Many people feel they might have a book in them. This work asks pertinent questions of you via a questionnaire to help you discover whether there is a talented writer in you. Each chapter provides background to the relevant point in the questionnaire.

A practical guide encouraging authors to see how effective they can be at helping to promote their own books. It covers how marketing works, what opportunities there are, how authors can help, how to get noticed, and how to get local publicity, providing insight into the publishing process.

Relevant to both new and veteran members of the publishing industry, How to Market Books explains best-practice ways to maximize marketing ROIs and deliver top-line growth. Written by Alison Baverstock, Senior Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Kingston University in the UK, the new edition includes: digital and online marketing; professional and STM publishing; leveraging international sales; and low-cost "guerrilla" marketing.

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Product Description: One minute you are taking your child to school, the next they're turning into a young adult. It may seem like only months since you were first filling your child's lunch box, but the school career moves with such momentum that it isn't long before they are facing the challenges of further education, job hunting and living independently...read more

Do you find bringing up teenagers more of a pain than a pleasure? Do you find it hard to relate to their values and interests? Do you feel isolated from their new, more separate, lives? Raising teenagers can test parental love to breaking point, particularly if you have previously enjoyed a close and loving relationship.