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Well, obviously! I've picked a couple of examples out at random and I'm sure that you've got the picture and you'll probably have sniggered. If that's the type of book which you enjoy then you'll find this to be a fun book. But - if you look at the title page ''inside'' the book you'll find a subtitle:

If you are thinking about approaching a publisher or a literary agent then you should read this book as it's a pretty exhaustive list of all the things which you really shouldn't do if you're hoping to be a traditionally-published author. Don't be disheartened though - quite a few big name authors have made their way to the top from the slush pile and even after dozens of letters of rejection - [[:Category:Malorie Blackman|Malorie Blackman]], the current children's laureate had eighty two. Roddy Doyle went on to win the Booker Prize for [[The Commitments by Roddy Doyle|The Commitments]] after being discovered by the same reader who spotted [[:Category:Bill Bryson|Bill Bryson]]. One of my favourite books, [[The Help by Kathryn Stockett]] was turned down some sixty times, but perhaps the best-known person to emerge from the slush pile was [[:Category:J K Rowling|J K Rowling]].