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What do people know about this agency?
http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/
Are they legit and successfull?
http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/
Are they legit and successfull?
DPRichard, I just queried them through the website and got the exact same (word for word) email in reply, so it's probably standardised. I'll no doubt send my MS on anyway, but it's made me a bit suspicious. Glad I saw this thread before I got my hopes up too much at that email!
Ooh, good! I sent him my synopsis + first 10k, but without asking! Good luck with it
Literary agent Andrew Lownie believes that in 5-10 years, 75% of books will be self-published, 20% assisted by agents, and only 5% traditionally published.
http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/10/soon-will-majority-books-self-published/
The suggestions were politely rejected but the audience’s interest never flagged, as everyone felt that what was under scrutiny here was a crucial moment in publishing history, the passage from print to digital. Yet there never was any polarized position-taking or unpleasant exchange of opinion, no animosity at all.
Is Lownie right? Let us know what you think in the comments.
It doesn’t matter what percentage of slush is in the world. All that’s happening is the slush pile is being stored online and called “self-published.”
What matters most:
If I want to be an honorable writer, if I want to be a writer who doesn’t suck, to whom do I submit my stuff?
If I want to read legitimate, professional, literate writers, where do I find them?
That’s it, folks. Instead of talking about “self-publishing” ad nauseam, how about calling out vanity presses that call themselves publishers, or talking about tools for readers that efficiently allow us to weed out crap, or talking about what else will evolve to perform the oh-so-badly needed gatekeeper functions...All I want at this point is something that allows writers to legitimately succeed at writing well, and allows readers to find the legitimate writers in the midst of the shit storm of self-published “marketing” from the clueless and narcissistic.