Had a printing project that Office max wanted 13 cents a sheet for printing back to back 2500 pages. ~$325. Doing the math at ~1000 sheets per cartridge. HP wants about $120 per for their cartridge, Office Max $70. LD wants thru amazon wants <$30. My project printing cost, using my HP laser printer @ 22 page/min, 5 cartridges and 5 reams of paper later was about $150. The print quality of the LD cartridges was noticeably superior to the Office Max 12A cartridge. I suspect it is at least the equal of an HP cartridge. Needless to say, I bought 2 more LD cartridges from LD directly. LD want more than the Amazon price, but did price match Amazon. So I really suggest that you go through Amazon for the best price. Hope the internet tax deal does not go through because that will increase the cost of everything and the brick and mortar stores will be more competitive.

This book is essential for the amateur writer who would like to be published. Perhaps it's equally valuable to the professional, but I can only speak for amateurs. The information and available markets help me decide the best places to send my work. The last Writer's Market I had was 2007 (been too busy to try to publish, I guess...) and the new format--columns instead of paragraphs across the page--is not comfortable for me yet, but I'm getting used to it.