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Alternative paths to publishing proliferate but the path for authors most likely to be lucrative is still the oldest one

February 23, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 198 Comments

The Guardian reports that Big Five British publishers are aggressively courting authors to come directly to them rather than through agents. The specifics cited make this sound more like “toes in the water” than “a change in the value chain”. The Tinder Press division of Hachette is holding an “open submissions fortnight”. The editorial director […]

Filed Under: Authors, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, Marketing, New Models, rights, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Andrea Bennett, Borough Press, Curtis Brown agency, Guardian, Hachette, HarperCollins, Hugh Howey, Jonathan Cape, Random House, Tinder Press

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