I highly recommend Charles Walters' book, How to Apply to Graduate School without Really Lying. It's out of print, but - if you're in Oregon or Washington - you can get it through the Summit Library Catalog. I owe whatever success I've had to this book.
As soon as you're admitted to graduate school, read David Sternberg's book on How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation. Click here to order this book.
The Grad Student's Guide to Getting Published, edited by Alida Allison and Terri Frongia, (New York: Prentice Hall, 1992), Out of print, use Summit.
Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors, edited by Joseph M. Moxley, (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992). Click here to order this book.
Publish, Don't Perish: The Scholar's Guide to Academic Writing and Publishing, Joseph M. Moxley, foreword by Robert Boice, (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992). Click here to order this book.
Persist and Publish: Helpful Hints for Academic Writing and Publishing, Ralph E. Matkin and T. F. Riggar, (Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1991). Click here to order this book.
The Compleat Academic: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Social Scientist, edited by Mark P. Zanna and John M. Darley, (New York: Random House; Hillsdale, NJ: Distributed by L. Erlbaum Associates, 1986). This is helpful for learning how to be an academic, what the expectations are, etc. Out of print, use Summit.