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Lexi Revellian · 08-04-2010, 12:42 PM

Neil, my feeling is that over the past two years it's got noticeably tougher to get an agent and a publisher.

I submitted Remix to over thirty agents. Two of them requested the full typescript, liked my writing, but were not convinced they could sell it to a publisher. I was approached by two more agents, one through Authonomy, one because she liked a short story I'd entered for a competition. Both these agents passed, too.

I could just peg away, hoping to get lucky. But my book's set in 2008; like any contemporary fiction, it will date. So I'm self-publishing with Smashwords and Kindle, and will be producing a paperback with Lightning Source, hoping to take advantage of the current turmoil of the publishing industry.

I think these are exciting times for authors.

08-04-2010, 12:42 PM	#12
Lexi Revellian Groupie Posts: 172 Karma: 200001 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London Device: Kindle keyboard	Neil, my feeling is that over the past two years it's got noticeably tougher to get an agent and a publisher. I submitted Remix to over thirty agents. Two of them requested the full typescript, liked my writing, but were not convinced they could sell it to a publisher. I was approached by two more agents, one through Authonomy, one because she liked a short story I'd entered for a competition. Both these agents passed, too. I could just peg away, hoping to get lucky. But my book's set in 2008; like any contemporary fiction, it will date. So I'm self-publishing with Smashwords and Kindle, and will be producing a paperback with Lightning Source, hoping to take advantage of the current turmoil of the publishing industry. I think these are exciting times for authors.