I think the big question is what purpose does any body
serve authors or publishers?
Not exact matches
Established in 2011, Literary Agent Undercover
serves: 1) Unpublished
authors just getting started, 2) Self - published
authors who now want to find a real
publisher, and 3) Previously published
authors that have lost their agent and /
or publisher.
Furthermore, the book is discoverable by any one with any device with a browser, and the booksite
serves as website, giving the
author or publisher full access to the very latest html and css (and javascript) for design, analytics, and accessibility.
«Whether
or not a
publisher was willing to take on an
author used to
serve as a «short cut» for readers trying to determine if a new book was worth their time.
And as for specific terms, though there is seldom any legal obligation to hold them confidential, it often
serves publisher,
author,
or both not to disclose them.
Finalists, one from each respective submission category of fiction, will receive a blurb (i.e., a promotional description, as found on the jackets of books) from a bestselling / award - winning
author or professional editor
serving as a guest judge for the Prize, as well as a mention in
Publishers Weekly.
All finalists will receive a blurb from a bestselling / award - winning
author or professional editor
serving as a guest judge for the contest, as well as mention in
Publishers Weekly.
Self - publishing makes sense in many situations: for instance, when the
author has identified a market that isn't currently
served by trade
publishers, and has a plan to reach that market; when the
author is publishing a book to accompany some other form of presentation
or workshop; and when the
author is willing to sacrifice the advantages of trade publication in order to enjoy more autonomy over the process.
If an
author or agent faced with multiple options must determine which
publisher to work with, and the
author realizes that there will be only one
publisher, whose task it will be to
serve a global market, then the choice will be to sign with the
publisher best equipped to reach the widest market.