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NEW AUTHORS' HANDBOOK
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This edition suggests NEW AUTHORS' HANDBOOK by David Bolt is a practical or reference-style book built for dipping in and out. This edition lists 2001 • Dufour Editions • 204 pages, which gives you a quick sense of scope and pace.
Edition on file: 2001 • Dufour Editions • 204 pages • ISBN 9780720611014.
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Makes the most sense if you are after something you can consult, sample, and return to instead of reading straight through once.
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This one stands out more as a working resource than as a book you race through once and shelve.
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Works better as a consult-and-return book than as a straight cover-to-cover read.
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