TOP Shelf
OCTOBER2017
magazine
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A Comprehensive Bookseller’s Guide to
TopShelf Authors & Books!
table of contents masthead
columns CEO, President, & Publisher
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A NOVEL APPROACH
Writing a Bestselling Novel
Keith A. Katsikas Jr.
[email protected]
9 FORGOTTEN TOMES
Frankenstein vs. Dracula 11 THE INSIDE LOOK Reviews:
the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Rebecca Katsikas
13 TOPSHELF AMERICA
Vroman’s Bookstore Lead Editor
15 TOPSHELF MARKETING
Mailing Lists & Promotions [email protected]
interviews
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Raymond Benson
Sandra Brown
Andrew Gross
Sarah Noffke
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Rosemary Fifield
Assistant Editor
Kris Miller
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Creative Director
Keith Katsikas
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reviews
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E.V.P. & Director of Marketing
The Blackbird Season
Bring Her Home
Paradise Valley
Rabid Wolf
Rules for Giving
The Saboteur
The Secrets on Chicory Lane
Seeing Red
Sleep, Savanna, Sleep
The Visitors
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