New Fiction for the New Year

Book Recommendations from Where the Sidewalk Ends

by Caitlin Doggart

After avid readers have gorged themselves on the hot holiday season titles of Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken and Mark Twain's Autobiography, the cold months of the New Year provide a great opportunity for indulging in new fiction titles.

Just as the Christmas wish lists were dominated by non-fiction this year in our bookstore, heavy strains of history, art, science, and real-life characters resurrected from ancillary historical roles run throughout most of the titles chosen here.

Each book outlined here is thought-provoking and entertaining and reason enough on its own to look forward to 2011!

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I've Written A Book – Now What?

The Ins and Outs of Self-Promotion

by Katie O'Sullivan

You've finally finished your manuscript and sent it off to your publisher. Time to put your feet up and relax. Or is it?

No matter whether you are self-published, being published by a small press, or have a contract with a big New York house, today's authors are expected to be heavily involved in promoting their books. This includes everything from online social media to the traditional meet-and-greets at local bookstores.

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Pat Bertschy Reviews

A Mountain of Crumbs

A Memoir by Elena Gorokhova
Simon & Schuster, 2010

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