Fancy submitting your fiction works to my site?

[LiterArty]

Hello there,

I'm looking for previously unpublished authors to submit their work
to
my site for possible showcasing and promotion to publishing houses.
Most genres considered but particular liking for crime and humour
novels (no short stories please).


Have a look at the site - browse the listings and review and comment
on them - submit your work for assessment - if successful you could
join the listings and be promoted to publishers across the world.


www.literarty.co.uk - be sure to submit in accordance with the
submissions guidelines.


I look forward to reading your work, or seeing you on the discussion
forum.


Cheers
Gary McArthur

[JF]

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Post by LiterArty
I'm looking for previously unpublished authors to submit their work
to
my site for possible showcasing and promotion to publishing houses.
Most genres considered but particular liking for crime and humour
novels (no short stories please).
Have a look at the site - browse the listings and review and comment
on them - submit your work for assessment - if successful you could
join the listings and be promoted to publishers across the world.
www.literarty.co.uk - be sure to submit in accordance with the
submissions guidelines.

All writers beware. Money should always flow to the writer; never from
the writer.

[LiterArty]

Dear JF,

I note your concerns regarding the payment of fees by authors. Can I
at least try to counter these concerns with the thought that the
intention of LiterArty is to promote samples of works by new authors
to various lists of publishers across the world and that successful
submissions are posted on the showcase page of the site for a maximum
of three months FREE OF CHARGE, with absolutely no obligation to
extend their listing after this time. During the three month period
the work will be promoted in exactly the same manner as the extended
stayers - as it is the site, rather than individual works, which is
promoted. Some submissions will warrant further attention and these
are considered by the McArthur Baker element of the business, possibly
leading to agency agreement.

As far as 'extended stayers' are concerned this has grossed LiterArty
just under £30 so far, so it's hardly the money making scam some
envisage. I have tried to ensure that most revenue comes from
advertising and affiliation rather than fees, however we writers are
an exacting lot and fees were introduced to support admin time in
maintaining each authors page (amendments / revisions etc.) as well as
promote the site through numerous search engine optimisation schemes -
success or otherwise yet to be established.

My mission for the site was to support previously unpublished writers
towards finding publishers, not to make wads of cash (my bank account
statement can confirm this!!) and this mission remains in tact.

Thank you
Gary.

Post by JF
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Post by LiterArty
I'm looking for previously unpublished authors to submit their work
to
my site for possible showcasing and promotion to publishing houses.
Most genres considered but particular liking for crime and humour
novels (no short stories please).
Have a look at the site - browse the listings and review and comment
on them - submit your work for assessment - if successful you could
join the listings and be promoted to publishers across the world.
www.literarty.co.uk- be sure to submit in accordance with the
submissions guidelines.

All writers beware. Money should always flow to the writer; never from
the writer.
--
James Follett. Novelist. (G1LXP)http://www.jamesfollett.dswilliams.co.uk
A wise and all-knowing Providence gave us an abundance of losers to endure
all the suffering and to do most of the work.http://scripts.digicc.com/powtv/prog_synopsis.php?id=655

[Skipper]

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Post by LiterArty
Dear JF,
I note your concerns regarding the payment of fees by authors. Can I
at least try to counter these concerns with the thought that the
intention of LiterArty is to promote samples of works by new authors
to various lists of publishers across the world and that successful
submissions are posted on the showcase page of the site for a maximum
of three months FREE OF CHARGE, with absolutely no obligation to
extend their listing after this time. During the three month period
the work will be promoted in exactly the same manner as the extended
stayers - as it is the site, rather than individual works, which is
promoted. Some submissions will warrant further attention and these
are considered by the McArthur Baker element of the business, possibly
leading to agency agreement.
As far as 'extended stayers' are concerned this has grossed LiterArty
just under £30 so far, so it's hardly the money making scam some
envisage. I have tried to ensure that most revenue comes from
advertising and affiliation rather than fees, however we writers are
an exacting lot and fees were introduced to support admin time in
maintaining each authors page (amendments / revisions etc.) as well as
promote the site through numerous search engine optimisation schemes -
success or otherwise yet to be established.
My mission for the site was to support previously unpublished writers
towards finding publishers, not to make wads of cash (my bank account
statement can confirm this!!) and this mission remains in tact.
Thank you
Gary.

Sounds like you're doing a fine thing, but you always get that kind of
griping when you do something like this on Usenet with writers.

Skip

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Post by LiterArty
I'm looking for previously unpublished authors to submit their work
to
my site for possible showcasing and promotion to publishing houses.
Most genres considered but particular liking for crime and humour
novels (no short stories please).
Have a look at the site - browse the listings and review and comment
on them - submit your work for assessment - if successful you could
join the listings and be promoted to publishers across the world.
www.literarty.co.uk- be sure to submit in accordance with the
submissions guidelines.

All writers beware. Money should always flow to the writer; never from
the writer.
--
James Follett. Novelist. (G1LXP)http://www.jamesfollett.dswilliams.co.uk
A wise and all-knowing Providence gave us an abundance of losers to endure
all the suffering and to do most of the work.http://scripts.digicc.com/powtv/prog_synopsis.php?id=655

[JF]

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Post by LiterArty
Dear JF,
I note your concerns regarding the payment of fees by authors.

Sounds like you're doing a fine thing, but you always get that kind of
griping when you do something like this on Usenet with writers.

I'm certainly not 'griping'. Whatever the merits of LiterArty, my
general caution that money should flow to the writer, not from the
writer, stands.

[Skipper]

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Post by Skipper
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Post by LiterArty
Dear JF,
I note your concerns regarding the payment of fees by authors.

Sounds like you're doing a fine thing, but you always get that kind of
griping when you do something like this on Usenet with writers.

I'm certainly not 'griping'. Whatever the merits of LiterArty, my
general caution that money should flow to the writer, not from the
writer, stands.

All absolute rules are pretty stupid. There's been tons of
self-published books (that would be money out of a writer's pocket,
wouldn't it?) that have gone on to be best-sellers. Entry fees for
contests, the winning of which gets you recognition and sales, aren't
bad, either - just depends on the contest.

[LiterArty]

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Post by LiterArty
Dear JF,
I note your concerns regarding the payment of fees by authors.

Sounds like you're doing a fine thing, but you always get that kind of
griping when you do something like this on Usenet with writers.

I'm certainly not 'griping'. Whatever the merits of LiterArty, my
general caution that money should flow to the writer, not from the
writer, stands.

All absolute rules are pretty stupid. There's been tons of
self-published books (that would be money out of a writer's pocket,
wouldn't it?) that have gone on to be best-sellers. Entry fees for
contests, the winning of which gets you recognition and sales, aren't
bad, either - just depends on the contest.- Hide quoted text -
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Whoa, people! Calm down! I wasn't offended by JF's comments Skipper, I
was merely trying to put my case. He's as entitled to his thoughts as
I am to mine and you are to yours, it's just that mine (and yours) are
less rigid than his.

Thank you for your comments - both of you!

I love a good debate.....

[Jeremiah Harbottle]

Post by Skipper
All absolute rules are pretty stupid. There's been tons of
self-published books (that would be money out of a writer's pocket,
wouldn't it?) that have gone on to be best-sellers. Entry fees for
contests, the winning of which gets you recognition and sales, aren't
bad, either - just depends on the contest.

That's different - self publishing is when the author takes on the role of
being a publisher. There may be a few examples that have been a success, but
the majority have resulted in the writer having a garage full of books they
can't sell and losing a lot of cash.

[Skipper]

Post by Jeremiah Harbottle

Post by Skipper
All absolute rules are pretty stupid. There's been tons of
self-published books (that would be money out of a writer's pocket,
wouldn't it?) that have gone on to be best-sellers. Entry fees for
contests, the winning of which gets you recognition and sales, aren't
bad, either - just depends on the contest.

That's different - self publishing is when the author takes on the role of
being a publisher. There may be a few examples that have been a success, but
the majority have resulted in the writer having a garage full of books they
can't sell and losing a lot of cash.

That kind of generalized logic could be true of any business. And in
any business the people with negative attitudes like yours, fail.

[Jeremiah Harbottle]

Post by Skipper

Post by Jeremiah Harbottle
That's different - self publishing is when the author takes on the role of
being a publisher. There may be a few examples that have been a success, but
the majority have resulted in the writer having a garage full of books they
can't sell and losing a lot of cash.

That kind of generalized logic could be true of any business. And in
any business the people with negative attitudes like yours, fail.

Wow. Was that an insult? Pathetic.

We're not talking about "any" business, we're talking about the book
business - it's a fact that a self-published book (Or vanity book) will be
virtually impossible to get into bricks and mortar stores as the buyers for
those stores tend not to purchase them. It has nothing to do with attitudes
at all. You can be positive all your want, but the chances are your
self-published book will end up in boxes in your attic.

[Skipper]

Post by Jeremiah Harbottle

Post by Skipper

Post by Jeremiah Harbottle
That's different - self publishing is when the author takes on the role of
being a publisher. There may be a few examples that have been a success, but
the majority have resulted in the writer having a garage full of books they
can't sell and losing a lot of cash.

That kind of generalized logic could be true of any business. And in
any business the people with negative attitudes like yours, fail.

Wow. Was that an insult? Pathetic.
We're not talking about "any" business, we're talking about the book
business - it's a fact that a self-published book (Or vanity book) will be
virtually impossible to get into bricks and mortar stores as the buyers for
those stores tend not to purchase them. It has nothing to do with attitudes
at all. You can be positive all your want, but the chances are your
self-published book will end up in boxes in your attic.

Here's some self-published books for you. Too bad all you have is
theory.

http://www.bookmarket.com/selfpublish.html