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Books for Writers
Amazon Editors, Jane Steinberg and Therese Littleton
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Editor's Picks
Jane Steinberg's Monthly Favorites
Beyond the Writers' Workshop : New Ways to Write Creative Nonfiction
by Carol Bly
Many books about writing nonfiction are actually
spiritual-quest road maps. They might call themselves writing guides, but they
have more to do with self-help than writing. While those books certainly have
their place, it is bracing to come across one that's more stringent about words
on the page. In Beyond the Writers' Workshop, Carol Bly rails
against what she sees as a state of cultural deprivation in the United States.
She argues for formality, both in the writing and in the classroom: it makes
the writing more potent and acts as "a weapon against smirking."
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The Complete Guide to Book Publicity
by Jodee Blanco
Publicizing a book, whether it's your own or
someone else's, can be a daunting task. With books piled precariously high in
editors' and producers' offices, how do you possibly make yours stand out?
Relax. "There's no such thing as an author or book that isn't publicizable,"
says Jodee Blanco, who has been promoting books for nearly 20 years. In
The Complete Guide to Book Publicity, Blanco explains the ins
and outs of writing press kits, conducting media research, making pitches,
tailoring and running publicity campaigns, and organizing book
tours.
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Words on Words : Quotations About Language and Languages
by David Crystal (Editor), Hilary Crystal (Editor)
"I hate quotations," said Emerson in his
Journals. "Tell me what you know." Poor Emerson. He didn't
realize how very much could be known by browsing a book of quotations.
Words on Words provides a sort of crash course in the history of
thought about language and languages. Sure, what you get here are just
snippets--nearly 5,000 of them--but those snippets will send you back to
countless original sources. The result is a sort of Bartlett's for word
lovers, language enthusiasts, and linguists. Editors David Crystal and Hilary
Crystal culled (and often corrected) quotations from elsewhere; they also read
widely, gathering quotations from original sources. The quotations have been
sorted into 65 categories, focusing on such topics as language origins, usage,
multilingualism, verbosity, slang, and the language of politics.
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How To Publish and Promote Online
by M. J. Rose, Angela Adair-Hoy
Got a book in you just begging to be written? Get
it down tonight and start selling it in the morning. No need to hunt for an
agent, entice a publisher, bicker about royalty rates, and suffer the
interminable wait between acceptance and publication. Do it yourself--online!
M. J. Rose and Angela Adair-Hoy have collected everything you need to know in
this honest-to-goodness-old-fashioned, conventionally published print book.
Packed into the book's 266 pages is solid advice on creating an e-book,
becoming an e-publisher, and selling your book online.
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Editing Fact and Fiction : A Concise Guide to Book Editing
by Leslie T. Sharpe, et al
Every month, it seems, brings a fresh crop of books
on writing. Whatever it is you want to write, you can be sure there's a shelf's
worth of books to guide you. But try to locate a book on editing, and you're
likely to come up empty-handed. Editing is so dependent upon instinct that a
newcomer is expected somehow to just figure it out. We can imagine no finer
introduction to book editing than Editing Fact and Fiction.
Authors Leslie T. Sharpe and Irene Gunther have "distill[ed] our philosophy of
editing into a set of guiding principles," principles "that will inform every
editing decision."
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