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1700 Ways to Earn Free Book Publicity: Don't Pay to Market Your Writing

cover of 1700 Ways to Earn Free Book Publicity: Don't Pay to Market Your Writingauthor: Anne Hart
asin: 0595385532
binding: Paperback
list price: $17.95 USD
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Don’t pay to promote, publicize, and market your book. The quickest ways to get free publicity for your book are to work at a writing camp (a boot camp for creative writing) and query a magazine editor to ask whether you can get a go-ahead to write an article titled, “How to Write a Syllabus for Teachinga Course In ____. (Fill in the topic of your how-to book).  read more »

Performing and Visual Arts Writing and Reviewing

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Performing and Visual Arts Writing and Reviewing is based on the belief that an arts writer and reviewer has three needs: background knowledge of the art he is writing about; skill in the craft of arts writing and reviewing; and the ability to see, to grasp the significant and pertinent detail of an art.  read more »

Writer's Market 2001: 8000 Editors Who Buy What You Write (Writer's Market)

cover of Writer's Market 2001: 8000 Editors Who Buy What You Write (Writer's Market)asin: 0898799775
binding: Paperback
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Writer's Market is THE indispensable writer's reference. It informs your customers who the editors are, what they want, how much they buy and how much they pay. Every writer needs it; that's why it's the best-selling writing title each and every year. And this year, Writer's Market has more entries and benefits than ever before. Readers will find more phone numbers, contact names and e-mail addresses--everything they need to get in touch with the people who can make their dreams come true!  read more »

Resumes for First-Time Job Hunters

cover of Resumes for First-Time Job Huntersauthor: Editors of VGM
asin: 0658004549
binding: Paperback
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Resumes for First-Time Job Hunters provides the tools new entrants to the job market need to craft a strong resume that stands out and one that will lead to interviews and job offers. Up-to-date, professional resume-writing advice details the essential components of successful resumes and cover letters for any profession or background. Includes a variety of resume formats, tips on highlighting strengths and using active vocabulary, and helpful worksheets for gathering personal information.

2000 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2000)

cover of 2000 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2000)author: Chantelle Bentley
asin: 0898799155
binding: Paperback
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Writer's Digest's annual Poet's Market offers great entertainment value. Sure, it lists a whopping 1,100 journals and magazines, 500 book publishers, and 200 chapbook publishers of poetry. Of course it is a great resource for information on contests, awards, conferences, workshops, organizations, publications, and Web sites of interest to poets. This year's edition even features bold new icons, so that you can expediently locate new markets, significant contact- information changes, online publishers, and publishers that actually pay real money for poems.  read more »

Communicating Technical Information: A Guide for the Electronic Age (2nd Edition)

cover of Communicating Technical Information: A Guide for the Electronic Age (2nd Edition)author: Donald Pattow
William Wresch
asin: 0137612710
binding: Paperback
list price: $97.40 USD
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Giving users the tools and know-how to become proficient technical writers, this state-of-the-art guide takes a hands-on approach to learning the ins and outs of the craft, organizing material around a series of task-oriented chapters that each focus on a typical kind of technical writing assignment.  read more »