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Top Ten Things Good Books Are Missing

December 27, 2018 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  5 Comments

blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

 

What are the Top Ten things that make a great book?

  1. Great cover
  2. Great title
  3. Intriguing beginning
  4. Fascinating characters
  5. A believable but interesting plot
  6. Surprising heroes
  7. Well-timed plot twists
  8. Meaningful takeaway value for the reader
  9. Written
…

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An Innovative Approach–Case Study

September 6, 2018 //  by Wendy Lawton//  19 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

What do publishers and agents mean when they say they are looking for books that approach the subject in a new way or books that are innovative? We already know that books that are a rehash of …

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Giveaway Time! And Book Recommendations.

March 8, 2018 //  by Rachel Kent//  32 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I have a pile of books stacking up and I’d love to pass them along to you, dear blog readers!

Please comment below with the title and author of a book you read recently that you would …

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Anticipation of Good Things: Christmas and Book Publishing

December 8, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  12 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

A Christmas tradition that I love is one that I now believe was established by accident and out of necessity. Every Christmas, my parents would have the children wait in the hallway with the door closed before …

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Toys in the Bookstore

February 24, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  22 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I was planning to write on this topic anyway, but now with the news of Family Christian Stores going out of business it is even more relevant. I am very sad to see more bookstores go out …

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Books in Unusual Places: Marketing Outside of the Box

August 28, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  39 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

FullSizeRenderWhen I was camping up in the Sierra Nevada mountains two weekends ago, I came across a little library outside of the camp host’s camper! I was surprised to see the book cart, but I think it’s …

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Print books are not on the way out!

January 9, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  47 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

As a print book reader (who tried using a Kindle and didn’t like it) all of the talk about print books disappearing caused me pain! I love my books and my bookshelves and I’m not ready to …

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Seven Years as an Agent

October 10, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  60 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

October marks the 7th anniversary of when I became an agent with Books & Such! When I first started, I’d go to conferences, and people would remark on how young I looked. I don’t hear that much …

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How have your reading habits changed?

January 17, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  41 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

In the past few years, I’ve been drawn to books that I wouldn’t have been interested in when I was in my early-to-mid twenties. When I started as an agent with Books & Such, I was primarily …

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The Importance of White Space

July 9, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  76 Comments

 

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

A couple of weeks ago I got one of my favorite kinds of calls. It was an offer to let me go through the library of a young pastor who died in 1963. His widow was …

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