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Blow Us Away! Publishers' Secrets for Successful Manuscripts    by JB Howick
Price: $4.99 USD. 32010 words. Published by WindRiver Publishing on April 30, 2010. .

Publishers and agents around the world are waiting to be blown away by the next great manuscript but are frustrated by the average new author's lack of preparedness; too many manuscripts lack marketing insight, organization, or an understanding of the book industry. Bring publishers a great book with all the background information we need to make a good business decision and you've got a deal.
Largest Island In The Sea    by Jeffrey M. Green
Price: $7.99 USD. 77600 words. Published by Vox Humana Books  on May 31, 2010. .

Naples is an overactive city of nobility and squalor, sprawling in the menacing shadow of Vesuvius, and Sicily. At the age of 60, Jeffrey Green finally got there.It meant much more to him than an echo of his Manhattan childhood, for he had been living in Israel since 1973, was now a citizen of Mediterranean civilization himself.
Canaan Barred    by Philip Hyams
Price: $7.99 USD. 31220 words. Published by Vox Humana Books  on May 31, 2010. .

“...I believe I would have killed Ahmed. Oh why did they prevent me? Yet...I know it is not him. He cannot be held to blame..." A contemporary twist on the classic tale of forbidden love, Canaan Barred is the story of one man’s desperate attempt to find meaning in a world where prejudice, bigotry, and hatred conspire to destroy his humanity.
Turning Sixty - Prematurely    by Patrick Triplett
Price: $0.99 USD. 37250 words. Published on June 5, 2010. .

This is a story of my life, beginning when I turned 60 and having a hard time dealing with it, and recalling the day I turned six. The book tells of my memories growing up, and an event that would change my life forever.
The Myth: You Can't Make Money Writing Fiction.    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3740 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 9, 2010. .

A Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing book. A writer-killing myth is that you can’t make any money at fiction. In a step-by-step discussion, bestselling fiction writer Dean Wesley Smith shows you how wrong that myth really is and how to get to your dream of writing fiction for a living.
When to Quit Your Day Job    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 9290 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 13, 2010. .

A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book. The biggest dream all freelancers have is to work for themselves. They want to ditch the day job. Many freelancers quit their day job too early. Some wait too long. Some never do quit. A step-by-step survival guide to the decisions you need to make to become and stay a freelancer in any business.
Getting Started: A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 7110 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 14, 2010. .

Everyone says they want to be their own boss, but very few people know how. This book will help you learn how to think properly about owning a business. It gives you guidelines in setting up your office (in or out of the house), setting your schedule, and establishing your priorities. Getting started properly will put your business on the road to success.
The Walk    by Stacy Sorrells
Price: Free! 810 words. Published on July 18, 2010. .

Non-Fiction Creative Writing Example: A discriptive account of my observations made during one of my walks.
Blue Men, A Short Memoir of 1968    by Rob Shelsky
Price: $0.99 USD. 4010 words. Published on July 23, 2010. .

“The Flower Children Are Blue Men Everywhere.” It was 1968, the United States was in turmoil, and those lyrics encompassed the times in more ways than one. For one young man, coming of age in 1968 was to realize more truths about himself than about the times in which he lived. One teacher in particular showed him the way, a teacher he hated. This brief memoir is about enduring lessons learned.
How to Swat the Killer Be's Out of Your Writing    by Nancy Owens Barnes
Price: $2.99 USD. 9400 words. Published on August 3, 2010. .

Great story, great plot, great characters, but…! Reliance on the "to be" verbs—the Killer Be's—results in passive writing. How to Swat the Killer Be's Out of Your Writing is a handy booklet designed to assist serious writers in turning their passive voice into active voice and allowing their writing to reach a new level.