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This is an update of a previous post by Sharon Rickson.
It can be tough to remember the title and author of a book you read a long time ago—even if it was a book that was really important to you. Fiction is cataloged by author and title, not by subject or plot line, which makes identifying books by just their storyline difficult.
Readers often ask librarians for help finding these kinds of books. And we can’t figure out the mystery every single time, but we do have a few tricks to help find the answer.
First, pin down everything you can remember about the book, plot, character names, time period in which the book may have been published, genre, etc. All these details are clues in identifying the title and author of the book.
Online resources can help with your search for a half-remembered book, even if all you have is a basic plot line. Searching yourself is a good place to start; then, you can post to a listserv or discussion forum, where someone might recognize it. Or, last but not
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How many of you think an author’s job is finished when they’re done writing their book? For the most part, I would’ve raised my hand on this one, but I’ve learned that’s not the case. There are lots of things behind the scenes of publishing a book that authors still need to do. Every day, I work on to-do lists I’ve categorized into 13 different spreadsheets—things my publisher expects me to do like public relations, marketing, soliciting book reviews, arranging book signings, getting book blurbs, and setting up my author website. It’s a never-ending list, and my book launch isn’t until next May At the same time, I went against the sage advice of my agent and two of my New York Times bestselling author friends.
I told my publisher we needed to start over with my book cover.
I&#;ve heard stories of publishers who&#;ve canceled the contract of authors they deemed to be “too much trouble,” so after three requests to have major changes made to my book cover, I swallowed my dislike for it and said, “Thank you. It’s beautiful,” but it wasn’t. It didn’t reflect the nature of my memoir, but I stayed silent because I didn’t want to rock the boat.
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