2 genres Non-fiction content whose creator in

2 genres Non-fiction content whose creator, in good faith, assumes responsibility for the truth or accuracy of the events, people, or information presented a story whose creator explicitly leaves open if and how the work refers to reality

Features: • Simplicity • Clarity • Directness • Audience is important • Direct provision of information • Understanding of the potential readers' use for the work and their existing knowledge of a subject • Truth of nonfiction • Persuasion of the reader

“If we think of truth as something of granite-like solidity and of personality as something of rainbow-like intangibility and reflect that the aim of biography is to weld these two into one seamless whole, we shall admit that the problem is a stiff one and that we need not wonder if biographers, for the most part failed to solve it. “ Virginia Woolf

Textbook Biography/ autobiography Owner's manual Speech Self-help book Essay Common genres of nonfiction Journalism Reference book Lab Report Personal narrative Memoir

Book Fairs Around the World

Each fair boasts unique benefits to attract • • • key publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, book-loving consumers

Reasons Publishers Specialty book fairs • to showcase their lists, • generate buzz for new titles and authors, • negotiate rights deals shows offer books for sale Industry book fairs offer complimentary advance reader review galleys

Frankfurt Book Fair (Germany) is the world’s largest trade book fair

At the annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair in New York City, approximately 200 dealers from around the world bring a vast selection of rare books, maps, manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts and ephemera, covering art, medicine, literature, photography, autographs, first editions, and more.

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