I wanted to take a moment today to talk about something. We had discussion on the forum earlier today with a gentleman who has been interested in finding a manuscript marketing service. This isn’t the same, mind you, as a book marketing service. There are many wonderful and legitimate book marketing and promotion services out there for writers who have already had a book published or who have self published. What I’m talking about is a service that helps you market your manuscript prior to publication.
Literary Agents?
You’re probably thinking, “You mean a literary agent?” Nope, agents are legit (as long as you find a good one; there are some bad ones out there). I’m talking about a company that promises to market your manuscript TO agents and publishers alike, trying to help you get representation or publication. These services claim to be similar in scope to what a literary agencies does, except they also query and submit to literary agents too.
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