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	Digital Job Hunting 2.0	by Christopher Woo Jan. 27, 2012	$2.99	4398 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Chris Woo has over 20 years experience in the technology industry working as a consultant and leader for Fortune 500 companies. Having written thousands of pages of documentation for clients, employees and customers, Chris is now expanding his oeurvre with both fiction and nonfiction books for the public. Chris lives and works in Southern California with his wife and daughter.
	Be a Great Tutor: The Inspiring Guide to Tutoring All Ages	by Erin O'Briant Dec. 30, 2011	$8.95	29418 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Welcome and thanks for your interest in my books! I'm a San Francisco Bay Area writer, and I'm the author of the novel GLITTER GIRL and the guidebook BE A GREAT TUTOR: THE INSPIRING GUIDE TO TUTORING ALL AGES. I'm also webmaster of www.Tutoring-Expert.com. When I'm not working on my next novel, I teach writing and literature at City College of San Francisco. I have an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College and a BA in Religion from Emory University. I'm also a graduate student at Stanford University. If your'e a current or future tutor, join the community at www.Tutoring-Expert.com. Or if you're a parent, use my database of 40,000 expert tutors to find the perfect fit! Erin
	You Can't Eat Your Degree Workbook	by Tricia Berry and Danielle Forget Shield Dec. 13, 2011	$3.99	9354 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Tricia Berry, MBA, has more than 18 years of experience defining her passions and taking control of her career. She has managed her own strategic communications and positively influenced her career path throughout her experiences in engineering and college recruiting at The Dow Chemical Company, academic advising and student programs at The University of Texas at Austin and volunteer work with not-for-profit organizations. With her company, 825 Basics, Tricia has mentored and coached students, new-hires and experienced professionals on the techniques and processes shared throughout You Can’t Eat Your Degree. She earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Houston - Clear Lake. Danielle Forget Shield, P.E., MBA, has more than 17 years of experience implementing the techniques outlined in You Can’t Eat Your Degree. She began her career wondering if she’d gotten the right degree, but quickly realized that she could accomplish anything she wanted by defining and creating her own career story. Using this strategy, she has built a career as an entrepreneur, author and professional speaker after 15 years in corporate roles, holding senior-level positions in engineering, environmental compliance and project development. Danielle prides herself on applying engineering processes to career success and has become a career trend analysis expert. She uses this skill daily as President of 825 Basics. Danielle has a BS in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA in Finance from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
	Find A Job - How To Get Hired Fast Using Top Secret Job Search Strategies	by James Steele Dec. 02, 2011	$6.99	14853 words	Sample 20%
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	Ticking The Boxes... Or Ticking Them Off	by Robert Godden Nov. 24, 2011	$0.99	5133 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Something of a rebel, I apply different perspectives to my "day job" (HR) my hobby (writing) and my obsession (tea). My wife and I run a small HR consultancy that strikes most people as bizarre - no tick boxes, no flow charts, no politically correct and yet meaningless evaluations of your people or your organisation. I'm often occupied helping organisations and recruiters to implement and improve systems, plan campaigns and assist in retention. I've written a book on business and career strategy ("1001 Nights in the Trans-Arabian Corporation's Boardroom")and three ebooks. I write columns for careerone.com.au and other sites and publications and I speak at conferences and other events on my special subjects, which are Remuneration, Creative Recruiting & HR, Small Business Marketing & Branding and Career Development. I co-host a TV show - Your Business 2.0 - which was on on www.australialivetv.com until they folded and is now looking for a new home!
	Building Blocks to Writing Success	by Kathryn C. Lang Nov. 04, 2011	$0.99	5998 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Kathryn Lang writes and speaks on a wide range of topics that encourage and motivate others to discover their passion and pursue it with boldness to their designed purpose.
	You Can't Eat Your Degree - Combine Your Passions and Philosophies to Create the Story of Your Future	by Tricia Berry and Danielle Forget Shield Sep. 28, 2011	$9.99	23761 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Tricia Berry, MBA, has more than 18 years of experience defining her passions and taking control of her career. She has managed her own strategic communications and positively influenced her career path throughout her experiences in engineering and college recruiting at The Dow Chemical Company, academic advising and student programs at The University of Texas at Austin and volunteer work with not-for-profit organizations. With her company, 825 Basics, Tricia has mentored and coached students, new-hires and experienced professionals on the techniques and processes shared throughout You Can’t Eat Your Degree. She earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Houston - Clear Lake. Danielle Forget Shield, P.E., MBA, has more than 17 years of experience implementing the techniques outlined in You Can’t Eat Your Degree. She began her career wondering if she’d gotten the right degree, but quickly realized that she could accomplish anything she wanted by defining and creating her own career story. Using this strategy, she has built a career as an entrepreneur, author and professional speaker after 15 years in corporate roles, holding senior-level positions in engineering, environmental compliance and project development. Danielle prides herself on applying engineering processes to career success and has become a career trend analysis expert. She uses this skill daily as President of 825 Basics. Danielle has a BS in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA in Finance from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
	Layoff Skullduggery: The Official Humor Guide	by Leander Jackie Grogan Aug. 25, 2011	$3.99	794 words	Sample 55%
	Author bio: Leander Jackie Grogan is a graduate of Texas Tech University and twenty-year veteran in the communications industry. He has been recognized in Houston Business Journal's WHO"S WHO IN HOUSTON series and The City of Houston/ Guaranty Federal Bank Business Person of the Month Awards. Grogan's excellence in writing extends over a multiplicity of genres. His first novel, Orange FingerTips (ISBN: 1-4137-7871-2) has been distributed in five countries, four different languages and about thirty different bookstores. He has won numerous local and national awards in creative writing for radio, print and the web. Besides having authored a number of nonfiction articles in such national magazines as AdWeek and Jet, he has written and produced three local spiritual comedies, and some years ago, had a work of fiction published in Hustler Magazine. Grogan's favorite writer, and most preponderant upon his current style, is Sidney Sheldon. Specific works such as Dead Zone by Stephen King, The Terminator by James Cameron and Deep Cover by Michael Tolkin have also had a great influence on his commitment to rich multi-layered characterization and intricately crafted plots.
	Freelance Writing: how to make a living as a freelance writer	by Janice Hally Aug. 25, 2011	$4.99	47130 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Janice Hally is a Scottish screenwriter with more than 300 hours of prime-time television drama to her credit. She has also written fiction and non-fiction books. Her latest book, published June 2010 by French publisher Hachette, is "Distant Echo", a psychological thriller. A follow-up was commissioned and will be published in 2011. Current commissions include the big screen adaptation of Peter May's "The Killing Room" for a French film production company.
	Graduate School: Winning Strategies For Getting In	by Dave Mumby, Ph.D. July 31, 2011	$9.99	61822 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Something that I hate having to do as part of my job is denying certain students entrance into our graduate programs. Many of the rejected students are probably great candidates and would likely succeed in graduate school, but they were unable to convey their true potential; essentially, they were unable to sell themselves. Don’t let this happen to you! Regardless of whether you are just starting college or University or you are a few months away from application deadlines, if you are willing to put in the time and work, there are steps you can take to improve your chances of getting into graduate school. My advice, however, is not to wait until you are in your last year to start preparing for graduate school and as I emphasize in the eBook and on my blog, many of the recommended steps take a good deal of time to implement. If you have weak grades and no notable and relevant accomplishments or you don’t think you have a realistic chance of getting into graduate school this year no matter what you do, consider it a blessing that you figured this out before you wasted your time and money and take advantage of all the advice provided here and start to prepare for next year. Dave G. Mumby, Ph.D. graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1992. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University and a member of the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) He has supervised many graduate students over the past 15 years and has served on numerous graduate admissions committees at Concordia University. He is also an academic advisor for the Psychology Department and holds frequent workshops on applying to graduate school.
	How to prepare for a numerical reasoning test	by Zuzana Robertson C.Psychol June 22, 2011	$0.99	564 words	Sample 70%
	Author bio: ZUZANA ROBERTSON MSc AssocCIPD, C.Psychol Chartered Business Psychologist. Areas of specialisms: ORGANISATIONAL: Selection and Assessment Talent assessment / management Organisational development (OD) Change Management INDIVIDUAL COACHING: Career coaching Executive coaching Personal development Personality testing Interview preparation Preparation for assessment centres Life coaching Personal development Stress management Time management Business / entrepreneurial On the BPS's Directory of Chartered Psychologists: http://www.bps.org.uk Email: zuzana.robertson@yahoo.com Credentials: She is a full member of the British Psychological Society, a member of the Division of Occupational Psychology, a member of Association of Business Psychologists and CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development). She holds Level A and B Certificates in Occupational Testing and is trained in the use of 16PF questionnaire, OPQ and Wave Focus. She also holds a CIPD Licentiate Certificate (HR Specialist route). Certifications · Qualification in Occupational Psychology · MSc in Occupational Psychology · BSc in Psychology (First class Honours) · CIPD Licentiate Certificate · BPS Level A and B Certificate in Occupational Testing · 16 PF (Personality Profile Questionnaire) · OPQ (Occupational Personality Questionnaire) · Wave (Saville Consulting)
	Perception is Reality - Become a Winner in the Workplace	by Robert Raymond June 20, 2011	$6.99	19360 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Robert is the founder of Prairie Avenue Group, a consulting firm specializing in helping retail and small businesses to achieve greater levels of success.
	Get Published in Parenting and Family Magazines	by Kerrie McLoughlin April 30, 2011	$19.85	16380 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Kerrie McLoughlin is a freelance writer based in Kansas City. She has had over 50 articles published in more than 30 regional parenting magazines, including Kids VT, Pittsburgh Parent, Houston Family, San Diego Family, Memphis Parent, Calgary’s Child and Ithaca Child, as well as New Beginnings and The Kansas City Star. You can find her at GetPublishedParentingMags.com, where she shares writing tips and updates to the ebook. Kerrie is also Aron’s lucky wife and the homeschooling mother of five kiddles. When Kerrie isn’t parenting or writing, she enjoys spending time with her husband, reading, walking, volunteering, avoiding chores, eating chocolate, scrapbooking and learning new things. For more information, visit KerrieMcLoughlin.blogspot.com.
	Nail that Job interview with time tested tips and tricks	by Fiyin Adebiyi April 04, 2011	$1.99	13114 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Fiyin loves to research and write useful information on a wide variety of topics ranging from the wildness and creativity of fictional writing to the precision and practicality of non fictional writing. he has spent over 7 years working in various fields like human resource management to engineering and the environmental sciences.
	200 Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked	by Vibrant Publishers March 04, 2011	$9.99	19085 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Vibrant Publishers, USA is a leading publishing house publishing books for the IT professionals, specifically college freshman, junior/senior programmers, business analysts, and project managers alike. As technology now-a-days changes very often, IT Professionals need to be updated with the latest trends in these technologies constantly and more importantly instantly. Job Interview Questions Series is THE answer to this need. We believe in delivering quality content and do so by tying up with the best authors around the globe. Our books are written by expert authors and programmers who have been conducting interviews since a decade or more and have gathered vast experiences in the world of information technology. Unlike comprehensive, textbook-sized reference guides, our books include only the required information for job search. Hence, these books are short, concise and ready-to-use by the working Professionals. All the books in Job Interview Questions series include about 150 to 250 technical interview questions with answers and proven strategies giving Dozens of examples to respond to these interview questions, 51 HR Questions with Answers and Proven strategies to give specific, impressive answers that help nail the interviews and 2 Aptitude Tests available as a download from our website. We hope to serve our readers by saving them time – by providing them with information that is important, and not bombarding them with data from which they need to pick relevant information.
	Ace That Interview: Advice from a Real Recruiter	by Allison Keeton Jan. 20, 2011	$8.99	12565 words	Sample 12%
	Author bio: Allison Keeton holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration with a major in Human Resources Development from The University of Connecticut and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University. She has over twenty years of human resources experience in recruiting, employee relations, training and development, and college relations. She has worked in insurance, banking, telecommunications, and public utilities, and has taught human resources courses at the college level. In addition to her extensive human resource career, Allison is also a photographer and a writer of novels for young people. She is an avid supporter of the Haitian people and high school drama club programs. She resides in Hartford, CT.
	Where to Work Online	by Annie Jean Brewer Jan. 07, 2011	$2.99	4744 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Annie Brewer learned how to combine minimalism with frugality to live the life of her dreams. A single mother, she is a computer professional who works from home and primarily supports her family through writing. You can follow her adventures at Annienygma.com, discover her articles on the Yahoo Contributor Network and read free samples of her books here. Download one of her free ebooks today!
	Negotiating Your Pay Rise - The Essentials	by Drew Okawa Dec. 28, 2010	$1.99	10507 words	Sample 40%
	Author bio: Drew Okawa has an interest in business (non-fiction) writing and is also working on several fictional projects. His non-fiction writing focuses on practical and easy to apply information. Drew has also been working on a community project (Pregsafe) for keeping pregnant public transport users safe. Experience gained from this project may also work its way into a book or series of essays. Feedback or communication is welcomed and can be sent to info@pregsafe.com.au.
	How to Start Over 101 Self-Employment Businesses	by Vince Stead Nov. 04, 2010	$2.99	36741 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: Vince Stead was born in Pontiac Michigan, and had 4 older brothers and 2 older sisters. Vince's mother passed away from cancer at the age of 37, and Vince was 18 months old at the time. Vince spent a little bit of time with other relatives, then was reunited with his father, who was a life long alcoholic, but was a nice father. Vince's father owned a string of bakeries, but there was never really any money, his father drank and spent it away most of the time. At a very early age, Vince would go with his father every day to work, where is father and helpers would make all the bakery products at one bakery, and deliver them to the other bakeries every morning, and Vince would ride in the delivery van with his father every day until he was old enough to go to school. Vince learned at an early age, that is father required him to pay for his stuff, like new school clothing and other stuff. Through out Vince's whole childhood life, he worked weekends with his father in the middle of the night at his bakery, to earn money to buy clothes for school. Vince got his first real job as a paperboy at the age of 11, and kept that job instead his was 13, when he got a better job washing dishes at the local Harvey's Country Kettle Restaurant, where he would ride his bike to and from the restaurant several nights a week after school. Vince kept the dish washing job until he was 15 years old, and got a job a big grocery store in the next town over. Vince did not have a drivers license yet, but he really wanted to keep his job, so he would hitch hike after school to his grocery store job, and sometimes he would be picked up by his teacher, and she would give him a ride to work. All of Vince's brother's and sisters we required to move out of the house before they turned 16 years old. Vince was able to talk his older friend into renting an apartment with him, that worked at the grocery store also. The manager was nice enough at the grocery store to let Vince work nights shining the grocery store isles with a machine, and working each Sunday, where the other employees were only allowed to work every other Sunday, because the grocery store paid over time, and Ron the manager, had a kind heart. Vince joined the Navy when he was 18 and liked it very much. He spent 4 years on shore duty at an air squadron, and 4 years at sea duty, where he was stationed on a submarine tender, the USS Proteus, and a destroyer, the USS David R. Ray, and a short stint on the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier. While on the destroyer, the ship would escort Kuwaiti oil tankers full of oil destined for America, out to sea so they would not get attacked. They would put an American flag on their ship, and the destroyer Vince was stationed on would escort them out to sea and safety so everyone back in America could get cheap oil at the time While Vince was in the Navy and living in San Diego, California, he has always owned, raised, trained, and enjoyed dogs in his life.
	Navy Fun - When Ronald Reagan was in Charge, and Being in the Navy was a Blast	by Vince Stead Nov. 04, 2010	$2.99	49936 words	Sample 35%
	Author bio: Vince Stead was born in Pontiac Michigan, and had 4 older brothers and 2 older sisters. Vince's mother passed away from cancer at the age of 37, and Vince was 18 months old at the time. Vince spent a little bit of time with other relatives, then was reunited with his father, who was a life long alcoholic, but was a nice father. Vince's father owned a string of bakeries, but there was never really any money, his father drank and spent it away most of the time. At a very early age, Vince would go with his father every day to work, where is father and helpers would make all the bakery products at one bakery, and deliver them to the other bakeries every morning, and Vince would ride in the delivery van with his father every day until he was old enough to go to school. Vince learned at an early age, that is father required him to pay for his stuff, like new school clothing and other stuff. Through out Vince's whole childhood life, he worked weekends with his father in the middle of the night at his bakery, to earn money to buy clothes for school. Vince got his first real job as a paperboy at the age of 11, and kept that job instead his was 13, when he got a better job washing dishes at the local Harvey's Country Kettle Restaurant, where he would ride his bike to and from the restaurant several nights a week after school. Vince kept the dish washing job until he was 15 years old, and got a job a big grocery store in the next town over. Vince did not have a drivers license yet, but he really wanted to keep his job, so he would hitch hike after school to his grocery store job, and sometimes he would be picked up by his teacher, and she would give him a ride to work. All of Vince's brother's and sisters we required to move out of the house before they turned 16 years old. Vince was able to talk his older friend into renting an apartment with him, that worked at the grocery store also. The manager was nice enough at the grocery store to let Vince work nights shining the grocery store isles with a machine, and working each Sunday, where the other employees were only allowed to work every other Sunday, because the grocery store paid over time, and Ron the manager, had a kind heart. Vince joined the Navy when he was 18 and liked it very much. He spent 4 years on shore duty at an air squadron, and 4 years at sea duty, where he was stationed on a submarine tender, the USS Proteus, and a destroyer, the USS David R. Ray, and a short stint on the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier. While on the destroyer, the ship would escort Kuwaiti oil tankers full of oil destined for America, out to sea so they would not get attacked. They would put an American flag on their ship, and the destroyer Vince was stationed on would escort them out to sea and safety so everyone back in America could get cheap oil at the time While Vince was in the Navy and living in San Diego, California, he has always owned, raised, trained, and enjoyed dogs in his life.
	The Post-Bac Guidebook for Getting Into Medical School	by Jason Spears Sep. 15, 2010	$24.99	22600 words	Sample 15%
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	Hire Power: How to Find, Get and Keep a Job	by Andrea Foy Sep. 14, 2010	$5.95	17414 words	Sample 25%
	Author bio: A military brat, Andrea has lived in several parts of the US: North Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, and Minnesota, and Ohio. The older of two children she graduated from Fairborn High School in Fairborn Ohio. She obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Communications from Wright State University, near Dayton. A former model, she became a flight attendant after college and was able to see most of the world. Andrea’s love of writing began in fifth grade when her teacher gave her a certificate of writing and encouraged her parents to ‘keep her writing.’ Most of her life she wrote short stories and poetry; a few encouraging words from another author at a book signing in 2003, inspired her to outline a novel that very night. Subsequent workshops and conference, gave Andrea the tools she needed to get serious. Professionally, Andrea has over twenty years of customer service experience working for companies such as McDonald’s, Sears, Delta and USAir Airlines, American Express Financial Advisors the Federal Government. She currently resides in outside Dayton Ohio.
	The Career Explorer's Journal 2012	by Paul Diamond April 28, 2010	$3.99	23677 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I never find these little 'tell me about yourself' boxes easy to fill out. If pushed I try to base what I say on the facts and the things that have stayed true over time, so here goes... I'm male and I live in the UK (just outside of London) with my wife Nicki and daughter Eleanor. I have spent most of my working life in and around people as they made career choices and that's where I find myself happiest. I like to think of my day job as helping people to make better career choices (which is nice because one of my hobbies outside of work is trying to make the same good choices for myself). All this trying has helped me to discover my own passion for writing which I have now put into practice with my first book, The Career Explorer's Journal. The CEJ (for short) is now in its second edition and is mainly read by people with choices and decisions to make about work. The aim for this book is to keep developing and improving it in the future (based on readers' feedback). One of my other aims is to write more books, starting with a children's book and/or a novel.
	Essential Guide to CV Writing	by Les King March 31, 2010	$5.99	4988 words	Sample 20%
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