 | 2008 Writer's Market by Robert Brewer
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $7.99 This is a must have book for every author. Not only does it say what to send where, it holds your hand along the way by offering encouragement.
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 | On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well) by William K. Zinsser
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.60 The title says it all. I read this book again and again. I will never master its lessons completely.
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 | Elements of Style, The (4th Edition) by William Strunk
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.96 If you ain't got this book, maybe you ain't heard about it.
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 | Writing Spiritual Books: A Bestselling Writer's Guide to Successful Publication by Hal Zina Bennett
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $3.96 I never thought I would write a spirtual book, but I did. I thought it was a book about my life. In any case, after "Letters to My Friends: A No Guarantees Guide to Awakening" had been rejected by what seemed like every publisher in America, I read this book, and I kept trying and trying and trying.
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 | Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to Increase Sales for Print-on-Demand and Self-Publishing Writers by Brent Sampson
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $12.99 After my book was published, nothing happened. Big bookstores ignored me. Big reviewers ignored me. It is a long story. Then I read this book and decided to market my book the new-fashioned way, through Amazon. As a matter of fact, I am making this list because of what I read in "Sell Your Book on Amazon."
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 | The Careful Writer by Theodore M. Bernstein
Buy new: $16.15 / Used from: $7.72 Lie, lay, lay lady lay, lie lady lie. Sit, sat, set, seat. It's all here. I should read it again soon.
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 | Letters to My Friends: A No Guarantees Guide to Awakening by John C. Conley
Buy new: $16.00 / Used from: $5.99 I add this book, my own, because in I applied the lessons learned from other books, including the lesson of including my book in Listmania lists.
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 | Telling Lies for Fun & Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $1.18 Lawrence Block is funny and honest. Most books on writing are very serious, even ones about writing humor.
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 | How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling (How to Write a Damn Good Novel) by James N. Frey
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.07 One of the best books on writing a novel that I have ever read. It is, as the blurb claims, a no nonsense guide. Just the facts.
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 | The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (14th Edition) by Chicago Editorial Staff
Buy used from: $7.99 If you do any writing for newspapers, and I did; then this is a good book to have. It is good, period. It covers everything, even hyperbole.
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