Ted Gioia (@tedgioia): "I got my first book published by sending an unsolicited manuscript to a New York editor (Sheldon Meyer at Oxford University Press). He picked me out of the slush pile, and gave me a break. That couldn’t happen today. Everything now is pay-to-play."

The app for independent voices

I got my first book published by sending an unsolicited manuscript to a New York editor (Sheldon Meyer at Oxford University Press). He picked me out of the slush pile, and gave me a break. That couldn’t happen today. Everything now is pay-to-play.

Yes, It Costs $25,000 to Query Literary Agents

One of traditional publishing’s most disingenuous claims is that “money flows to the author.” It’s true for those who have the connections to get manuscripts read and works placed in a phone call or two, but most people don’t, and for the “don’t”s there is the query system. Querying is a

72 Degrees North

Mar 14

4:41 PM

The app for independent voices

Yes, It Costs $25,000 to Query Literary Agents

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