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Bookselling
The Complete Guide to Starting and Running a Bookshop
Directory of Booksellers Association Members 2004
(later editions are available direct from the Bookseller's Association)
Successful Bookselling: A Management Course

General/Reference

Inside Book Publishing New Edition
How to get a job in Publishing

Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2009 (Writers' and Artists')
Children's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2009 (Writers' and Artists')
The Writer's Handbook
Directory of Publishing 2008: United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
Publishing Law
New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors: The Essential A-Z Guide to the Written Word
The Future of the Book in the Digital Age (Information Professional)
Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers

Editorial Reference
Butcher's Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders
Editing On Screen
Book Commissioning and Acquisition
Picture Researchers Handbook

Career Changes & Coping with Redundancy
Awaken the Giant Within
The Age of Unreason (How organisations change)
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2007: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career Changes

CVs and Interviews
Getting a Better Job
Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions
The Perfect CV
The Perfect Interview

Employment Law
Tolley's Employment Handbook 21st ed

Marketing Books
One Step Ahead: Publicity, Newsletters and Press Releases
Are Books Different?
How to Market Books
Writing Handbooks: Marketing Your Book - An Author's Guide
Book Promotion, Sales and Distribution: A Management Training Course

Copyright and Contracts
Electronic Publishing Agreements
Clark's Publishing Agreements: A Book of Precedents
Selling Rights


Writing and Getting Published
From Pitch to Publication
Teach Yourself Writing a Novel and Getting Published
Writing for Children and Getting Published (Teach Yourself)
How to Write for Children - and Get Published