Unsolicited Manuscript
Abigail Monti, Mallory StockAn inside peek at all things book publishing.
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The Longer I Work in Publishing, the More I'm Convinced It's Sorcery, Psychology, and Guesswork
Working in publishing has fundamentally changed the way I experience books.
I don’t say this in the dramatic, “I can no longer read for fun” sense; I still read constantly. If anything, I probably read more now than I did before entering t...
I Spent My Saturday Learning Literary History in Greenwich Village Pubs
This weekend, my friend and I spent three hours drinking our way through Greenwich Village and learning about the literary titans who once frequented the same bars.
Which, without any context, might seem extremely niche, but knowing us, i...
How to Stand Out to Publishers Without a Social Media Following
Over the past few years, there’s been a growing narrative that if you’re a debut author without a significant social media following, your chances of getting published are slim.
It’s not wholly true, yet it’s not entirely unfounded, either...
7 Things I Wish I Knew at College Graduation (As an English Major Going Into Publishing)
In honor of college graduation season, I’m circling back to my own experience transitioning from school to the workforce.
Back then, I had a fairly clear picture of what I thought my career would look like. I knew I wanted to work with boo...
An Author's Guide to Promoting Your Book Without a Publicist
When the question of publicity enters the picture, it’s often with a vague assumption attached: someone will handle that.
Sometimes that’s true. Often, it isn’t.
In reality, many authors (especially small press authors, hybrid and self-p...
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