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Write Through It

An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life

by Kate McKean ...

Discover what every new and aspiring author needs to know about the publishing industry and how to navigate all the complicated feelings that come with writing a book in this no-nonsense guide from literary agent, author, and creator of the popular newsletter Agents & Books Kate McKean.Writers all want the secret to getting published: the magic formula for a query letter, the list of agents who ... Read more

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Discover what every new and aspiring author needs to know about the publishing industry and how to navigate all the complicated feelings that come with writing a book in this no-nonsense guide from literary agent, author, and creator of the popular newsletter Agents & Books Kate McKean.Writers all want the secret to getting published: the magic formula for a query letter, the list of agents who
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The Writer’s Little Book of Platitudes

Tips and Tricks for Taking (and Ignoring) Advice

by Marie Brennan ...

Series series Writer's Little Books
“Show, don’t tell.” “Murder your darlings.” “Write every day.”Certain pieces of advice are widespread in the writing community — but what do they really mean? And are they nuggets of universal wisdom, or do they only apply to some writers in some circumstances? Award-winning author Marie Brennan tackles these old saws, dissecting each one to see what purpose it might serve . . . and when you ... Read more

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“Show, don’t tell.” “Murder your darlings.” “Write every day.”Certain pieces of advice are widespread in the writing community — but what do they really mean? And are they nuggets of universal wisdom, or do they only apply to some writers in some circumstances? Award-winning author Marie Brennan tackles these old saws, dissecting each one to see what purpose it might serve . . . and when you
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The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide

Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book

by Marisa Solis, Elizabeth Dougherty ...

Learn how to turn your expertise into a clear, compelling nonfiction book that reaches the people who need it most."A smart and stylish guide to writing and publishing a nonfiction book." —Kirkus Reviews.Whether you're a consultant, coach, educator, healthcare provider, or entrepreneur, writing a book can expand your influence and help more people benefit from your ideas. The Complete Expert-to ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Learn how to turn your expertise into a clear, compelling nonfiction book that reaches the people who need it most."A smart and stylish guide to writing and publishing a nonfiction book." —Kirkus Reviews.Whether you're a consultant, coach, educator, healthcare provider, or entrepreneur, writing a book can expand your influence and help more people benefit from your ideas. The Complete Expert-to
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Middlemen

Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction

by Laura B. McGrath ...

A revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to todayMiddlemen rewrites literary history from the perspective of one of its most important but least visible figures: the literary agent. Chronicling the story of agents in the United States from the 1950s to today, Laura McGrath uncovers their critical role in the making of American literature. ... Read more

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A revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to todayMiddlemen rewrites literary history from the perspective of one of its most important but least visible figures: the literary agent. Chronicling the story of agents in the United States from the 1950s to today, Laura McGrath uncovers their critical role in the making of American literature.
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The Year I Was Peter the Great

1956—Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia

by Marvin Kalb ...

A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia-and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called the year of the thaw-a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with ... Read more

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A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia-and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called the year of the thaw-a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with
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Nothing Random

Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built

by Gayle Feldman ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • The “exhilarating” (The Boston Globe) story of the legendary Random House founder, whose seemingly charmed life at the apogee of the American Century afforded him a front-row seat to literary and cultural history in the making“[A] big, beautiful biography . . . There’s a new Power Broker in town.”—The New York Times“Feldman depicts a lost world, at ti ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • The “exhilarating” (The Boston Globe) story of the legendary Random House founder, whose seemingly charmed life at the apogee of the American Century afforded him a front-row seat to literary and cultural history in the making“[A] big, beautiful biography . . . There’s a new Power Broker in town.”—The New York Times“Feldman depicts a lost world, at ti
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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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On Editing

How to edit your novel the professional way

by Helen Corner-Bryant, Kathryn Price ...

"Highly recommended: On Editing is indispensable reading for anyone who is or wants to be a writer. Every desk should have a copy!"- Dr Samantha J. Rayner, Director of the Centre for Publishing, UCL"On Editing is a feast with many courses. When you have finished this book, you will feel encouraged, empowered, and indomitable. If you are writing-or editing-a novel, you could do no better than to ... Read more

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"Highly recommended: On Editing is indispensable reading for anyone who is or wants to be a writer. Every desk should have a copy!"- Dr Samantha J. Rayner, Director of the Centre for Publishing, UCL"On Editing is a feast with many courses. When you have finished this book, you will feel encouraged, empowered, and indomitable. If you are writing-or editing-a novel, you could do no better than to
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Self-Publishing Ebooks - On Smashwords

by Dion Shaw ...

Have a written story or technical guide? Frustrated by traditional publishing? Self publishing eBooks is easy, fun, and a way to earn a little extra money. This eBook has instructions for self-publishing on Smashwords. With illustrations and a step-by-step process, this guide will quickly make you a published author!Smashwords is one of the world's largest distributors of indie eBooks. Smashwords ... Read more

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Have a written story or technical guide? Frustrated by traditional publishing? Self publishing eBooks is easy, fun, and a way to earn a little extra money. This eBook has instructions for self-publishing on Smashwords. With illustrations and a step-by-step process, this guide will quickly make you a published author!Smashwords is one of the world's largest distributors of indie eBooks. Smashwords
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Energy Management for Writers

A Gamified Approach To Recovery and Sustainability

by Becca Syme ...

Series Book 2 - Better-Faster Author Success
When you burn out, and you need to think about recovery, everyone approaches the process of recovering with a slightly different strategy. Given that we still need to write, we still need to work, and we still need to have relationships, we can't just throw all our time into this recovery.So how do we manage it?Awareness and grace. And if that's all you need to know about the recovery process, ... Read more

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When you burn out, and you need to think about recovery, everyone approaches the process of recovering with a slightly different strategy. Given that we still need to write, we still need to work, and we still need to have relationships, we can't just throw all our time into this recovery.So how do we manage it?Awareness and grace. And if that's all you need to know about the recovery process,
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That Book Is Dangerous!

How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing

by Adam Szetela ...

An alarming exposé of the new challenges to literary freedom in the age of social media—when anyone with an identity and an internet connection can be a censor.In That Book Is Dangerous!, Adam Szetela investigates how well-intentioned and often successful efforts to diversify American literature have also produced serious problems for literary freedom. Although progressives are correct to be ... Read more

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An alarming exposé of the new challenges to literary freedom in the age of social media—when anyone with an identity and an internet connection can be a censor.In That Book Is Dangerous!, Adam Szetela investigates how well-intentioned and often successful efforts to diversify American literature have also produced serious problems for literary freedom. Although progressives are correct to be
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Write Fearless. Edit Smart. Get Published.

A Master Class for Fiction Writers

by Lisa Mangum ...

Wherever you are in your author’s journey, this book is like teaming up with a personal writing coach who has more than a quarter century of editorial and publishing advice.Thousands of writers—from first-time authors to #1 New York Times best-selling authors—have learned from Lisa Mangum’s masterful literary advice and inspiration. Now she’s collected the best of her writing and editing tips in ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Wherever you are in your author’s journey, this book is like teaming up with a personal writing coach who has more than a quarter century of editorial and publishing advice.Thousands of writers—from first-time authors to #1 New York Times best-selling authors—have learned from Lisa Mangum’s masterful literary advice and inspiration. Now she’s collected the best of her writing and editing tips in
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Romancing the Beat

Story Structure for Romance Novels

by Gwen Hayes ...

What makes a romance novel a romance? How do you write a kissing book?Writing a well-structured romance isn't the same as writing any other genre—something the popular novel and screenwriting guides don't address. The romance arc is made up of its own story beats, and the external plot and theme need to be braided to the romance arc—not the other way around.Told in conversational (and often ... Read more

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What makes a romance novel a romance? How do you write a kissing book?Writing a well-structured romance isn't the same as writing any other genre—something the popular novel and screenwriting guides don't address. The romance arc is made up of its own story beats, and the external plot and theme need to be braided to the romance arc—not the other way around.Told in conversational (and often
... Read more
How to Market a Children's Book

Children’s print book, eBook and audiobook marketing, translations and selling foreign rights

by Karen P Inglis ...

Do you need help with your children’s book marketing?Whether you’ve just published your first children’s book or are struggling to increase sales of your existing titles, How to Market a Children’s Book is here to help.Packed full of practical guidance, and drawing on over 10 years’ experience of children’s book marketing by bestselling children’s author Karen Inglis, it offers a trusted resource ... Read more

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Do you need help with your children’s book marketing?Whether you’ve just published your first children’s book or are struggling to increase sales of your existing titles, How to Market a Children’s Book is here to help.Packed full of practical guidance, and drawing on over 10 years’ experience of children’s book marketing by bestselling children’s author Karen Inglis, it offers a trusted resource
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Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel

by Lawrence Block ...

Lawrence Block, the award-winning crime fiction author, is almost as well known for his instructional books for writers, and contributed a monthly column on fiction to Writers Digest for 14 years. WRITING THE NOVEL was his first book for writers, and remained continuously in print since its original appearance in 1978. But the world of publishing has changed in the past 40 years, and Block has now ... Read more

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Lawrence Block, the award-winning crime fiction author, is almost as well known for his instructional books for writers, and contributed a monthly column on fiction to Writers Digest for 14 years. WRITING THE NOVEL was his first book for writers, and remained continuously in print since its original appearance in 1978. But the world of publishing has changed in the past 40 years, and Block has now
... Read more
Dear Writer, Are You Intuitive?

by Becca Syme, Susan Bischoff ...

Series Book 6 - QuitBooks for Writers
***When you "just know" how a story should go...When you "have a feeling" about how that ad should run...***When you "get overwhelmed" by columns of data or the idea of running numbers...Those are all types of intuition. Intuition, commonly misunderstood as being primarily driven by emotion, is actually a very quick ability to pattern-read, and is based in information-gathering that's done so ... Read more

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***When you "just know" how a story should go...When you "have a feeling" about how that ad should run...***When you "get overwhelmed" by columns of data or the idea of running numbers...Those are all types of intuition. Intuition, commonly misunderstood as being primarily driven by emotion, is actually a very quick ability to pattern-read, and is based in information-gathering that's done so
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Romance Your Brand

Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series

by Zoe York ...

Series Book 1 - Publishing How To
“Genre fiction series are the bread and butter of mid-list writers. For many they make the difference between a writing dream and a writing career.” Zoe York/Ainsley Booth, USA Today and New York Times bestselling authorFor the first time ever in print, Zoe York breaks down how she plans a series—something she has done ten times over. Romance Your Brand is an adaptation of an intensive four-week ... Read more

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“Genre fiction series are the bread and butter of mid-list writers. For many they make the difference between a writing dream and a writing career.” Zoe York/Ainsley Booth, USA Today and New York Times bestselling authorFor the first time ever in print, Zoe York breaks down how she plans a series—something she has done ten times over. Romance Your Brand is an adaptation of an intensive four-week
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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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From Cover to Cover

Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Book

by Kathleen T. Horning ...

"[A] beautifully written how-to manual, which also manages to present a treatise on what is best in children's literature and why. . . . An excellent resource." — BooklistThis revised edition of From Cover to Cover offers a fresh, up-to-date look at some of the best examples of children's literature and also includes practical advice on how to write clearly articulated, reasoned opinions so that ... Read more

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"[A] beautifully written how-to manual, which also manages to present a treatise on what is best in children's literature and why. . . . An excellent resource." — BooklistThis revised edition of From Cover to Cover offers a fresh, up-to-date look at some of the best examples of children's literature and also includes practical advice on how to write clearly articulated, reasoned opinions so that
... Read more
Self-Editing for Nonfiction Writers

by Jill Kelly ...

Written by a professional editor with 20 years experience, this guide to self-editing offers writers of essays and nonfiction books multiple ways to improve their writing and produce cleaner manuscripts to pitch to agents and editors or to self-publish. Includes 10 rules for avoiding errors in punctuation and syntax, creating clearer sentences and paragraphs, and attending to professional ... Read more

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Written by a professional editor with 20 years experience, this guide to self-editing offers writers of essays and nonfiction books multiple ways to improve their writing and produce cleaner manuscripts to pitch to agents and editors or to self-publish. Includes 10 rules for avoiding errors in punctuation and syntax, creating clearer sentences and paragraphs, and attending to professional
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Librorum Ridiculorum

A Compendium of Bizarre Books

by Brian Lake ...

A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop.Books have the power to enrich the soul, to enliven the senses, to expand our horizons… and others are simply mad. This wonderful celebration of the oddest books ever published is a treat for all bibliophiles, booksellers and fans of the bizarre. It is an exploration of the most eccentric titles and covers ... Read more

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A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop.Books have the power to enrich the soul, to enliven the senses, to expand our horizons… and others are simply mad. This wonderful celebration of the oddest books ever published is a treat for all bibliophiles, booksellers and fans of the bizarre. It is an exploration of the most eccentric titles and covers
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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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A Bookshop of One's Own

How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World

by Jane Cholmeley ...

What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world?Silver Moon was the dream of three women – a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for ... Read more

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What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world?Silver Moon was the dream of three women – a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for
... Read more
Naked, Drunk, and Writing

Shed Your Inhibitions and Craft a Compelling Memoir or Personal Essay

by Adair Lara ...

The material is right there in front of you. You’ve known yourself for, well, a lifetime—and you finally feel ready to share your story with the world. Yet when it actually comes time to put pen to paper, you find that you’re stumped.Enter Adair Lara: award-winning author, seasoned columnist, beloved writing coach, and the answer to all of your autobiographical quandaries.Naked, Drunk, and Writing ... Read more

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The material is right there in front of you. You’ve known yourself for, well, a lifetime—and you finally feel ready to share your story with the world. Yet when it actually comes time to put pen to paper, you find that you’re stumped.Enter Adair Lara: award-winning author, seasoned columnist, beloved writing coach, and the answer to all of your autobiographical quandaries.Naked, Drunk, and Writing
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