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Turning Setbacks into Opportunity: A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 14870 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on August 9, 2010. .

Setbacks happen to everyone. Surviving them is hard. Surviving failure is even harder. But every successful person has had at least three failures before finding that success. So how do you turn failure to success? The answers lie in this short book by international bestselling writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Write Now! On the Road to Getting Published or How I Learned to Sell My Book    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $3.95 USD. 19550 words. Published on August 12, 2010. .

Write Now! is a Big/little book about writing, writer's block, rejection, publishing and selling your book. It is also the story of the making of a writer.
Pearls for Baby Boomers (Wisdom Not Included)    by Tor Richardson
Price: $2.99 USD. 6010 words. Published by Grey Cat Press  on August 12, 2010. .

Conventional wisdom demands that Baby Boomers retire soon, but the world has gone slightly insane. Conventional wisdom, like common sense, is out the window. Travel is hard, money is troubling, doctors are annoying, and people are just plain rude. Sometimes we'd just like to scream. Sadly, we're too polite. Fortunately, in this pair of rather pointed essays, Tor Richardson is not.
The Colors of Voices    by Dave Love
Price: $2.99 USD. 27270 words. Published on August 24, 2010. .

In 1979, Dave Love lost his sight. This book presents his methods of using sounds and color memory to recognize people and discern moods and personalities. Citing well-documented sources, he explains how individuals perceive visual and auditory information, presenting a rare glimpse into the mental workings of a visually-challenged person, revealing that everyone owns a voice of its own color.
Pursuit of Prestige    by chris junghans
Price: Free! 20 words. Published on August 29, 2010. .

This dissertation (2002) examines Montana State University's research activity and its effects on graduate education just prior to the university's being recognized as a Tier I Research University by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The study found that prominent research faculty at MSU place a high priority on the university's educational mission.
Goals and Dreams: A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 21920 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 2, 2010. .

Everyone has dreams, but most people don’t know how to achieve them. Goals help people achieve their dreams, but how do you know if you’ve set the right goals? In this short book, international bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch will help you set the right goals to achieve your dreams. She also has tips for staying positive and remaining patient.
Literature & Fiction Interviews Volume II    by Shelagh Watkins
Price: Free! 35040 words. Published on September 2, 2010. .

This volume of interviews provides an insight into a group of authors from the United States, Canada and Europe, and gives a glimpse of their past and present books. The unique collection of interviews will entertain and inspire readers to find out more about the authors and their books.
How to Negotiate Anything: A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $4.99 USD. 17950 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 17, 2010. .

Most people hate negotiating. Instead of learning it themselves, they hire someone—an agent, a lawyer, a manager—to negotiate for them. But negotiators often do not have their clients’ best interests at heart. In this short book, international bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch shows you how to negotiate anything.
Perfect Software and Other Illusions About Testing    by Gerald M. Weinberg
Price: $9.99 USD. 53550 words. Published on September 27, 2010. .

James Bach says, "Read this book and get your head straight about testing. I consider Jerry (Weinberg) to be the greatest living tester." Answers the questions that puzzle the most people: Why do we have to bother testing? Why not just test everything? What is it that makes testing so hard? Why does testing take so long? Is perfect software even possible? Why can't we just accept a few bugs?
The Rewritten Word: How to Sculpt Literary Art, No Matter the Genre    by Aggie Villanueva
Price: $3.99 USD. 7500 words. Published on October 1, 2010. .

The only How-to-Write book that has nothing to do with writing. It's all about rewriting. Whittle away what buries the art of your words beneath pulp, no matter the topic, no matter the genre.