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1) By the book
Author
Series
Meant to be volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Appears on list
Description
A young, black woman working in publishing makes a surprise connection with an author who has failed to deliver his highly anticipated manuscript.
Author
Formats
Description
In this poignant story of two parallel destinies, a young New York lawyer and his wife link their destinies forever in a follow-your-dream move to rural Wyoming. Thirty-eight years later a Manhattan publisher and a young Amish woman become irresistibly drawn together through her writing. Somehow these two remarkable relationships come together in unexpected and surprising ways, as lovers are lost, and find each other again.
Author
Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 262 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Do you have a completed manuscript ready for submission? Are you looking to successfully publish or self-publish your work? Do you have the level of understanding of the publishing industry? Whether you want to take a traditional route into print or want to digitally self-publish, this book will give you the advice you need on everything from submitting manuscripts to garnering reviews and promoting your work. It covers everything from polishing a...
Publisher
F & W Publications
Pub. Date
1922
Physical Desc
volumes ; 21-24 cm.
Formats
Description
Writer's Market is the reference with thousands of publishing opportunities for writers, listings for book publishers, consumer and trade magazines, contests and awards, and literary agents—as well as new playwriting and screenwriting sections. With contact and submission information.
7) Consent
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A French memoir in the age of #metoo. A literary sensation, Vanessa Springora's Consent weaves her personal narrative of a relationship during her childhood with a famous, much older writer into a stunning and forceful indictment of the literary world that allowed sexual abuse of minors to occur unchecked"--
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 94 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Who is the mysterious woman seen running from a swank Palm Beach hotel, clad only in a bath towel? Is she the secret mistress of a New York publishing baron, who is subsequently found deceased in bed?
10) Best sellers
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a last-ditch effort to save her father's publishing house, an ambitious young editor goes on a book tour with an author who put the publishing house on the map decades before but is now bitter, booze-addled and hasn't written a new book since.
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Series
Pub. Date
2011
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"On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell - known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick - is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin's elite, for help. As a record heat wave envelops the city, and the secret deals underpinning Diamond Dick's empire begin to be revealed, Quirke and Hackett find...
14) Must love books
Author
Description
When Nora landed an editorial assistant position at Parsons Press, it was her first step towards The Dream Job. Because, honestly, is there anything dreamier than making books for a living? But after five years of lunch orders, finicky authors, and per my last emails, Nora has come to one grand conclusion: Dream Jobs do not exist. With her life spiraling and the Parsons staff sinking, Nora gets hit with even worse news. Parsons is cutting her already...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiv, 480 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"For half a century, writers at every stage of their careers have turned to the literary nonprofit organization Poets & Writers and its award-winning magazine for resources to foster their professional development, from writing prompts and tips on technique to informative interviews with published authors, literary agents, and editors. But never before has Poets & Writers marshaled its fifty years' worth of knowledge to create an authoritative guide...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
547 pages
Description
"Supplemented by a cache of extraordinary documents and letters from Wenner's personal archives, Sticky Fingers is the story of a mercurial, wide-eyed rock and roll fan of ambiguous sexuality but unambiguous ambition who reinvents youth culture, marketing the libertine world of the late sixties counterculture in a stylish, glossy package that would stand for decades as a testament to the cultural power of American youth. Joe Hagan captures in stunning...
17) Citizen Hearst
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Traces the 125-year history of the Hearst Media Empire, from William Randolph Hearst's pioneering and controversial days of headline-grabbing yellow journalism to the global impact of the company's many successful media brands. Iwerks provides a rare glimpse behind the glass walls of the Hearst Tower, interviewing top magazine editor of Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire, among others, and gaining unprecedented access to the Hearst Castle...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Description
"This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children's booksJohn Newbery himself. While most children's books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing with entertaining stories, science, and games. He believed that every book should be made for the reader's enjoyment. Newberyfor whom the prestigious Newbery Medal is namedbecame a celebrated author...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 25 cm
Description
As the 19th century draws to an end, two bookaneers are caught up in a colonial war on Samoa as they compete to steal Robert Louis Stevenson's last manuscript and make a fortune before a new international treaty ends the bookaneers' trade forever.
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