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  • How to Write a Bestselling Self-Help Book

  • The 68 Fatal Mistakes You Should Avoid
  • By: JEAN MARIE STINE
  • Narrated by: Katherine Thompson
  • Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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How to Write a Bestselling Self-Help Book

By: JEAN MARIE STINE
Narrated by: Katherine Thompson
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The "must have" book by the acknowledged expert for self-help/how-to business, recovery, sports, health, self-improvement, hobby, crafts, health, and New Age writers.

"If you follow only a third of her advice, you'll have a successful book." (Jeremy Tarcher)

In this unique book, author and editor Jean Marie Stine shows writers how to avoid the errors that keep most self-help books from finding publishers and off the best-seller lists if they are published.

From the author: "Before starting this book, I carefully reviewed stacks of rejected self-help manuscripts from aspiring authors. I also looked at first drafts which publishers had asked me to rewrite before they were deemed suitable for publication. I kept a running list of the defects I noted. Altogether, I found 68 key mistakes most inexperienced authors seemed to make. In this book I describe each of the 68 key mistakes so that you can recognize them when you see them in your own work. Then I explain how you can avoid or correct the problem. The result should be a zero-defect manuscript and book proposal that will sail through the editorial and publishing committees to acceptance."

©2014 Jean Marie Stine (P)2018 Jean Marie Stine
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Narration is dull. Since this book gives clear instructions in how to avoid common errors, a physical copy of this book would provide usable content. I doubt I will listen again and take notes in order to cull checklists from this book. I’ll find a library copy.

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