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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: $1.66

2010 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (Children's Writer's and... by Alice Pope (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $12.15

2010 Writer's Market Deluxe (Writer's Market Online) by Robert Lee Brewer (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $20.57

2010 Writer's Market by Robert Lee Brewer (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $10.93

And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft by Mike Sacks (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $4.53

2010 Photographer's Market by Editors of Writer's Digest Books (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.95

2010 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market by Alice Pope (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $11.28

2009 Writer's Market by Robert Brewer (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $4.12

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Books on Writing

1. Pride and Prejudice, A Longman Cultural Edition by Jane Austen, Claudia L. Johnson, Susan J. Wolfson (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $10.00

2. The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford World's Classics) by Oscar Wilde (Paperback) Price: $6.36

3. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition from American Psychological Association (APA) (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $12.99

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

5. What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $14.70

6. Rick Steves' Paris 2010 by Rick Steves, Steve Smith, Gene Openshaw (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $10.95

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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: $7.75

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.95

Without Fail (Jack Reacher, No. 6) by Lee Child (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.54

Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Quick & Dirty Tips) by Mignon Fogarty (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $5.57

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition by Modern Language Association (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $14.30

The Associated Press Stylebook by Norm Goldstein (Paperback) Price: $2.92

A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $7.17

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $4.19

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. 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

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

3. 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

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: $19.90

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. 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides) by Seymour Resnick (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $0.01

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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: $9.16

Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals (Perfect Phrases Series) by Beverly Browning (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $5.16

Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir by Natalie Goldberg (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $2.07

Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Restaurant... by Dianne Jacob (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $9.38

Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction by Brenda Miller, Suzanne Paola (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.81

Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide (perfect-bound) (11th Edition) by James D. Lester (Paperback) Price: $14.00

Damn! Why Didnt I Write That?: How Ordinary People are Raking in $100,000.00 or... by Marc McCutcheon (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.41

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: $129.99

Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips... by James Scott Bell (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $1.66

BECOMING A WRITER by Dorothea Brande (Paperback) - Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item. Price: $5.82

Writing Fiction For Dummies by Randy Ingermanson, Peter Economy (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $11.25

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into... by Renni Browne, Dave King (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $5.99

2010 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market by Alice Pope (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $11.28

Elements of Writing Fiction - Characters & Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction... by Orson Scott Card (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $4.83

The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer by Sandra Scofield (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $8.10

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: $24.96

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

WriteItNow 4 from Ravenshead Services Ltd (CD-ROM) Price: $69.95

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

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: $8.42

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

Grammar & Writing (Win/Mac) (Jewel Case) from JC Research (CD-ROM) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $4.00

Need a laptop?

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: $399.97

Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5037 TruBrite 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black) from Toshiba (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $615.00

Toshiba Satellite L505-S5993 TruBrite 15.6-Inch Grey/Black Laptop - 2 Hours 25... from Toshiba (Personal Computers) Price: $659.99

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

Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook - 6.5 Hour Battery Life from Acer (Personal Computers) Price: $369.99

Samsung NC10-13GB 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - Up to 6 Hours of Battery Life from Samsung (Personal Computers) Price: $365.00

Dell Inspiron i1545-4583JBK 1545 15.6-Inch Laptop (Jet Black) from Dell Marketing USA, LP (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $569.99

HP G60-630US 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black) from Hewlett Packard (Personal Computers) - Usually ships in 24 hours Price: $568.80

Dell Inspiron 1545 15.6-Inch Jet Black Laptop - Up to 4 Hours 34 Minutes of... from Dell Marketing USA, LP (Personal Computers) Price: $560.00

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