOOKIt includes comprehensive information on how the industry is evolving, how to write a CV, a Covering Letter and to pass any interview scenario thrown at ... Read more

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How to Job Search in Book Publishing is the ultimate insider's guide for anyone applying for jobs in UK book publishing, or in the industry and thinking of their next move.HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2026 - SPECIALIST BUSINESS BOOKIt includes comprehensive information on how the industry is evolving, how to write a CV, a Covering Letter and to pass any interview scenario thrown at
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Step-by-Step Publishing Guides

Books 1 & 2

by Judy Penz Sheluk ...

Series series step-by-step guides
Whether you’re an aspiring author, a traditionally published author considering a change, or merely curious, Step-by-Step Publishing Guides is a must-have reference book covering everything from business basics and publishing platforms to post-publication sales and marketing strategies.This two-volume box set includes the award-winning Finding YOUR Path to Publication and Self-publishing: The Ins ... Read more

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Whether you’re an aspiring author, a traditionally published author considering a change, or merely curious, Step-by-Step Publishing Guides is a must-have reference book covering everything from business basics and publishing platforms to post-publication sales and marketing strategies.This two-volume box set includes the award-winning Finding YOUR Path to Publication and Self-publishing: The Ins
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How to Write Everything

by David Quantick ...

Series series The Writer's Toolkit
How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer's handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world and getting paid for it, too. It covers everything from journalism to screen-writing, from speeches to sketches, from sitcoms to novels. With thirty years' experience as an award-winning script-writer, journalist, author and broadcaster ... Read more

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How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer's handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world and getting paid for it, too. It covers everything from journalism to screen-writing, from speeches to sketches, from sitcoms to novels. With thirty years' experience as an award-winning script-writer, journalist, author and broadcaster
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Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2024

The best advice on how to write and get published

by Bloomsbury Publishing ...

Series series Writers' and Artists'
'WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.' - David LodgeRevised and updated annually, this bestselling guide includes over 3,500 industry contacts across 12 sections and 80 plus articles from writers ... Read more

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'WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.' - David LodgeRevised and updated annually, this bestselling guide includes over 3,500 industry contacts across 12 sections and 80 plus articles from writers
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From Dissertation to Book

by William Germano ...

Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
How to transform a thesis into a publishable work that can engage audiences beyond the academic committee.When a dissertation crosses my desk, I usually want to grab it by its metaphorical lapels and give it a good shake. "You know something!" I would say if it could hear me. "Now tell it to us in language we can understand!"Since its publication in 2005, From Dissertation to Book has helped ... Read more

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How to transform a thesis into a publishable work that can engage audiences beyond the academic committee.When a dissertation crosses my desk, I usually want to grab it by its metaphorical lapels and give it a good shake. "You know something!" I would say if it could hear me. "Now tell it to us in language we can understand!"Since its publication in 2005, From Dissertation to Book has helped
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Roseanna

by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö ...

Series Book 1 - The Martin Beck series
Roseanna is the first book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell to Lars Kepplar.On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from a lake in southern Sweden. Raped and murdered, she is naked, unmarked and carries no sign of her identity. As ... Read more

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Roseanna is the first book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell to Lars Kepplar.On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from a lake in southern Sweden. Raped and murdered, she is naked, unmarked and carries no sign of her identity. As
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Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel

The Ultimate Guide to Writing a YA Bestseller

by Jessica Brody ...

Series series Save the Cat!
An indispensable guide in the bestselling Save the Cat! story structure series that reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any young adult novel a success, from an accomplished novelist and the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel.In Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel, prolific author and story coach Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story structure guide for anyone who ... Read more

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An indispensable guide in the bestselling Save the Cat! story structure series that reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any young adult novel a success, from an accomplished novelist and the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel.In Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel, prolific author and story coach Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story structure guide for anyone who
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Let's Get Digital

How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should

by David Gaughran ...

Series Book 1 - Let's Get Publishing
Learn how to publish your work like a pro and start building your audience with the most comprehensive and up-to-date self-publishing guide on the market today. Packed with practical, actionable advice, Let's Get Digital delivers the very latest best practices on publishing your work and finding readers.· Boost your writing career with marketing strategies that are proven to sell more books.· Get ... Read more

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Learn how to publish your work like a pro and start building your audience with the most comprehensive and up-to-date self-publishing guide on the market today. Packed with practical, actionable advice, Let's Get Digital delivers the very latest best practices on publishing your work and finding readers.· Boost your writing career with marketing strategies that are proven to sell more books.· Get
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The CIA Book Club

The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War

by Charlie English ...

A Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and EconomistLONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026'This book reads like a spy novel' FINANICAL TIMES'Entertaining and vivid' OBSERVER–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.For almost five d... ... Read more

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A Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and EconomistLONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026'This book reads like a spy novel' FINANICAL TIMES'Entertaining and vivid' OBSERVER–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.For almost five d...
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Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop

A heartwarming, cosy, utterly uplifting romcom - the perfect read for booklovers!

by Kiley Dunbar ...

Series Book 2 - Borrow a Bookshop
'Tis the season for finding love and the perfect bookWith just two weeks until Christmas, everything in Clove Lore should be perfect. But the latest holidaymaker to the Borrow a Bookshop is feeling far from festiveIcelandic ex-bookseller Magns Sturluson might be surrounded by love stories in the Bookshop, but he's nursing a sadness that not even fiction can fix.When Alexandra Robinson finds ... Read more

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'Tis the season for finding love and the perfect bookWith just two weeks until Christmas, everything in Clove Lore should be perfect. But the latest holidaymaker to the Borrow a Bookshop is feeling far from festiveIcelandic ex-bookseller Magns Sturluson might be surrounded by love stories in the Bookshop, but he's nursing a sadness that not even fiction can fix.When Alexandra Robinson finds
... Read more
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

by Jessica Brody ...

Series series Save the Cat!
The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a ... Read more

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The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a
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How to Market a Book: Overperform in a Crowded Market

Reedsy Marketing Guides, #1

by Ricardo Fayet ...

Series Book 1 - Reedsy Marketing Guides
Writing a book is hard. Marketing it can be even harder.Marketing a book can seem like a full-time job, what with the crazy number of things authors seem to be expected to do: social media, blog tours, advertising, price promotions, mailing lists, giveaways, you name it.But here's a little secret: you don't need to do all those things to successfully set your book on the path to success. What you ... Read more

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Writing a book is hard. Marketing it can be even harder.Marketing a book can seem like a full-time job, what with the crazy number of things authors seem to be expected to do: social media, blog tours, advertising, price promotions, mailing lists, giveaways, you name it.But here's a little secret: you don't need to do all those things to successfully set your book on the path to success. What you
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An A–Z of Harry Potter

by Aubrey Malone ...

An indispensable guide for Harry Potter fans of all ages.Harry Potter is, without doubt, the publishing sensation of the past decade. Here for the first time in dictionary form is an unofficial readers' guide to all seven books.From 'Animagus' (a wizard that can transform into an animal) to 'Zonkos' (the joke and gift shop in Hogsmeade), Aubrey Malone explores the characters, creatures, places and ... Read more

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An indispensable guide for Harry Potter fans of all ages.Harry Potter is, without doubt, the publishing sensation of the past decade. Here for the first time in dictionary form is an unofficial readers' guide to all seven books.From 'Animagus' (a wizard that can transform into an animal) to 'Zonkos' (the joke and gift shop in Hogsmeade), Aubrey Malone explores the characters, creatures, places and
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Dear Writer, You Need to Quit

by Becca Syme ...

Series Book 1 - QuitBooks for Writers
I know, I know, you don’t want to quit writing, and I’m not going to convince you to quit writing. (I’m really not trying to do that…)But what if you could quit other things? Things that weren’t moving the needle? Things that weren’t bringing you the outcome you want? And there are *so* many things you do need to quit, if you want to be a career author.How do I know this? Because I’ve coached ... Read more

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I know, I know, you don’t want to quit writing, and I’m not going to convince you to quit writing. (I’m really not trying to do that…)But what if you could quit other things? Things that weren’t moving the needle? Things that weren’t bringing you the outcome you want? And there are *so* many things you do need to quit, if you want to be a career author.How do I know this? Because I’ve coached
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The Indie Author Mindset

How changing your way of thinking can transform your writing career

by Adam L Croft ...

Series series Indie Author Mindset
Do you want to sell more books and earn a good living from your fiction? Discover how to change your way of thinking and revolutionise your writing career.Are you struggling to take your author career on to the next stage? Do you wish you could sell huge numbers of books and make a good income for you and your family? Before he learned to change his mindset, Adam Croft's fiction books earned him ... Read more

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Do you want to sell more books and earn a good living from your fiction? Discover how to change your way of thinking and revolutionise your writing career.Are you struggling to take your author career on to the next stage? Do you wish you could sell huge numbers of books and make a good income for you and your family? Before he learned to change his mindset, Adam Croft's fiction books earned him
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Consumers Guide for Self-Publishers

Reviews of writing and publishing companies, tools, and services for authors

by Carla King ...

This trusted resource reviews tools and services that help you write, edit, format, design, fund, publish, sell, market, and promote your books. Take all the doubt out of your decisions about what vendors to use in your journey as an independent author and keep this reference handy. Free updates with reader mailing list signup. ... Read more

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This trusted resource reviews tools and services that help you write, edit, format, design, fund, publish, sell, market, and promote your books. Take all the doubt out of your decisions about what vendors to use in your journey as an independent author and keep this reference handy. Free updates with reader mailing list signup.
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A Bookshop of One’s Own

How a group of women set out to change the world

by Jane Cholmeley ...

Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book PrizeA Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction BookThe captivating true story of an underdog business – a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher’s Britain – from a woman at the heart of the women’s liberation movement.What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an... ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book PrizeA Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction BookThe captivating true story of an underdog business – a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher’s Britain – from a woman at the heart of the women’s liberation movement.What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an...
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The 7 P's of Publishing Success

by Mark Leslie Lefebvre ...

Series Book 1 - Stark Publishing Solutions
What seven traits do the most successful authors have in common? Which strategic approaches can have the most positive effect on your author career? Where should you focus your energy and effort for maximum results? How do these components work together to help you forge a powerful path through publishing?Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who draws upon more than three decades of experience in writing, ... Read more

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What seven traits do the most successful authors have in common? Which strategic approaches can have the most positive effect on your author career? Where should you focus your energy and effort for maximum results? How do these components work together to help you forge a powerful path through publishing?Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who draws upon more than three decades of experience in writing,
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The Book-Makers

A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives

by Adam Smyth ...

A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions.* AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 * A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2024 *'This really is the loveliest of books' I'I cannot recommend it highly enough' SPECTATORThis is an extraordinary story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvis... ... Read more

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A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions.* AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 * A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2024 *'This really is the loveliest of books' I'I cannot recommend it highly enough' SPECTATORThis is an extraordinary story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvis...
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Opening Up To Indie Authors

A Guide for Bookstores, Libraries, Reviewers, Literary Event Organisers ... and Self-Publishing Writers (The Alliance of Independent Authors Guides)

by Debbie Young, Dan Holloway, Orna Ross (Series editor) ...

Series series An Alliance of Independent Authors Self-Publishing Guide
You've self-published a book and you'd like to see it in your local library or bookstore or the review pages of your favourite newspaper. You'd like to speak or read at a literary festival or event. You'd like to enter it for a book award or prize. This Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) guide will tell you how to recognise opportunities, work with publishing partners and open doors, and keep ... Read more

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You've self-published a book and you'd like to see it in your local library or bookstore or the review pages of your favourite newspaper. You'd like to speak or read at a literary festival or event. You'd like to enter it for a book award or prize. This Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) guide will tell you how to recognise opportunities, work with publishing partners and open doors, and keep
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