Something Nasty in the Slushpile
$33.74
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2014
Summary
Most publishers keep a “slushpile” - the stack of unsolicited manuscripts which contains a large percentage of preposterous or frightening book proposals, which might just conceal that one jewel of a bestseller or classic novel lying near the bottom. Authors discovered via the slush pile include Roddy Doyle, J. K. Rowling and Philip Roth. Stephenie Meyer sent 15 query letters about her teenage-vampire saga and got nearly 10 rejection letters; one even arrived after she signed with an agent an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472111029 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472111028 |
| Author: | Sammy Looker |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 133mm x 17mm |
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If you’re thinking about publishing a book this should be required reading before you even go near a publisher.– Bookbag
If you’re thinking about publishing a book this should be required reading before you even go near a publisher. - Bookbag
About The Author
Sammy Looker
Sammy Looker, the aptly named reader at Constable, joined the firm in 1923 and was still there 40 years later. It was always possible to tell when a manuscript had been read by Looker as the pages tended to stick together, given Looker’s tendency to eat fishpaste sandwiches while reading.
The author of Something Nasty in the Slush Pile has chosen to use Sammy’s name as a nom de plume.
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