Authors.me - A Website for Connecting Writers and Agents/Publishers

[Gymjunkie]

Found this interesting website/platform that allows authors pitch their work to agents and publishers. Seems easier and more convenient way for this and maybe a good one. If it makes things more transparent and faster then it's a good sign.

www.authors.me

Anyone's used them yet?

 

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[Mattie]

Thanks I'll check it out.

 

[JacobBW]

This looks phenomenal!
Great find

 

[Gymjunkie]

This looks phenomenal!
Great find

Well, it looks like a good idea. Definitely still be on a lookout if you try. Read terms and conditions etc

I'd give it a go for $19 a month for one or two months to see if it connects with agents.

 

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[Gymjunkie]

Hmm..got some negative feedback on this service on other writer forum:

So, my experience with Authors.me wasn't great. The query letter, manuscript, and synopsis for a novel my co-author and I were uploaded to Authors.me by Pandamoon without our knowledge or consent. Pandamoon created an account for us with personal information. You can read about my experience with that here: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...n-Publishing&p=9503658&viewfull=1#post9503658

Our stuff was uploaded in mid or late July. It took few days for me to get my account here, I think, so I didn't get to post about the snafu until the 27th. It took us numerous contact attempts before Authors.me would take down our materials, which happened sometime in mid to late August -- about a month. I am not confident that our stuff was actually deleted; I think our access was simply revoked. Writer B shared that suspicion with me, too.

Pandamoon is/was Authors.me's launch partner according to Zara, the chief at Pandamoon. Both companies are located in Austin, TX, for what it's worth. Authors.me also had some troubling provisions in their TOS, like irrevocable and perpetual rights (nonexclusive, to be clear) to any content uploaded to their service.