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Digg it UP - Does Your Novel Have Commercial Appeal?
Have you ever went to an online forum and read a very interesting dialogue and learned something interesting or got a new idea or perhaps had your interests piqued? Boy, I have and you can learn a lot reading online forums if they are of a specific topic of interest. Of course the pre-requisite is that you have to have an open and clear mind, otherwise all bets are off.Not long ago a senile English gentleman in an online forum, who claims to be a novelist, corporate consultant, marri
So how do you know if your novel has a chance in this inflated market of completed manuscripts
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The reality, however, is that the majority of completed novels never make that coveted transition from manuscript pages to published book. Publishers have become increasingly picky about what they choose to purchase, and landing an agent has never been more difficult.
So how do you know if your novel has a chance in this inflated market of completed manuscripts
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The reality, however, is that the majority of completed novels never make that coveted transition from manuscript pages to published book. Publishers have become increasingly picky about what they choose to purchase, and landing an agent has never been more difficult.
So how do you know if your novel has a chance in this inflated market of completed manuscripts
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The reality, however, is that the majority of completed novels never make that coveted transition from manuscript pages to published book. Publishers have become increasingly picky about what they choose to purchase, and landing an agent has never been more difficult.
So how do you know if your novel has a chance in this inflated market of completed manuscripts
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So how do you know if your novel has a chance in this inflated market of completed manuscripts
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So how do you know if your novel has a chance in this inflated market of completed manuscripts? It must have commercial appeal.
Publishing houses look at each new manuscript as a gamble. They are assured of success when it comes to publishing novels by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Anne Rice and Robin Cook, but when a previously unpublished author captures their attention, they can’t be sure that their target market will be equally enthralled.
In order for a novel to sell well, it must have commercial appeal, which means that it is attractive to a wide commercial audience. What types of novels are people reading
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