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READING A GIFT BOOK
Don't read a gift book unless it's one you would have bought yourself. Consider giving it to a friend who's interested in the topic.
Marilyn vos Savant, highest IQ ever recorded, in Bottom Line Personal
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LOOKING FOR INTERESTING BOOKS
To find the most interesting books in a library, look for the shelf where returned books are stored before they are reshelved.
Andy Steinberg, Louisville, Kentucky
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 58 reviews
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DISCOVERING YOUR INTERESTS
If you're worried that you don't have any interests, browse in the nonfiction section of a library for five minutes. By then a book will catch your eye, whether it's about baking pie crusts or Icelandic crust formation.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student,, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 43 reviews
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SPOTTING A GOOD BOOK
You can tell a book by its cover. The nicer the cover, the better the publisher and the more experienced the author.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Current Rating: 3.2 out of 10 based on 57 reviews
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SIFTING THROUGH BOOK PROPOSALS
Nearly half of all unsolicited proposals for novels will be about disasters.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 32 reviews
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ESTIMATING LENGTHS
Most books average 5 letters per word, 10 words per line, and 40 lines per page.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 32 reviews
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BUYING A GOOD BOOK
If you're considering buying a book, open it at random and read a page. Do this three times. If you haven't stumbled onto a vital part of the story at least once, don't buy the book.
Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 31 reviews
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MAKING A MOVIE
Only 1 in 50 published novels gets optioned as a movie, and only 1 in 200 gets made into a movie.
Anonymous
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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CONSULTING FOR PUBLISHERS
If small publishers contact you, they're usually short on time, money, or knowledge. If they call you more than once, they have boxes of unsold books in their garage. If they insist on hiring you, even if you decline, their partner is on their back about wasting money on the publishing venture.
Cliff Martin, Eugene, Oregon
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Current Rating: 4.0 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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SELLING BOOKS
A book of poetry sells no more than 800 copies, on average.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 25 reviews
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BUYING A USED BOOK
If a used book store has more than one copy of a book written before 1975, it will be worth your while to check each one. The cover prices will probably differ.
Bruce Reznick, associate professor of mathematics, Urbana, Illinois
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