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Got an unpublished novel? Get it published by Harper Collins! Introducing: AUTHONOMY!
Calling all authors! Got an unpublished novel (I know I frickin' do!)? Or two? Or three? Would you like to have dozens of folks read it and offer feedback, rate it, champion it, and get it into the hands of an editor at Harper Collins?
Boy howdy I bet you would and here's how ta do it:
It's called AUTHONOMY. Whip up a cover/avatar (just a small image will do - it only operates as your books mini image on the site) and then upload your book along with a one-page pitch.
Now here's the nitty-gritty: the pitch is real important, just like a query letter would be if you were searching for an agent, in a way more important than your book itself. Readers, also known as "Talent Scouts", get to read your pitch and decide whether your book is worth checking out. The pitch sells them or it doesn't. With hundreds of books up on the site, they can't read everything, so they're selective. Who are these readers? Anyone and everyone. You can be a reader and network with other readers on the Authonomy forums, share your fave books and least liked books.
Each reader gets to have 5 - count 'em, 5 - "Favorites" out of all the books up on the Authonomy site at any given time. They can change their five at any time, but can never have more than five. A book's ranking is based on how many readers have selected it as one of their top five.
At the end of each and every month, the top five out of all the "top 5's", get passed on to a Harper Collins editor to be read. And that's that. No guarantee of getting published, but you WILL be read by an editor at a top publisher, and they'll give feedback even if they don't decide to publish you.
Just be ready to spend time on the Authonomy forums and doing online social stuff. There's been a lot of critique already that the site runs overly-much on circle-jerk-esque commaradarie, with the Top 5 at the end of the month always reflecting those who were the most shameless in plugging their book and schmoozing with the readers. Not that this isn't an EXACT replica of real life in the major leagues of publishing, but still...don't expect anything magically different. FYI.
So get on over there and check it out now! http://www.authonomy.com
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