Smashwords Style Guide    by Mark Coker
Price: Free! 24670 words. Published on May 5, 2008. .
The Smashwords Style Guide has helped thousands of authors produce and publish high-quality ebooks. This free guide offers simple step-by-step instructions to create, format and publish an ebook. It's required reading for any author who wants to distribute their book via Smashwords to major ebook retailers such as the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo and Diesel. Minor Rev: June 2012

The Self-Publishing Manual, Volume 2    by Dan Poynter
Price: $7.97 USD. 27180 words. Published on February 1, 2009. .
Book publishing is changing: this book describes how to take advantage of those changes. This Volume II is the sequel to The Self-Publishing Manual (Volume I), the most successful book ever written on the subject. This manual describes how to use new techniques to write your book even faster, use new technology to publish it for less, and how to use social media for promotion.

4Ps to Publishing Success: Get Your Manuscript Off Your Desk & Into Print    by Shelley Lieber
Price: $0.99 USD. 12490 words. Published by Visual Impressions Publishing  on March 22, 2009. .
4Ps to Publishing Success: Get Your Manuscript Off Your Desk & Into Print is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step publishing guide for aspiring fiction and nonfiction authors. The book gives writers an overall picture of how to begin with an idea, develop it on paper, approach editors and agents (or self-publish), and promote themselves and their work. It includes exercises, resources and many tips.

POD'd The How to Guide ... and conversely why you shouldn't    by Don Meyer
Price: $2.95 USD. 40160 words. Published on April 25, 2009. .
Deciding to take your manuscript to a "POD Publisher" is so much more than paying the fee. It is the writing, the editing, the business plan, understanding what a book is, the publishing process, selecting the right POD publisher, submitting your work, to marketing and promotion, including creating a web site. Basically starting a new business! Presented by someone who has been there - done that.

The Nitch Witch's Guide to Food & Cookery Book Publishers    by Mary Ellen Waszak
Price: $7.00 USD. 12170 words. Published on May 22, 2009. .
The Nitch Witch's Guide to Food & Cookery Book Publishers is your insider's view into the food and cookbook markets. It provides profiles of 100+ book publishers specializing in titles on diet, nutrition, food, cooking, entertaining, wine & spirits. Each profile clearly indicates which accept unsolicited manuscripts from new authors and those that are actively seeking manuscripts.

The Nitch Witch's Guide to GLBT Book Publishers    by Mary Ellen Waszak
Price: $7.00 USD. 16000 words. Published on June 5, 2009. .
The Nitch Witch's Guide to GLBT Book Publishers is your insider's view into the gay/lesbian/bi/transgender markets. It provides profiles of 80+ book publishers specializing in titles across all genres written by and of interest to the glbt market. Each profile clearly indicates which accept unsolicited manuscripts from new authors and those that are actively seeking manuscripts.

Choose Your Publishing Option: The 2013 Guide to An Author's Alternatives    by D. Patrick Miller
Price: Free! 6270 words. Published on June 18, 2009. .
For over 15 years, the online Fearless Publishing Guide has given countless people valuable tips and links on getting their writing published. Now this popular online resource has been expanded into an e-book that gives even more useful information on how to get an agent, get published in the mainstream or outside it, how to self-publish, and more.

Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books    by Dan Poynter
Price: $7.97 USD. 33240 words. Published on July 4, 2009. .
Dan Poynter's definitive guide to writing non-fiction. How to pick your topic, break it down, do research, writing tricks & tips, evaluate your publishing options and get into print faster, easier and cheaper. Preparing your manuscript for an agent, publisher or printer. Fifth revised edition.

How to Write a Great Query Letter    by Noah Lukeman
Price: Free! 15080 words. Published on July 20, 2009. .
Many books have been written about the query letter. But few have been written by literary agents, who receive thousands of queries each year and who grapple with them on a daily basis. New York literary agent Noah Lukeman offers his insights on the query letter, sharing an insider's perspective, giving insights and practical tips about what works and what doesn’t.