The Date-A-Base Book 2008
Over 1,300 forthcoming historic anniversaries covering the whole year from Jan - Dec 2008. Ideal for writers, journalists, film-makers, editors, producers, researchers, teachers and students. The book contains more than twice as many events per month than our standard listings on this site. You'll never run out of ideas for magazine and newspaper articles, radio and television features, and much more. Just one sale will pay for your book many times over.
printed version: £6.99 (£5.99 for members)
e-book version: £4.99 (£3.99 for members)

Writing Feature Articles
Brendan Hennessy
Shows how to write articles for a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, and examines the different techniques required. Provides information on formulating and developing ideas, studying the markets and shaping ideas to fit them, researching and organising material, and matching language and style to the subject matter.
Only £20.99!^*

Freelance Writing for Magazines and Newspapers
Marcia Yudkin
Respected author Marcia Yudkin shows how to break into freelance writing without selling out. Full of useful tips and excellent advice in a readable format.
£6.59^* - save 10%

The Magazine Article
How to Think It, Plan It, Write It
Peter Jacobi
Offers writers ideas and examples from award-winning magazine articles and reveals a four-step process to building an article.
Only £9.74!^*

Successful Photography for Writers
David Davenport
Writers who illustrate their articles with photographs stand a better chance of their work being accepted for publication. Successful Photography for Writers shows how you can acquire an eye for seeing a good picture and take the sort of photographs editors require. Authors planning a non-fiction project and novelists who use a camera as a pictorial notebook will also value the book's practical approach. Techniques for capturing pictures that will enhance your writing are clearly explained and are also illustrated with captioned photographs. Guidance on how to achieve creative results, pitfalls to avoid, and the importance of presenting your work in the most effective way, are just some of the essential topics covered. Successful Photography for Writers is packed with sound advice plus ideas to stimulate your creativity and help you produce photographs which will be a vital factor in getting your work published.
Only £4.99!*

Writing Short Stories & Articles
Adele Ramet
An accessible guide to writing short stories and articles. The book offers advice on technique, targeting a manuscript, adapting style for different markets, using research material for fact and fiction, and meeting editorial requirements.
£7.19^* - save 20%

The Well-Fed Writer
Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less
Peter Bowerman
The author assumes readers can write competently so the focus of this informal and breezy book is on the business side of marketing and selling yourself as a freelance copywriter. The author shows how to offer your services for free so you can build a portfolio to present to potential fee paying clients. Example letters and brochures are included - they may not win creative awards but they make a good foundation to build on. There's even a sample script for cold calling potential clients.
£10.97^* - save 9%

Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal
John Clausen
The author takes writers through the process of becoming a freelancer one step at a time, from getting organized and getting an attitude to finding and keeping an 'anchor client', earning an honest buck, spending it smartly and overcoming unexpected challenges. He shows writers how to develop a realistic business plan, design a system and live with it, market their services, and deliver the goods every time. His friendly, funny style will get readers prepared and keep them inspired, enabling them to live their dream and succeed. A very lively how-to book based on the author's real experiences in freelance writing over 20 years.
£10.98^* - save 10%

Writing for Magazines
Jill Dick
In magazines, non-fiction offers many opportunities for the freelance writer. This book discusses surveying the field, ideas, research, style and structure, selling work, interviewing, supplying pictures and problem solving. It includes a section on electronic aids for the magazine writer.
An entertaining and useful introduction for aspiring writers, written by an experienced freelance journalist.
£7.99^* - save 20%

The Magazine Writer's Handbook
Gordon Wells, Chriss McCallum
This ninth edition provides, for the first time, a free e-mail update service. It also gives detailed information about over 70 mainstream magazines and comments on dozens more. There is an extended chapter on the use of the Internet and recommended writer websites. The magazines covered are those most relevant to non-specialist freelance writers and they all welcome targeted contributions from freelances.
Only £7.99!^*

The Successful Writer's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles
Eva Shaw Ph.D.
Covers the business aspects of writing as well as the writing process itself. Topics include how to find article ideas, analysing publications, contacting editors, writing queries, research, and submitting articles - all discussed in a common senseway. An excellent book for writers at all levels.
£8.77^* - save 9%

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles
Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Bayse Sander, Lynne Rominger
Offers advice to aspiring journalists on how to write effective feature articles, and explains how to sell the articles to newspapers, magazines, and trade publications.
£9.32^* - save 9%

You Can Write for Magazines
Greg Daugherty
From local publications to national magazines, the author takes the mystery out of magazine article writing. Starting with an introduction on how magazines work, the book shows how to land assignments and avoid common mistakes.
£7.14^* - save 9%

Write More, Sell More
Robert W. Bly
Freelance writers know time is money. This guide shows how to write articles, video scripts, brochures and manuals faster, better and for more pay, including ways to reach better paying markets, and proven strategies for generating repeat business. The author became a self-made millionaire by doing exactly that!
£9.89^* - save 9%

You Can Write a Column
Monica McCabe-Cardoza
If you are looking to get into this area of the newspaper business, this book will be a great time saver for you.
£7.14^* - save 9%

Feminine Wiles
Creative Techniques for Writing Women's Feature Stories That Sell
Donna Elizabeth Boetig
This book has more information packed into its pages than any other book on the market. The author writes in an engaging, easy to read style and answers the questions no one else does. If there are secrets to succeeding as a non-fiction writer, they are in this book.
£8.22^* - save 9%

Become a Recognised Authority in Your Field in 60 Days or Less
Robert W. Bly
The author is a living example of someone who has become a recognised expert in his field through the very advice he covers in this book. He shows how the average practitioner in any field can, through a deliberate plan of self-promotion, quickly elevate themselves to expert status and become the preferred source of advice and service in their market - eliminating the need to make cold calls and do the selling ordinary writers and vendors do. The book is based on the authors personal experience and case histories of others who have established 'leader' status using the methods outlined in the book.
£10.42^* - save 9%

How to Publish Your Articles
A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publication Say Yes
Shirley Kawa-Jump
Packed with useful tips and a joy to read, this book includes chapters on 'understanding the article market and how it works', 'where does your article fit in?' and shows how to compose a query letter, and prepare a submission package.
£9.87^* - save 9%