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1.  The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer: Everything You Need to Know About Craft, Inspiration, Agents, Editors, Publishing, and the Business of Building a Sustainable Writing Career by Kevin Larimer and Mary Gannon
2.  Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum
3.  The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman
4.  The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It…Successfully by Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry
5.  Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, 28th edition: Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over by Jeff Herman
6.  Guide to Literary Agents 2020: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published edited by Robert Lee Brewer
7.  The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
8.  The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book by Susan Page
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