The view from a publisher's desk
This is the third in a series of articles by Tom Chalmers, MD of Legend Press, giving a publisher's view of the submission process and what a publisher is looking for.
This month: The Writers' x-factor:
'Think about what you offer that no one else does and concentrate on developing this. New is always interesting as long as it doesn’t go too far for the sake of it... who is going to read your work, who do you think it will appeal to?'
Vanity publishing
The latest in the Inside Publishing series deals with how to avoid being conned by the vanity publishers.
T S Eliot Prize 2006
This year's shortlist has just been announced and there's also a new School Shadowing Scheme, the first for a major poetry prize.
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Working with an agent
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