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Am I FABULOUS?
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Writing Advice
We don't care if your book has a small market, but we do care—very much—about the overall quality of your writing.
Read our most recent article about how often to repeat your characters' names, "A Rose by Any Other Name." (And if you're planning to submit a project to Shelfstealers, we urge you to read all the articles.)
WELCOME TO SHELFSTEALERS
A New Breed of Publisher
OUR FIRST FOUR BOOKS ARE NOW ON SALE
You can read the excerpts by clicking on the book covers.
STARTING JULY 1, 2012 YOU CAN ENTER SHELFSTEALERS MONTHLY WRITING CONTEST
Our Books So Far
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THE PERENNIAL FRESHMAN
ON SALE NOW Two parents, unfit to raise gerbils, abandon two-year-old Georgie in the loving arms of his Nana, only to snatch him away when he's nine,...
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THE PERENNIAL FRESHMAN
ON SALE NOW Two parents, unfit to raise gerbils, abandon two-year-old Georgie in the loving arms of his Nana, only to snatch him away when he's nine,...
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TRAVELING WITH CHRONIC PAIN THE SELF HELP BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO CANT BE HELPED
(COMING IN 2013) Have you ever travelled with chronic pain? Or travelled with someone in pain most of the time? Or just had a terrible cold far, far from...
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A LITTLE LOVE A LITTLE SHOVE
(COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2012) A dazzling debut collection of stories about men and women in worlds where self image and reality collide. A teenage rape victim...
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THE PERENNIAL FRESHMAN
ON SALE NOW Two parents, unfit to raise gerbils, abandon two-year-old Georgie in the loving arms of his Nana, only to snatch him away when he's nine,...
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THE SECRET GOSPEL
(COMING IN 2013) A tale of spies, Nazis, the Vatican and an ancient manuscript. A stunning tale of WWII espionage (read more below). In 1960, a scholar...
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FALLING WOMEN AND OTHER STORIES
(COMING ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012) Award-winning short stories about families in turmoil and children in peril, from a homeless mother forced to put her son...
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HOW GIDION SAVED THE WORLD
(COMING IN LATE 2012) Floating pigs, children's car seats, and a disappointingly polite dragon don't have much in common. Unless your name is Gidion (...
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THE NEXT BESTSELLER
Could this be YOUR book?
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SUOSSO S LANE
(COMING IN LATE 2012) Bartolomeo Vanzetti - self-educated laborer, political agitator and sentimental bachelor - was devoted to 'the beautiful idea' of...
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I, SAID THE ROOK
(COMING IN MID-2012) Harold Broad led a sheltered life in a London suburb, but when he moves into a friend's ritzy apartment in central London, his life...
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A BEAUTIFUL CHILL
(COMING IN MID-2012) Iris knows she's damaged, somehow cursed. That must be why the men in her life keep dying (read more below). Born and raised in...
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POLLY YESTERDAY
(COMING IN LATE 2012) Fifteen-year-old Esther Rhinehold is a girl with a secret. Though she was part of the popular crowd in her previous school, here...
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RAGE
(COMING IN LATE 2012) The only thing US Army Specialist Kris Rose is more afraid of than her Commander destroying the world is that she will do it herself...
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POSY AND THE WITCHES SECRET
(COMING IN MID-2012) Nine-year-old Posy Mortimer's parents are overjoyed - they're having a baby. But Posy isn't so happy (read why below). Her parents...
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DOGGONE NEIGHBORS
(COMING IN MID-2012) Sometimes a good fence is not enough to ensure good neighbors. Ben Garvin raised his family while living in peace with his next door...
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THE HOUSEKEEPING HANDBOOK
COMING ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012 Are you lucky enough to afford a maid or housekeeper? Does she speak Spanish and you don't? Or are you the one who mops, vacuums...
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JOE PEACE
(COMING ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012) Twenty years ago, Joe Peace was an ace homicide investigator for the Austin Police Department, until his penchant for cocaine...
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MEANT TO BE A CHRISTMAS TREE
(COMING IN 2013) The bigger trees laugh at Little Tree every time he says he's meant to be a Christmas tree. A picture book for children of all ages.
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EPIPHANIES
(COMING IN LATE 2013) If you want to know the rules of the writing craft so that you can be free of them to create innovative work, this book will...
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UNDER THE HOUSE
(COMING ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012) UNDER THE HOUSE is the story of the Rathbones, a prominent Saskatchewan family who live with a secret they're determined...
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A LITTLE BLUE PILL
(COMING IN LATE 2012) Welcome to the future. Forget about e-mail and forget your Kindle; they're useless without electricity (read why below). Bees...
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THE JOURNAL OF THOMAS B RANSOM THE SPIRIT OF WYN
(COMING IN MID-2013) What would you do if you found yourself in a land far from home, with no way to return, in the company of an inept wizard named Feebes...
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A MILLION CLOSED EYES
(COMING IN LATE 2012) Five million pedophiles, three angry women, one desperate solution. Outraged by society's extraordinary failure to protect our children...
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WISHING
(COMING IN LATE 2012) One woman + one wishing lamp = two weeks of magical mayhem. Samantha Taylor often imagines how her life could be perfect—and...
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MARY, MARVIN OR MORGAN? Choosing Unisex Names for the 21st Century
(COMING IN 2013) What's in a name? Shakespeare said it poetically, but Marla Mendenhall will say it like it is. This book is not just for women, and...
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FLASH IN THE PAN
Coming in late 2013, Shelfstealers' authors and a few lucky winners of our annual Flash Fiction Contest serve you a collection of their writings and their...
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THE NEXT BESTSELLER
Could this be YOUR book?
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Shelfstealers Clear Eye Books Program
Through its Clear
Eye Books Program, Shelfstealers donates audio books to international
and national organizations that serve people with visual disabilities.
You can help us help people less fortunate than you by auditioning to record an audio book. Who knows? You might become famous. Best of all, you'll be able to audition in the comfort of your own home.
We already have our first volunteer, Father Marc Powell from Seattle, Washington.
Contact us to see how you can audition to be a Clear Eye Books volunteer. Read more . . .
A Big Thank-you
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generosity of the artists who graciously loaned us cover art
for the mock-up book covers on the shelves in our Bookstore. You can match the covers to the artists here, and see our Classifieds for
ways to view even more of their work.
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Leslie Hall Pinder will be our first author to read— LIVE — from her novel, Under the House. Find out more about our AUTHOR EVENTS .
