General Books


1001 Ways to Market Your Books for Authors & Publishers: Includes over 100 Special Marketing Tips Just for Authors, Now You Can Take a More Active R1001 Ways to Market Your Books for Authors & Publishers: Includes over 100 Special Marketing Tips Just for Authors, Now You Can Take a More Active R
Best Price: $35.00
I just purchased John's most recent edition and it is absolutely jam packed with every idea you...
The Raven and the Whale: Poe, Melville, and the New York Literary SceneThe Raven and the Whale: Poe, Melville, and the New York Literary Scene
Best Price: $3.61
A social, cultural, and literary history of the New York literary scene between 1833 and 1857,...
Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why, And HowJournalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why, And How
Best Price: $54.98
Covering broadcast, print and web, JOURNALISM: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY AND HOW by James G....
How to Publish a Book & Sell a Million CopiesHow to Publish a Book & Sell a Million Copies
Best Price: $44.95
Ted is probably the worlds greatest marketeer, in the world of publishing. enough said
The Erotic Writer's Market Guide: Advice, Tips, and Market Listings for the Aspiring Professional Erotica WriterThe Erotic Writer's Market Guide: Advice, Tips, and Market Listings for the Aspiring Professional Erotica Writer
Best Price: $8.22
"The Erotic Writer's Market Guide" is compiled by The Circlet Press Collective and is...


The Columbia Guide to Digital PublishingThe Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing
Best Price: $10.00
The first sentence of this book says: 'Today, virtually all publishing is digital to some...
English in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to MiltonEnglish in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton
Best Price: $29.78
English in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton examines the history of early English...
Magazines: A Complete Guide to the Industry (Media Industries)Magazines: A Complete Guide to the Industry (Media Industries)
Best Price: $19.44
I read this book and was impressed with the thorough presentation it provides of the...
How to Sell Your Screenplay: A Realistic Guide to Getting a Television or Film DealHow to Sell Your Screenplay: A Realistic Guide to Getting a Television or Film Deal
Best Price: $10.00
Writing a screenplay for the movies or for television is only the beginning of the process. Once...
So You Want to Write About American Indians?: A Guide for Writers, Students, and ScholarsSo You Want to Write About American Indians?: A Guide for Writers, Students, and Scholars
Best Price: $7.31
Most non-Indians continue to write about American Indian people with stereotypical assumptions. ...


Adobe InDesign for DummiesAdobe InDesign for Dummies
This is a WONDERFUL book! At the newspaper where I work, we have the InDesign CS2 book, but I am...
The Writing Teacher's SourcebookThe Writing Teacher's Sourcebook
Best Price: $33.00
As an English graduate student looking forward to a career of teaching, I have read several...
Designing Effective Communications: Creating Contexts for Clarity and MeaningDesigning Effective Communications: Creating Contexts for Clarity and Meaning
Best Price: $13.49
? Groundbreaking ideas on how we communicate a message ? Considers messages conveyed through...
How To Self Publish Comics: Not Just Create ThemHow To Self Publish Comics: Not Just Create Them
Best Price: $2.91
DON'T BUY THIS, at least not here. The sellers here on Amazon are ridiculous. $179 for a Trade...
The Writer's Digest Guide to Manuscript FormatsThe Writer's Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats
Best Price: $1.90
"Angles In Pink" This book is truly a great story between three friends that become...

Letters to a Young Journalist (Art of Mentoring)Letters to a Young Journalist (Art of Mentoring)
Best Price: $1.70
I picked up this book by chance and couldn't put it down. Though the title would lead one to...
The Young Writer's Guide to Getting PublishedThe Young Writer's Guide to Getting Published
Best Price: $50.54
THE YOUNG WRITER'S GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED is an excellent resource for an aspiring writer....
Borders, Frames and Decorative Motifs from the 1862 Derriey Typographic Catalog (Actorial Archives)Borders, Frames and Decorative Motifs from the 1862 Derriey Typographic Catalog (Actorial Archives)
Best Price: $6.94
The work in this book is awesome, but I was really let down by the paper and print quality of...
Merz to Emigre and Beyond: Avant-Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth CenturyMerz to Emigre and Beyond: Avant-Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $46.82
A curatorial masterpiece of 20th century magazine design. Well designed, copiously illustrated,...
Publishing Your Art As Cards, Posters & CalendarsPublishing Your Art As Cards, Posters & Calendars
Best Price: $211.55
I owe much of my successful card business beginnings (Scarlet Crane Creations) to this book. It...

The Screenwriter's and Playwright's MarketThe Screenwriter's and Playwright's Market
Best Price: $18.47
New in our Market Books line of bestselling reference guides for writers and creative...
Thinking ClearlyThinking Clearly
Best Price: $17.95
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The Printing Ink ManualThe Printing Ink Manual
Best Price: $252.84
It's a great book. Very informative. Next release should be colourful, with pictures, graphics,...
Typology: Type Design from the Victorian Era to the Digital AgeTypology: Type Design from the Victorian Era to the Digital Age
Best Price: $26.45
This book is unfortunately popular in many Typology and Type and Image courses. This was a...
Lmp 2007: The Directory of the American Book Publishing Industry With Industry Yellow Pages (2 Volume Set) (Literary Market Place (Lmp))Lmp 2007: The Directory of the American Book Publishing Industry With Industry Yellow Pages (2 Volume Set) (Literary Market Place (Lmp))
Best Price: $59.00
i bought this book for a few bucks a few weeks ago and the information in it is worth a million...

The Gutenberg Bible: Landmark in LearningThe Gutenberg Bible: Landmark in Learning
Best Price: $8.61
A couple weeks ago, I was able to visit the Morgan Library in New York City. Currently, they...
A History of Reading in the West (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)A History of Reading in the West (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
Best Price: $22.00
The content is wonderful! The book provides much insight to different reading practices and how...
The Everything Get Published Book: All You Need to Know to Become a Successful Author (Everything: Language and Literature)The Everything Get Published Book: All You Need to Know to Become a Successful Author (Everything: Language and Literature)
Best Price: $0.76
I've recently compared two beginners guides to getting published. Here are my thoughts on them...
The Freelance Success Book: Insider Secrets for Selling Every Word You Write (Write It, Sell It)The Freelance Success Book: Insider Secrets for Selling Every Word You Write (Write It, Sell It)
Best Price: $8.00
Author David Taylor, who has worked as an executive editor and is himself a freelance writer,...
Reporting Vietnam: Media and Military at WarReporting Vietnam: Media and Military at War
Best Price: $33.00
This is a terrifically important analysis of the way the military and the press interacted...

Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. ThompsonAncient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson
Best Price: $12.24
Bristling with inspired observations and wild anecdotes, this first collection offers a unique...
William Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910William Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910
Best Price: $13.00
This is a good book! Well researched! Smoothly written! But after a while, just reading about...
Wolfgang Weingart: My Way to TypographyWolfgang Weingart: My Way to Typography
Best Price: $71.15
I've got this book checked out of the library right now, but somehow I know I'll soon spend the...
How to Write Irresistible Query Letters: An easy-to-follow guide to writing professional queries that produce sales--for articles and nonfiction booksHow to Write Irresistible Query Letters: An easy-to-follow guide to writing professional queries that produce sales--for articles and nonfiction books
Best Price: $7.50
I received my copy today and I tell you once I began to read the first 20 pages I have an...
Handmade Books: A Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Own BooksHandmade Books: A Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Own Books
Best Price: $8.95
If you are a beginner hand bookbinder like I am - and teaching yourself how to do it - this is a...

Get Published!Get Published!
Best Price: $2.81
The book was full of good information but you need to remember, it was written about the...
The Book Publisher's Handbook: The Seven Keys to Publishing SuccessThe Book Publisher's Handbook: The Seven Keys to Publishing Success
Best Price: $8.07
For a book called the Book Publisher's Handbook, I was expecting a bit more of a tome. While...
Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service JournalismPulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism
Best Price: $27.93
Roy Harris has done a thorough and masterful job telling the stories of how the most worthy of...
Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: French Masterpieces 1880-1940Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: French Masterpieces 1880-1940
Best Price: $70.00
Citizen Newhouse: Portrait Of A Media MerchantCitizen Newhouse: Portrait Of A Media Merchant
Best Price: $10.00
An enormous undertaking, with awesome research, and a comfortable easy read doesn't improve...

The Comic Book MakersThe Comic Book Makers
Best Price: $11.93
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who grew up reading comic books in the 30s, the 40s,...
The Marshall Plan For Getting Your Novel Published: 90 strategies and techniques for selling your fictionThe Marshall Plan For Getting Your Novel Published: 90 strategies and techniques for selling your fiction
Best Price: $2.95
The book I have is the exact one but it's blue instead of pink. It was a good book to read,...
Agents, Editors and You: The Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Writers Market Library)Agents, Editors and You: The Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Writers Market Library)
Best Price: $0.01
Every publishing experience is different. Each agent and each publisher operates in a different...
An Abecedarium: Illuminated Alphabets from the Court of Emperor Rudolf IIAn Abecedarium: Illuminated Alphabets from the Court of Emperor Rudolf II
Best Price: $8.49
There are 3 in this set of matching books. The other two are superb in their art choices. This...
A Social History of the Chinese Book: Books And Literati Culture in Late Imperial China (Understanding China: New Viewpoints on History and Culture)A Social History of the Chinese Book: Books And Literati Culture in Late Imperial China (Understanding China: New Viewpoints on History and Culture)
Best Price: $22.45
If you love books and enjoy reading about their history, manufacture and circulation, this...

Magazines: A Complete Guide to the Industry (Media Industries)Magazines: A Complete Guide to the Industry (Media Industries)
Best Price: $23.33
I read this book and was impressed with the thorough presentation it provides of the...
How to Get Your Book Published: Inside Secrets of a Successful AuthorHow to Get Your Book Published: Inside Secrets of a Successful Author
Robert Bly's book is a wonderful introduction to publication. The text is logically written...
Looking Good in PrintLooking Good in Print
Once you've covered first base with the "Non-Designers Design Book" you are well...
A Book Inside, How to Write, Publish, and Sell Your StoryA Book Inside, How to Write, Publish, and Sell Your Story
Best Price: $18.95
It seems that every season there are more and more 'how to' books being published for aspiring...
Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism That Changed the WorldTell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism That Changed the World
Best Price: $2.87
While everyone is talking about integrity in our government, someone needs to look at the...

The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines: More than 1,700 Magazine Editors and Book Publishers Explain What They are Looking for from Freelancers (American Directory of Writer's Guidelines)The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines: More than 1,700 Magazine Editors and Book Publishers Explain What They are Looking for from Freelancers (American Directory of Writer's Guidelines)
Best Price: $38.50
I received this book in just a few days after I ordered it and it was in stellar condition. I...
How to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or LessHow to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less
Best Price: $12.99
Genius! From Leaqh Bloom, I followed it like it was gospel. It took 8 days. I just heard from an...
Guide to Publishing a Scientific PaperGuide to Publishing a Scientific Paper
Best Price: $16.31
...this book specifically applies to the design and development of scientific papers ... and it...
The Mac is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your MacintoshThe Mac is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your Macintosh
Best Price: $2.99
I have had a copy of this book for about 10 years and it is a great resource for clear and...
Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. ThompsonAncient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson
Best Price: $12.24
Bristling with inspired observations and wild anecdotes, this first collection offers a unique...

Writing and Selling Magazine ArticlesWriting and Selling Magazine Articles
Best Price: $3.99
Are those 5-star reviews for real or are they the publisher's plants? Based on this book, it's...
How to Publish Your Novel (Square 1 Writers Guides)How to Publish Your Novel (Square 1 Writers Guides)
Best Price: $2.55
This book is very informative and easy to follow. I really enjoy the formating of the SquareOne...
POD People: Beating the Print-on-Demand StigmaPOD People: Beating the Print-on-Demand Stigma
Best Price: $10.35
I bought this book because of the overwhelmingly positive reviews. After reading the book myself...
Typography: A Manual of Design (Visual communication books)Typography: A Manual of Design (Visual communication books) 
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