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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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Books on Writing Jobs and Markets

Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips... by James Scott Bell (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.47

2010 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (Children's Writer's and... by Alice Pope (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $16.76

2010 Writer's Market Deluxe (Writer's Market Online) by Robert Lee Brewer (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $27.01

2010 Writer's Market by Robert Lee Brewer (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $12.76

And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft by Mike Sacks (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.53

2010 Photographer's Market by Editors of Writer's Digest Books (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $18.74

2009 Writer's Market by Robert Brewer (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $3.16

2010 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market by Editors of Writer's Digest Books (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $17.93

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Books on Writing

1. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition from American Psychological Association (APA) (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $14.50

2. Eat Pray Love; One Woman's Search for Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert (Paperback)

3. What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $12.00

4. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson (Hardcover) Price: $11.80

5. The Elements of Style: The Original Edition by Jr. William Strunk (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.00

6. The Craft of Research, Third Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and... by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.99

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Books on Writing Resources, Tools, and Techniques

The Elements of Style: The Original Edition by Jr. William Strunk (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.00

The Associated Press Stylebook by Norm Goldstein (Paperback) Price: $1.24

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi (Paperback) Price: $3.67

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.09

"They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Second Edition) by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $16.50

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh... by Kate L. Turabian (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $10.69

A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $6.08

Without Fail (Jack Reacher, No. 6) by Lee Child (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.40

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. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary from F a Davis Co (Hardcover) Price: $9.75

2. 501 Spanish Verbs: with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides) by Christopher Kendris, Theodore Kendris (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.82

3. Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World (Sunzi for... by Sun Tzu, Sunzi (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $14.41

4. Robert's Rules of Order: Newly Revised (10th Edition) by Henry M. Robert, William J. Evans, Daniel H. Honemann, Thomas J. Balch, Sarah Corbin... (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $20.02

5. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Red Kivar Binding with... by Merriam-Webster (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $15.48

6. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary by Merriam-Webster (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $16.34

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Books on Business and Nonfiction Writing

On Writing Well 5ED by William Zinsser (Paperback) Price: $2.25

Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at... from Plume (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.23

Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings by John D. Ramage, John C. Bean (Paperback) Price: $2.10

A Short Guide to Writing About Art by Sylvan Barnet (Paperback) Price: $13.94

A Short Guide to Writing about Film by Timothy Corrigan (Paperback) Price: $7.99

Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide (perfect-bound) (11th Edition) by James D. Lester (Paperback) Price: $15.00

Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction by Brenda Miller, Suzanne Paola (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $10.85

Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals (Perfect Phrases Series) by Beverly Browning (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $5.28

More books on business and nonfiction writing

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Books on Fiction Writing

On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft by Stephen King (Audio CD) Price: $130.00

Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips... by James Scott Bell (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.47

[no image] The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction by Ann Charters (Paperback) Price: $1.00

[no image] Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft by Janet Burroway (Paperback) Price: $26.99

[no image] Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster (Audio Cassette)

How Fiction Works by James Wood (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.20

What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays, Pamela Painter (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.14

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into... by Renni Browne, Dave King (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.70

More books and software on fiction writing

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) 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.

Storybase Software for Writers from Ashleywilde Publishers (CD-ROM) Price: $59.95

NewNovelist 2.0 [Novel Writing Software] from Creativity Software Ltd (CD-ROM) Price: $54.99

Writer's Dream Kit 4.0 from Write Brothers (CD-ROM) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $29.25

Story Wizard - Creative Writing Software for Kids from Creativity Software (CD-ROM) Price: $34.99

Ultimate Writing & Creativity Center from LEARNING COMPANY (CD-ROM) Price: $4.39

High Achievers Perfect Writing Skills from PC TREASURES (CD-ROM) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $10.42

Grammar & Writing (Win/Mac) (Jewel Case) from JC Research (CD-ROM) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $5.25

Movie Magic Screenwriter Version 6 from Write Brothers (CD-ROM) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $149.95

Need a laptop?

Toshiba Satellite L505-S5993 TruBrite 15.6-Inch Grey/Black Laptop - 2 Hours 25... from Toshiba (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $599.98

Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5037 TruBrite 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black) from Toshiba (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $649.99

Dell D600 Laptop 1.6ghz 40gb DVD/CDRW B Grade Includes Genuine XP Professional... from Dell Computers

Acer Aspire AS1410-8414 11.6-Inch Sapphire Blue Laptop - 6 Hour Battery Life from Acer (Personal Computers) Price: $396.99

Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life from Acer (Personal Computers) Price: $384.99

Dell Inspiron 1545 15.6-Inch Jet Black Laptop - Up to 4 Hours 34 Minutes of... from Dell Marketing USA, LP (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $549.00

HP Pavilion DV6-1354US 15.6-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 4 Hours of Battery Life... from Hewlett Packard (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $769.99

Apple MacBook MC207LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop from Apple Computer (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: Too low to display

HP Pavilion DV4-1541US 14.1-Inch Espresso Laptop - Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery... from Hewlett Packard (Personal Computers) Price: $799.99

Dell Inspiron i1545-4583JBK 1545 15.6-Inch Laptop (Jet Black) from Dell Marketing USA, LP (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $589.95

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