10 Best Books on Content Writing

We have compiled a list of the Best Reference Books on Content Writing, which are used by students of top universities, and colleges. This will help you choose the right book depending on if you are a beginner or an expert. Here is the complete list of Content Writing Books with their authors, publishers, and an unbiased review of them as well as links to the Amazon website to directly purchase them. If permissible, you can also download the free PDF books on Content Writing below.

 
1."Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content" by Ann Handley
“Everybody Writes Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content” Book Review: The book is an essential guide to attracting and retaining customers. It gives expert guidance and insight into the process and strategy of content creation, production and publishing, with actionable how-to advice designed to get results. It also discusses strategy and delivers a practical approach to create ridiculously compelling and competent content. The book includes practice questions for creating credible, trustworthy content steeped in some time-honored rules of solid journalism. It is a guide for the smartest businesses who know that great content is the key to thriving in this digital world. The book is useful in helping the readers master business writing.

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2."Freelance Writing for the 'Newbie' Writer" by Sreelata Menon
“Freelance Writing for the ‘Newbie’ Writer” Book Review: The book covers the concept of creative freelance writing even while bringing out its pitfalls. It highlights issues like importance of language, niche writing, querying an editor, reviewing a book, how to spot and avoid scams, plagiarism and the requirements for publishing a book, etc. The book explains what to expect and what not to expect while ‘Freelance’ writing. It discusses how to make your writing work for you as a newbie freelancer. The book also tells you the importance of marketing oneself and networking, as well as helps you identify what is called ‘Indianisms’ in your writing.

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3."Creative Writing and Content Marketing: Writing Interesting Articles That Sell: Volume 1" by Judge J
“Creative Writing and Content Marketing Writing Interesting Articles That Sell Volume 1” Book Review: The book is a must read for anyone who takes their business seriously, full of invaluable information, tips, ideas, and help to create some truly dazzling content for your business. It teaches how to not end up writing the same old content and instead stand out from the crowd. It enables the readers to write content to stimulate their reader’s imaginations and eventually buy. The book discusses the hard, fast rules to creative writing and content marketing that must be followed while writing content. It teaches the readers how to target their audience and also mentions what all has to be written into the very fabric of every article.

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4."How to Write Great Website Content in 2017" by Andy Williams
“How to Write Great Website Content in 2017” Book Review: The book is a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in writing website content. It discusses Google’s constant struggles against spam, and how one can turn all the rules to their advantage. It teaches readers how to use “footprints” and other techniques for finding the very best, shareable and linkable content ideas. It also gives an overview on the variety of different types of content one can create and publish on their website. It highlights how we used to write content, and why keyword-focused content no longer works. It also enables students to add additional features to their websites to keep visitors coming back for more.

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5."English Content Writing: Learn Professional English Content Writing Skills in 30 Days" by Vipin Arora
“English Content Writing Learn Professional English Content Writing Skills in 30 Days” Book Review: The book is a comprehensive guide to learn the fine art of perfect English writing. It discusses capitalisation, punctuation, abbreviation, numbers and figures, and other finer aspects of writing in great detail. The book defines the fine differences between British and American English. It throws light on the concept of editing and proofreading and lists 15 common mistakes that can be found in any kind of writing and how to avoid and correct such mistakes. The book features the art of creative writing which includes business writing and correspondence, writing for magazines and newspapers, and thesis, dissertation and resume writing. This book uses an unconventional approach to teach the finer aspects of English grammar.

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6."Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound" by Felder
“Writing for the Web Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound” Book Review: The book focuses on storytelling techniques that work best for digital media. It describes the essential skills and tools in a Web author’s toolbox, including a thorough understanding of grammar and style, a critical eye for photography, and an ear for just the right sound byte for a podcast. It provides a fun and practical approach to Web writing that busy students and writers will be eager to learn and explore. The book emphasizes on writing practices and guidelines, with exercises and prompts developed and tested. It also contains photographs, lists, and tables to illustrate the key concepts behind writing nonlinear, interactive stories, creating succinct and clear copy and working compelling images, motion graphics, and sound into your content.

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7."The Story Engine: An entrepreneur's guide to content strategy and brand storytelling without spending all day writing" by Kyle Gray and Tom Morkes
“The Story Engine An entrepreneur’s guide to content strategy and brand storytelling without spending all day writing” Book Review: The book provides readers with a clear, concise, and actionable strategy to reap the benefits of inbound marketing. It explains how to use brand storytelling and transparency to drive growth for your business. It also gives an overview on Simple metrics to understand how your content is performing. The book guides to use SEO, email automation, and paid traffic to support your content strategy and convert visitors into customers. It also explains the readers how to automate and delegate time-consuming parts of creation, and still feel secure knowing that their content fits their unique brand without breaking their budget. This book also includes easy-to-use content marketing templates to help you take action right away and to get the results you want.

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8."How To Start Content Writing For Websites And Build A Full-Time Career: Choosing The Right Stepping Stones For Lifelong Success" by Eric Parker
“How To Start Content Writing For Websites And Build A Full-Time Career Choosing The Right Stepping Stones For Lifelong Success” Book Review: The book is designed for beginners who are new to content writing. It explains how to leverage low-paying writing jobs into a professional web content writing career. It gives tips on how one can start content writing. It covers Tips For Getting The Most From Textbroker along with Tips For Success Writing Online. It highlights on What To Do With Articles Rejected By Clients. It contains easy-to-read, understandable chapters that can benefit the readers no matter where they are in the process of becoming an online writer.

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9."Writing Short Films: Structure and Content for Screenwriters" by Linda J Cowgill
“Writing Short Films Structure and Content for Screenwriters” Book Review: The book offers readers the essential requirements necessary to make their writing crisp, sharp and compelling. Emphasising characters, structure, dialogue and story. It dispels the ‘magic formula’ concept that screenplays can be constructed by anyone with a word processor and a script formatting programme. The book brings out the Contrast and comparison of the differences and similarities between feature films and short films. It covers the three part nature of film structure and the structure of scenes. It also throws a light on the principles of drama.

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10."Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies)" by Janice (Ginny) Redish
“Letting Go of the Words Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies)” Book Review: The book offers the students with complete knowledge on things that should be kept in mind while communicating online. It teaches you to write good content on the web. The book gives information design and how to produce clear writing in plain language for the web. It provides a detailed description on content strategy for web sites, search engine optimization (SEO), and social media. The book contains numerous examples for better learning. It focuses more on new hardware like tablets, iPads, and iPhones.

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We have put a lot of effort into researching the best books on Content Writing and came out with a recommended list and their reviews. If any more book needs to be added to this list, please email us. We are working on free pdf downloads for books on Content Writing and will publish the download link here. Fill out this Content Writing books pdf download" request form for download notification.

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