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| 1 | Naked Truths About Getting Book Reviews by 
Gisela Hausmann (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.65 avg rating — 111 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 300,
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| 2 | The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully by 
          
                 4.25 avg rating — 653 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 299,
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              3 people voted   | 
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| 3 | How to Publish Your Novel: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes (Square 1 Writers Guides) by 
Kenneth Atchity (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 192,
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              2 people voted   | 
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| 4 | 2014 Writer's Market by 
Robert Lee Brewer (Editor)
 
          
                 4.20 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 187,
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              2 people voted   | 
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| 4 | Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'em Dead with Style by 
Hallie Ephron (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.16 avg rating — 297 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 187,
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| 6 | Write for the King of Glory by 
Mary C. Findley (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 6 | Amazon Decoded: A Marketing Guide to the Kindle Store by 
David Gaughran (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.52 avg rating — 496 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 8 | Writing Great Books for Young Adults by 
          
                 3.73 avg rating — 570 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 99,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 9 | Writer's Digest University: Everything You Need to Write and Sell Your Work by 
          
                 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 98,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 10 | The Writer's Essential Tackle Box: Getting a Hook on the Publishing Industry by 
          
                 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 97,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 11 | Writer's Market Guide to Getting Published by 
          
                 4.05 avg rating — 43 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 96,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 12 | 2010 Guide to Literary Agents [With Free Web Access] by 
Chuck Sambuchino (Editor)
 
          
                 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 95,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 13 | Sell Your Nonfiction Book (Writing Series) by 
          
                 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 93,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 14 | Get Known Before The Book Deal: Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform by 
Christina Katz (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.89 avg rating — 263 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 92,
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              1 person voted   | 
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| 15 | Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript by 
          
                 4.12 avg rating — 152 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 91,
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| 16 | Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2014 by 
          
                 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 89,
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| 17 | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books by 
Harold D. Underdown (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.92 avg rating — 188 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 88,
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