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An article that provides tips for promoting your book.
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A listing of African American Book Stores from all over the US. (Note: this list is old and will be updated as soon as resources allow)

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Article Why Advertise On-line - An article on the benefits of on-line advertising

Magazines devoted to or supportive of AA Literature. An AALBC web site which lists magazines which accept submissions for publication including Poetry, and short stories.

Glossary of Publishing Terms: from Acquisition Editor and Advance to Wholesaler and Word of Mouth, you'll find the definition of scores of publishing terms.

A list of other Popular Black Book Web Sites

A list of Internet Terms and Definitions. If you are going to use the Internet as you might as well learn at least a few of the technical terms. (web page)

Bookwire http://www.bookwire.com/ The Online Directory of the Book Publishing Industry

The African American Writers Handbook : How to Get in Print and Stay in Print
by Robert Fleming

Free within Ourselves; Fiction Lessons for Black Authors
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes, October 1999
Format: Trade Paper

About the Book
"a top-notch writer's guide filled with practical guidance, essays, and journal exercises, including advice from E. Lynn Harris, Charles Johnson, John Edgar Wideman, Rita Dove and others.

2009 Guide To Literary Agents
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Writers Digest Books; 18th edition (July 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1582975485
ISBN-13: 978-1582975481
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.3 inches

Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a shrinking number of publishing houses, writers need someone familiar with the publishing scene to shepherd their manuscript to the right person. Completely updated annually, Guide to Literary Agents provides names and specialties for more than 800 individual agents around the United States and the world. The 2009 edition includes more than 85 pages of original articles on everything writers need to know including how to submit to agents, how to avoid scams and what an agent can do for their clients.

About the Author
In addition to editing Guide to Literary Agents, Chuck Sambuchino is assistant editor of Writer’s Market. He’s also a former staffer on Writer's Digest magazine, a magazine freelancer, a produced playwright and award-winning journalist.

This Year You Write Your Novel
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By Walter Mosley

ISBN: 0316065412
Pub. Date: April 2007
Format: Hardcover, 113pp
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

"With Mosley as instructor, how can your novel go wrong?" –Library Journal

No more excuses. "Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls," bestselling novelist Walter Mosley advises. Anyone can write a novel now, and in this essential book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, Walter Mosley promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, the book provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer. Mosley tells how to: - Create a daily writing regimen to fit any writer's needs-- and how to stick to it. - Determine the narrative voice that's right for every writer's style. - Get past those first challenging sentences and into the heart of a story.

Further resources on writing and publishing:

Writers Guild of America Agency listings, TV & film industry news.

Nebraska Center for Writers - This site has an excellent and well-organized collection of links to writing-related articles from all over internet on a wide variety of topics.

Inkspot - Large site for writers with links to help writers network with other writers: associations, mailing lists, publishers lists, agent lists and lists of writing contests on internet

Gotham Writers' Workshop A resource for classes and information on writing

Journalism Job Listings J-Jobs is a service to the journalism community provided by the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

The Write Jobs -- Job Listings The Write Jobs is a job board which maintains listings of current employment opportunities for those with writing skills. Positions listed will include journalism positions, editor positions, staff writing positions, freelance writing positions, positions involving technical writing etc.

All About eBooks learn about this important development, which promises to change the entire publishing industry!

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