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1) Envy
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Series
Language
English
Description
In this explosive New York Times bestselling thriller, a New York City-based book editor travels to a Southern island to meet a mysterious author — but she's about to uncover a shocking truth about a carefully concealed crime.
Maris Matherly-Reed is a renowned New York book editor, the daughter of a publisher and the wife of a bestselling author. It's rare for an unsolicited manuscript to pique her interest, but a new submission...
Maris Matherly-Reed is a renowned New York book editor, the daughter of a publisher and the wife of a bestselling author. It's rare for an unsolicited manuscript to pique her interest, but a new submission...
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Language
English
Description
"Paperback Jack is a brand new historical thriller from Grand Master Loren D. Estleman: lurid paperback covers promised sex and danger, but what went on behind the scenes was nearly as spicy as the adventures between the covers. 1946. Fresh from the War in Europe, hack writer Jacob Heppleman discovers a changed world back home. The pulp magazines he used to write for are dying, replaced by a revolutionary new publishing racket: paperback novels, offering...
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Anyone can publish a book, but if you want to become a successful author with a profitable publishing career, you need this step-by-step guide to help you develop book ideas that sell. Amir teaches you how to view your ideas through the eyes of acquisitions editors and literary agents." --
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"More that 100 professional writers from across genres -- including Sandra Brown, Catherine Coulter, Wendy Corsi Staub, Merline Lovelace, Steve Berry, Tess Gerritsen, Ann Major, Cherry Adair, Christine Feehan, Julia London, and Eloisa James -- share their secrets to finding time to write"--Back cover.
12) The book bible: how to sell your manuscript - no matter what genre - without going broke or insane
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A guide for aspiring writers on all aspects of getting published." --
13) Last resort
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A young author on the cusp of a literary breakthrough is forced to make a Faustian bargain with an editor at a publishing house-the man who inspired his novel"--
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"From Sylvia Day's 'Bared to You' to Jamie McGuire's 'Beautiful Disaster', new adult fiction has arrived--and it's hotter than ever. But there's more to this category than its 18- to 26-year-old characters: The success of your story depends on authentically depicting the transition of your young protagonists from teenhood into adulthood. With 'Writing New Adult Fiction', you'll learn how to capture the spirit of freedom, self-discovery, and romance...
Author
Publisher
Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Pub. Date
[1954]
Language
English
Description
The letter was written by a total stranger who signed herself Joanna Marshall. It looked pretty much like a hundred other fan letters, forwarded from the publishers' office. But even after Eve Endicott read it more than once and when she had answered it, she found she still could not forget it. Tad Benson, who published her books, advised her that it was none of her business how old Joanna Marshall was or why she seemed to be a prisoner in her father's...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Business of being a writer offers the business education writers need but so rarely receive. It is meant for early-career writers looking to develop a realistic set of expectations about making money from their work or for working writers who want a better understanding of the industry. Writers will gain a comprehensive picture of how the publishing world works--from queries and agents to blogging and advertising--and will learn how they can...
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Language
English
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Description
"Jessica Fletcher investigates a mysterious manuscript with deadly consequences in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series Jessica Fletcher has had plenty to worry about over her storied career, both as a bestselling novelist and amateur sleuth. But she never had any reason to worry about her longtime publisher, Lane Barfield, who also happens to be a trusted friend. When mounting evidence of financial malfeasance leads to an FBI investigation...
