Where can you sell used junior high level books?

I have a ton of books that I have had since I was in junior high, and I finally decided to clean out my shelves. Many of these have been former library books, but they are still in good condition. I am just wondering what websites/places will buyback used books without much hassle?

If you have a "Half-Priced" book store in your area, check with them. They will buy what they think they will be able to sell. Have you ever thought of donating them to the library or a middle school?

Where can I find free addresses and information for book companies that publishes poetry books?

ones that pay.

Book companies generally don't publish unknown poets, but literary magazines and other publications do. Here are some links you may find helpful:

Poetry Publishers Who Accept Email Submissions

http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/pbonline.html

Another index of places to publish poetry:

http://drowningman.net/simple.htm

For some publishing tips from an actual published poet, you can visit this site where she has some straight forward advice.

http://www.geocities.com/bluesette54/publishing.html

Where i can find free e-books on the topic of various sections Indian History?

some sites are posting books, but later when we go into select they asked price, so you pls tell the absolutely free e books site.

You are correct !!!. There are no free e books.

My computer screen has become very large, like a large print book. I have windows xp.?

I’ve tried turning it off and on, going into settings and adjusting the resolution to no effect. Anyone got any ideas?

Right click on the background and then click properties then go to display settings. Make the resolution 600 by 800 or 1024 by …. If its the internet, click on page, then change text size.

How can i find a short story book publisher?

Are you referring to ONE short story or a collection? If you have one story – then you need to search for anthologies who are seeking stories in your genre to submit your story to. If you have a whole book of stories, you need to find a publisher seeking anthologies.

Generally you are not going to find major publishers seeking anthologies. You need to get a copy of Writers Market (it costs 30 dollars) and search through the smaller publishers and agents and find some who are looking for anthologies. Remember you cannot get through to A List publishers without an A List agent.

Also remember that before you send anything to anyone, check them out thoroughly! There are many frauds, fakes and companies on the verge of bankruptcy out there. Check with Absolute Write Water Cooler Bewares and Background Checks, Preditors and Editors, Writers Wall and Writers Weekly.com (you can get their newsletter free – they have a column called Whispers and Warnings).

If there are any complaints about the agent or publisher – steer clear and find another. Then always remember to submit exactly what the submission guidelines requests. Each publisher and agent has their own set of guidelines. If you are sending the story to an anthology, it must be properly formatted with the correct Industry Standard headers.

Lastly, do not copyright anything! It is considered unprofessional and downright amateur to do so. Agents and publishers will think you do not trust them. If and when you get a contract, there will be a clause stating the publisher is responsible for securing your copyright for you.

You won't get rich selling stories to anthologies. Many pay as little as 5 dollars. Some 25 – some more. But they do get your name out there. They also will give you some copies of the book with your story in it. It is a good start.

If you are considering contests, beware! Many of them are fake too. Check with Preditors and Editors and the other sources. If you still can't find the answer, write to Dave K at Preditors … he will answer you. So will Victoria Strauss and James Macdonald at Absolute Write and Agnela Hoy at Writers Weekly. Always always check first!!

Good luck. Pax – C

What're the best biography/true crime books you've ever read?

So, what are the best you've read? Not meaning the person who you were the biggest fan of, but the book itself was interesting.?

1. Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi

2. Casino by Pileggi

3. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

4. I would recommend Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi but I have not read it personally. It covers the Manson murders.

what are some good ADULT horror books that involve teenagers?

Ive asked this question already before and i dont want vampire books and i dont want teenager books. I want a more mature book with a little bit of romance if possible. This does not mean the twilight series.

RAVENOUS by Ray Garton

A serial rapist is on the loose in the sleepy California town of Big Rock, and sheriff Farrell Hurley’s secretary is the latest victim. When a self-proclaimed werewolf hunter named Daniel Fargo comes into town claiming that Big Rock has an infestation of the creatures, Hurley thinks the man is insane, until the eviscerated corpses and attacks by large animals start in earnest. For Garton, lycanthropy is an STD, spread mostly through rape, that runs rampant through a small town fraught with affairs and intrigues. His werewolf is a terrifying creature: not a remorseful, helpless cursed human but a homicidal beast driven by a dual urge to breed and feed. Hurley is a sheriff to root for, and Garton’s well-paced horror novel reworks the werewolf myth to great effect.

Are your favorite books more current or classic?

Or somewhere in between. Most of my favorite's come from somewhere in between, my three favorite books, Revolutionary Road, To Kill a Mockingbird, and In Cold blood, come from between 1960-65. So how about you?

These are my favorite Novels:

"Lord Jim (1899) " by Joseph Conrad
"Under Western Eyes (1911)" by Joseph Conrad
"Of Human Bondage (1915)" by Somerset Maugham
"The Beautiful and the Damned (1922)" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Babbitt (1922)" by Sinclair Lewis
"We (1924)" by Eugene Zamiatin
"The Great Gatsby (1925)" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Day of the Locust (1933)" by Nathaniel West
"The Last Tycoon (1941)" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Catcher in the Rye (1945)" by J.D. Salinger
"Animal Farm (1946)" by George Orwell
"1984 (1949)" by George Orwell
"Naked Lunch (1959)" by William S. Burroughs
"A Clockwork Orange (1962)" by Anthony Burgess
"Slaughterhouse 5 (1969)" by Kurt Vonnegut

My brother likes mystery books, he's going into 9th grade in August. Any recommendations?

I'm not a big mystery book reader, but we want to keep him at his level of reading. I promised him some books to read over the summer. Thanks.

I'd agree about Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Death on the Nile, A Pocketful of Rye, The ABC Murders, A Caribbean Mystery, Nemesis (which should be read after A Caribbean Mystery), The Moving Finger, Sleeping Murder, Lord Edgeware Dies, Endless Night (this one is rather Gothic) and many more.

Your brother might also enjoy some of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My personal favorite is The Hound of the Baskervilles, but he wrote many good ones. His collection of stories called The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is excellent.

G.K. Chesterton wrote a series of shorter Father Brown mystery stories. These were also excellent. One set is called The Innocence of Father Brown.

If your brother enjoys historical mysteries, he may enjoy the Brother Cadfael stories which are set in Medieval times. The first is called A Morbid Taste for Bones. These mysteries are also very good.

Margery Allingham wrote the Albert Campion mysteries, starting with The Crime at Black Dudley. Dorothy L. Sayers wrote the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, starting with Whose Body? Ngaio Marsh wrote the Rodderick Alleyn mysteries, starting with A Man Lay Dead. They are all good.

If your brother enjoys the hard-boiled detective fiction, you might suggest Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane and Raymond Chandler (among others).

Steve Martini has written some really good courtroom drama/mysteries. John Grisham is another author whose works he may enjoy.

Janet Evanovich wrote a series of mysteries that are funny, starting with One for the Money.

David Baldacci is another good author of stories full of mystery and intrigue.

There are many more, but I hope this helps.

What are some good Sci Fi or fantasy books for someone who likes pullman paolini rowling and coilfer?

I have read all the Rowling books and the Phillp Pullman and Christopher Paolini and Cs Lewis and Jrr Tolkien and Eoin Colfer books and im looking for some more fantasy that i might like any suggestions.

George R R Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. In depth characters that pull you in, subplots that are truly surprising, and well written. The books are a good 800+ pages, but you'll find it hard to put down.