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Books for writers

Here at the Writers Book Mall, we provide unbiased product info and customer reviews on thousands of books, and provide links to sites where you can make easy, secure purchases.

There are lots of great books for writers - books on writing, books on writing jobs, books on the writing process and writing techniques, software and tools for writers, books about software and tools for writers, etc. The problem is finding them and matching up the right writing books with the right readers...um, writers.

There is a sea of writing knowledge out there in print, waiting for you to come and get acquainted. So, in our own small effort to promote good writing non-fiction, technical, business, fiction, whatever) and writers,  we've organized books for writers into categories (with a little common sense) to help you find them, and added our own built-in searches to take you straight to the right places on our affiliates' sites. The whole idea is to get you and those writers' books together. You can browse our categories, where you'll also find short introductions to each subject, our featured writers' books, and links to more writers' books.

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How to buy a good writers' book

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Books on Writing Jobs and Markets

The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues by George Choundas (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $3.18

The Craft of Lyric Writing by Sheila Davis (Hardcover) Price: $65.29

Poetry Dictionary by John Drury (Paperback) Price: $26.80

Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians... by Marc McCutcheon (Paperback) Price: $46.81

How to Write Best Selling Fiction by Dean R. Koontz (Hardcover) Price: $2.87

The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s (Writer's Guides to Everyday... by Marc McCutcheon (Hardcover) Price: $13.64

The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life from Prohibition Through World War II... by Marc McCutcheon (Hardcover) Price: $22.00

The Complete Book of Scriptwriting by J. Michael Straczynski (Paperback) Price: $8.16

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Books on Writing

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Books on Writing Resources, Tools, and Techniques

The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk, E. B. White (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.20

The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition from University Of Chicago Press (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $39.75

They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $14.00

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Edition by Modern Language Association (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $12.00

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing... by William Zinsser (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.75

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.93

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide To Character Expression by Angela Ackerman, Becca Puglisi (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $11.94

"They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings... by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $34.35

More books and software on writing resources, tools, and techniques

Magazines for Writers  Dictionaries  Thesauruses  Writer's Digest Books  Writing Skills (Style, Grammar, etc.)  Editing

Dictionaries

1. A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers (Spiral-bound) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $22.00

2. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th edition by Henry M. III Robert, Daniel H. Honemann, Thomas J. Balch (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.58

3. Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book and Dictionary by Rick Steves (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $4.46

4. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Laminated Cover) by Merriam-Webster (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $14.44

5. The Associated Press Stylebook 2013 (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on... by Associated Press (Paperback) - Not yet published Price: $12.67

6. Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition by Bryan A. Garner (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $67.64

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Books on Business and Nonfiction Writing

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Books on Fiction Writing

Writing Fiction For Dummies by Randy Ingermanson, Peter Economy (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $10.92

Story Engineering by Larry Brooks (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $11.06

Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.23

Romance Writer's Phrase Book (Perigee) by Jean Kent, Candace Shelton (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $5.58

Writing Fiction (6th Edition) by Janet Burroway, Susan Weinberg (Paperback) Price: $49.07

Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, 7th Edition by Janet Burroway, Elizabeth Stuckey-French (Paperback) Price: $45.93

The Marshall Plan Workbook : Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish by Evan Marshall (Paperback) Price: $71.68

Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians... by Marc McCutcheon (Paperback) Price: $46.81

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Fiction Writing  Novel Writing  Screenplay Writing  Playwriting  Short Story Writing  Writing Children's Books  Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy  Mystery Writing  Romance Writing  Poetry Writing

Magazines for writers

Oh, and while we really do love  books for writers, we do also like magazines for writers and software for writers very much, so you can find them here, too.

Writer's Digest (1-year) [Print +Kindle] from F&W Publications (Magazine) - Usually ships in 1 to 3 months Price: $19.96

Software for Writers

Writers need software to produce their work, whether it's a book or a report or a script or a web page. Here are some popular software packages for writers.

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Dell Inspiron 15 i15RV-6190BLK 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black Matte with Textured... from Dell Computers (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $372.99

Apple iBook Laptop, G4 iBook 1.33GHz Processor, 1GB, 40GB, 12.1" 1024x768... from Apple Computer (Electronics)

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ASUS A53U A53U-AS21 15.6-Inch Laptop (Mocha) from Asus (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $329.00

HP Pavilion G6-2235us 15.6" Laptop (2.7 GHz AMD A6-4400M Accelerated Processor,... from Lenovo (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $368.89

New Acer C7 C710-2847 Chromebook 11.6" Intel Dual Core B847 1.1 GHz 2GB DDR3... from UnAssigned (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $254.85

HP 2000-2b09WM 15.6-Inch Laptop PC (Winter Blue) from hp (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $345.99

ASUS K55N-DS81 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black) from Asus (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $344.00

Dell Inspiron 15 i15RM-5123SLV 15.6-Inch Laptop (Moon Silver) from Dell Computers (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $569.99

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