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77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected
(and how to be sure it won't happen
again!)
Mike Nappa
Sourcebooks, 2011
360 pages $14.99 less 15% discount = $12.74
It was my joy and privilege to provide the
following endorsement printed on the first page of the book: "77
Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected is a must-read book for writers who
want to get their book in print. Not only will you learn why your
manuscript has been rejected, you'll learn how to fix it. Mike Nappa draws
from a wealth of publishing experience and tells it like it is.
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The Art of the Book Proposal
From Focused idea to finished proposal
Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
Tarcher/Penguin, 2004
272 pages $15.95
less 15% discount = $13.55
"A comprehensive manual to creating a winning
nonfiction book proposal. . . including outline, chapter summaries,
marketing/publicity, and book and chapter titles, and offers exercises
designed to help writers conceive and create a desirable proposal."
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Author 101 - Bestselling Book
Proposals
The Insider's Guide to Selling Your
Work
Rick Frishman, Robyn
Freedman Spizman
Adams Media, 2005
250 pages $12.95 less 15% discount = $11.00
"A great idea is not enough - what you need
is a killer book proposals. . . . You can create a proposal that makes
your idea sing - and appeals to the right publishers."
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Author 101 - Bestselling Book
Publicity
The Insider's Guide to Promoting Your
Book - and Yourself
Rick Frishman, Robyn
Freedman Spizman
Adams Media, 2006
268 pages
$12.95 less 15% discount = 11.00
Publicizing your book is critical to its
success. Whether you're going with an established house or
self-publishing, you'll learn how to craft the right promotional campaign
for your book - the campaign that will make your book as well-read as it
is well-written!
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Author 101 - Bestselling Nonfiction
The Insider's Guide to Making Reality
Sell
Rick Frishman, Robyn
Freedman Spizman
Adams Media, 2006
222 pages
$12.95 less 15% discount = 11.00
They say everyone has a book in them - and
this insider's guide to nonfiction publishing helps you write and sell
that book.
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Author 101 - Bestselling Secrets from
Top Agents
The Insider's Guide to What Agents and
Publishers Really Want
Rick Frishman, Robyn
Freedman Spizman
Adams Media, 2006
240 pages
$12.95 less 15% discount = 11.00
You're passionate about your book. You're
determined to get it published, but you just can't seem to do it by
yourself. You need an ally. You need a champion. You need an agent. In
this book you'll learn what makes a good agent, what a good agent will and
won't do for you, and how to find the right type of agent - not just for
your first book, but for your entire career.
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Book Proposals
that $ell
21 Secrets to Speed Your Success
W. Terry Whalin
Write Now Publications, 2005
182pages
$14 less 15% discount = 11.90
Far too many writers give
up not because their writing is lacking but because they haven't learned
how to market it. Terry's book is a needed and valuable resource for
all writers who want to get their books in print. Highly
recommended.
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Bulletproof Book Proposals
Pam Brodowsky and Eric
Neuhaus
Writer's Digest Books, 2006
296 pages $14.99 less
15% discount = $12.74
Includes "12 real-life proposals that were
accepted, agent-editor-author viewpoints on each proposal, simple 10-step
plan for writing your proposal."
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Christian Writers'
Market Guide 2012
Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers
Guild
A must-have book!
Tyndale, 2012
556 pages $24.99 - 15%
off price - $21.25
An essential resource. Highly recommended!
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to
Book Proposals & Query Letters
Marilyn Allen and
Coleen O'Shea
Alpha Books, 2011
305 pages $16.95
less 15% discount $14.40
"How do you go from great idea to published
book? It all starts with two essential elements: a strong query letter and
a knockout book proposal."
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting
Published - 4th edition
Sheree Bykofsky and
Jennifer Basye Sander
Alpha Books, 2006
341 pages $19.95 less 15% discount = $16.95
Includes CD-Rom
"Get your book out of your head and into
bookstores. . . .Includes a CD-ROM with pitch letter and proposal
templates, sample agent and publisher contracts, and more."
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Content Rules
Ann Handley & C.C. Chapman
Wiley, 2011
282 pages $24.95
less 15% discount = $21.20
"How to create killer blogs, podcasts,
videos, ebooks, webinars (and more) that engage customers and ignite your
business."
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The Essential Guide to Getting Your
Book Published
How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully!
Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry
Workman Publishing, 2010
481 pages $15.95 less 15% discount =
$13.55
Includes sample proposals and query letters,
a resource guide, and el-books, self-publishing, blogging, online
marketing, the power of Twitter, and more.
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The Everything Guide to
Writing Copy
Steve Slaunwhite
Adams Media, 2007
305 pages $14.95
less 15% discount = $12.70
"From ads and press releases to on-air and
online promos - all you need to create copy that sells!"
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Facebook Marketing for Dummies
Paul Dunay & Richard Krueger
Wiley, 2010
294 pages
$24.99 less 15% discount = $21.24
"Connect with customers by 0putting your best
face forward with Facebook marketing."
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The Frugal Book Promoter
How to Do What Your Publisher Won't
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
A Star Publish Book, 2004
284 pages $17.95
less 15% discount = $15.25
Written by a former publicist, this book
"provides no-nonsense basics to build your media kit, media release and a
knock-'em-dead mailing list that will be more effective than any you could
buy. Pick and choose from dozens of ideas for promotions that she
developed or refined through two extensive book campaigns of her own.
Several are sure to match your pocketbook and personality.
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Get Known Before the Book Deal
Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an
Author Platform
or Nitty-Gritty How-Tos for Getting Nearly
Free Publicity
Christina Katz
Writer's Digest Books, 2008
264 pages $16.99
less 15% discount = $14.44
"A step-by-step approach to creating,
growing, and nurturing a platform. An economical approach to
self-promotion (no need to spend thousands). A clear way to uncover your
strengths and weaknesses as an author. The strategies that are essential
(or not) to online promotion. A philosophy of authorship that leaves you
confident, empowered, and equally partnered with agents, editors, and
publishers (instead of waiting to be discovered). A diverse set of tools
and methods for getting known (not just Web-based tools or ideas for
extroverts)."
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How to Be Your Own Literary Agent
An Insider's Guide to Getting Your
Book Published
Richard Curtis
Houghton Mifflin Company,2003
302 pages
$14.95 less 15% discount = $12.70
Richard Curtis, a top literary agent for more
than thirty years - provides a comprehensive practical overview of the
publishing process, from submissions to contract negotiations to
subsidiary rights to marketing, publicity, and beyond.
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How to Write a Book Proposal - 3rd
edition
Michael Larsen
Writer's Digest Books, 2003
280 pages $15.99 less 15% discount = $13.59
With over 100,000 copies sold this book is a
must-have for every writer.
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How to Write What You Love
and make a living at it
Dennis E. Hensley, Ph.D.
Shaw Waterbrook, 2000
174 pages
$16.99 less 15% discount = $14.44
Getting started and using the resources available to new writers, handling
the financial aspects of being a freelance writer, finding the topics that
will bring in money, gaining long-term payoffs through effective marketing
and reselling.
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The Making of a
Christian Bestseller
An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book the
Attention It Deserves
Ann Byle
FaithWalk Publishing, 2006
237 pages Price:
$12.99 less 15% discount = $11.05
Ann, a seasoned journalist, asks the
questions you would be likely to ask if you could sit down with
40 well-known writers and editors. Must reading!
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Publicize Your Book!
Jacqueline Deval
Perigee Book, 2003
308 pages Price:
$15.95 less 40% discount = $9.57
Loads of practical ideas for getting the best
media coverage, reaching readers effectively, selling more copies, and
keeping your book in print.
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Publishing Confidential
The Insider's Guide to What It
Really Takes
to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal
Paul B. Brown
Amacom, 2004
180 pages $14.95 Less 15% discount = $12.70
Step-by-step guidance with real-life examples, including a fully annotated
sample proposal so you know what to include (and what to leave out),.
You'll also learn about contract language and negotiations and how to
become an integral part of your publisher's marketing efforts.
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Publish Your Nonfiction Book
Strategies for learning the industry, selling
your book, and building a successful career
Sharlene Marin and Anthony Flacco
Writer's Digest Books, 2009
296 pages $17.99
less 15% discount = $15.29
"Techniques for writing a strong query letter
than hooks agents and editors right from the start. Strategies for putting
together a stellar proposal package that successfully pitches you and your
book. Methods for creating a respectable author platform - before you
start pitching your book. Tips for getting an agent and building a lasting
working relationship. And much, much more!"
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Pyro Marketing
The Four-Step Strategy to Ignite Customer
Evangelists and Keep Them for Life
Greg Stielstra
Collins, 2005
245 pages $13.95 less 25%
discount = $11.85
"Word-of-mouth is the biggest influence on consumer purchases and its
influence is growing. How do you tap its power?"
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The Quick-and-Easy Web
Site
Paula Peters
Adams Media, 2008
216 pages $14.95 less 25%
discount = $11.21
"Build a web presence for your business in one day. Learn how to: purchase
your domain, write web content, design the layout, find a host, publish
the site."
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Sally Stuart's Guide to
Getting Published
Sally E. Stuart
Shaw, 1999 (rev. ed. 2003)
292 pages $17.99 less 15%
discount = $15.30
No one I know is more knowledgeable about the business of writing and
how-tos of effectively marketing your work than Sally. This valuable
resource is highly recommended for both beginning and advanced writers.
Highly recommended.
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Self-Promotion for
the Creative Person
Lee Silber
Three River Press, 2001
336
pages
Price: $15.00 less 15% discount = $12.75
How to get the word out about who you are and
what you do quickly, easily, and cheaply.
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Speak Up with Confidence
Carol Kent
NavPress, 1997
256 pages $14.00
less 15% discount = $11.90
Must reading for writers who
want to expand the ministry of their books through speaking.
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Thanks, But This Isn't For Us
A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why
Your Writing Is Being Rejected
Jessica Page Morrell
Jeremy P Tarcvher/Penguin, 2009
358 pages $16.95 less
15% discount = $14.40
"Master the essentials of great writing with
this practical, wise, and witty guide to the most common mistakes writers
make, and how you can learn from them."
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Twitter for Dummies
Laura Fitton, Michael E. Gruen, Leslie
Poston
Wiley, 2009
266 pages $21.99
less 25% discount = $16.49
"How to find your Twitter voice
. . . and know the tweet sound of success."
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Write that Book Already!
The Tough Love You Need to Get Published
Now
Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen
Goldmark
Adams Media, 2010
226 pages $14.95
less 15% discount = $12.70
"This is THE book that every would-be author
needs to own. It's full of incredibly practical advice about how to write
and sell a book - finding an agent, writing a proposal, dealing with an
editor, boosting sales - and on top of that, it's also probably the
funniest thing ever written about how to get published. Write That Book
Already! is a gem." Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent
and the sequel, Innocent.
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WriterSpeaker.com
Carmen Leal
Shaw, 2000
278 pages $13.99
less 15% discount = $11.89
I
don't know anyone who is more knowledgeable about using the Internet to
build our writing and speaking ministry - or anyone more generous in
sharing that knowledge than Carmen Leal. Highly recommended.
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The Writer's Essential Tackle Box
Getting a hook on the publishing
industry
Lynn Price
Behler Publications, 2010
370 pages $19.95 less
15% discount = $16.95
"An insider's view geared to inform and
educate writers as to how we work, why we work, and the pitfalls to
avoid."
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Writer's Guide to 2010
Writer's Institute Publications, 2010
424 pages
$19.95 less 50% discount =
$10.00
The
15th edition of this guide is packed with 28 helpful articles and market
info.
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Writing the
Christian Nonfiction Book
Concept to Contracti
David E. Fessenden
Sonfire Media, 2011
188 pages $14.95 less 15% discount =
$12.70
From my endorsement on the front cover: "Must
reading for every Christian writer who hopes to one day get a book in
print." Highly recommended.
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You Can Market Your Book
Carmen Leal
Write Now Publications, 2003
256 pages
$15 less 15% discount = $12.75
The
"All the Tools You Need to Sell Your Published Book" sub-title is not
an overstatement. This is must reading for all authors - both
before and after their book is accepted and comes off press. Highly
recommended.
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Your Guide to Marketing
Books in the Christian Marketplace
Sarah Bolme
Crest
Publications, 2006
192 pages
$17.99 less 15% discount = $15.30
This
essential handbook is packed with valuable information on promoting books
in the Christian marketplace. You'll find specific resources with contact
information. Introduction by Sally E. Stuart..
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