Must-Have Books

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The Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition*

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition*

Recommended Books for Proofreaders

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McGraw-Hill’s Proofreading Handbook*

Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies*

Marketing Your Editing & Proofreading Business*

The Best Punctuation Book, Period: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson

Helpful Sites for Self-Published Writers

Writer’s Digest

Scribophile (Find Beta Readers)

Query Tracker (Agents and Publishers)

AgentQuery.com (Database of Literary Agents)

How to Design a Book Cover: 7 Steps for Professional Results (Reedsy)

The Big List of Literary Magazines

Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)

Helpful Tools for Editors

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Grammarly*

Paul Beverly’s Macros for Editors