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|author=Orin Hargraves
|title=It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches
|rating=4
|genre=Reference
|summary=I don't usually start a review by telling you what a book ''isn't'', but in this case it's important. This isn't a light-hearted look at the subject, such as we found in [[Cliches: Avoid Them Like the Plague by Nigel Fountain]] and which - laughing and blushing in equal measure - we shelved under 'trivia'. This book will be shelved under 'reference': it's a rigorous look at the problem with the clichés divided not by subject matter, but grammatically and with an introduction to each section which gives all the information you need to help in making judgements about your own writing. This isn't a book to ''amuse'' you, but to help you to improve your use of words.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199315736</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=William Poundstone
|summary=If you're thinking of going down the road of self-publishing your book but are unwilling or unable to fund the services offered by some of the leaders in the field then publishing on Kindle is the obvious place to look first. It's a big step though and you want to get it right - not least because what you publish could be out there to haunt you for a very long time. This book comes, as it were, from the horse's mouth and I was expecting explanations, guidance, advice and, well, something which would leave me with the feeling that I ''could'' do this successfully. How did it square up?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B004LX069M</amazonuk>
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