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How are citations formatted in serious non-fiction (proposals)?
Just to be clear, I'm not talking about scholarly work of the sort that might be published by a university press. I'm talking about work by people like Goodwin, McCullough, or Larson. These kinds of ...
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Are TOC and appendix part of total word count for books?
Do table of contents, appendix, and chapter titles count toward the total word count for a book?
For example, if a book is 50,000 words, what is not included in the count? This is for a nonfiction ...
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Minimum (realistic) word count of non-fiction book
What is a reasonable estimate for the minimum length, in word count, for a non-fiction book? I'd guesstimate that non-fiction books "generally" (yes, this is very rough) run perhaps 150-450 pages, ...
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Writing first programming book
I was recently asked if I was interested in writing a book for a pretty reputable publisher, which of course I accepted. I am not a writer by trade, I am a software developer with some technical ...
