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"After five years working at Parson's Press, an old-school business book publisher, Nora is the last editorial assistant standing, desperate to get out. But she can't leave until she finds another job to cover rent, especially when Parsons cuts already unlivable salaries. That's when Nora is forced to lie her way into moonlighting for a rival publisher...and maybe poaching a few authors along the way. But when Nora accidentally falls for Andrew Santos,...
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Stella West's artistic talent made her the toast of London, but when her beloved sister dies under mysterious circumstances, she abandons everything, heads for Boston, and tries to pierce the ring of secrecy surrounding her sister's death. When she meets Romulus White, a publisher with innumerable connections, she decides he could be a valuable ally. He decides to help her as a means to induce her to create art for his magazine. Neither one is prepared...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Enola Holmes, now independent and pursuing her profession as a scientific perditorian, joins forces with her brother Sherlock to solve the mysterious disappearance of Wolcott Balestier, a friend of Rudyard Kipling, as they uncover the ruthless world of book publishing and seek to bring him back safely.
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Crown
Pub. Date
c1986
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English
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Gorgeous, flamboyant Maxi Amberville is twenty-nine and has already discarded three husbands on two continents. Life is a stream of endless pleasure in her lavish Trump Tower apartment--until her widowed mother married a man who plots to sell her father's magazine empire. And Maxi turns her incredible lust for living into a passionate quest for power. Maxi takes over the small weekly Buttons And Bows. She gathers her hot-blooded ex-husband, sassy...
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It's 1928, and the globetrotting, glamorous Phryne (rhymes with briny) is at home near Melbourne, missing her lover, Lin Chung, who is on a silk-buying trip in China. When Phryne's detective friend, Jack, asks for her help investigating the murder of Miss Lavender, a well-known author of fairy stories, Phryne is glad of the distraction. The investigation leads to a temporary job as a fashion reporter for Women's Choice magazine, Miss Lavender's former...
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Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author...
8) Black amber
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English
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When Anabel Radburn placed a desperate overseas phone call to her sister Tracy saying she was in great danger, Tracy chalked it up to Anabel's dramatic flair. Until the next day when Anabel's body is pulled from the Bosporus in Istanbul. Racked with guilt for not responding immediately, Tracy travels to Turkey where she keeps her identity secret while trying to piece together the broken threads of Anabel's life. Despite what Anabel's husband says,...
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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When Savannah Cade quickly stuffs her manuscript for a romance novel in a secret nook at work, she thinks she's been able to hide what she's been writing from others at her highbrow publishing company. So when she returns to get the manuscript, she's dismayed to discover that someone has not only found it, but also written critical notes in the margins. After the book is rejected for publishing, Savannah finds herself forced to seek the help of the...
12) The bestseller
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English
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At Davis & Dash, one of New York's most prestigious publishing houses, five new authors will be published--but only one of them will be a bestseller. They have worked long and hard to write their novels of romance and murder, drama and love. But the story behind the stories is even more exciting. And the vicious competition to get the right agent, the perfect editor, and the choice spot on the bestseller list must be seen to be believed. Master novelist...
13) Book Scavenger
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2015.
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English
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Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.
14) The list
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English
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After three of her novels flop for lack of publicity, lawyer Abby Chandlis hires male model Jack Jermaine to stand in as the author for her fourth. As expected, Jermaine's hunky looks cause sales to skyrocket. But Jermaine is more than just a model, he is a soldier of fortune and as people die round her, Abby wonders if she hasn't signed a pact with the devil.
15) Dead midnight
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English
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San Francisco private investigator Sharon McCone investigates the suicide of a man who worked for a struggling online magazine, even as she tries to recover from her own brother's suicide.
16) Laugh out loud
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English
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Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Get Out meets The Devil Wears Prada in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she's thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They've only...
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Book scavenger volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Could the Mark Twain books hidden through Book Scavenger contain clues about the string of recent arson fires plaguing the city? And will Emily and James uncover the mystery before the arsonist comes after them?"--
19) The Alpine quilt
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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Sheriff Milo Dodge and Emma Lord, editor of the weekly "Alpine Advocate," join forces to uncover a killer, who uses poison as a weapon, from among the members of a local quilting society.
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