Can crowds spot the next bestseller? HarperCollins hopes so. They've just founded a new community--Authonomy--that invites unpublished and self-published authors to post fiction or non-fiction manuscripts for visitors to read and evaluate online. Get read! Get ranked! Get published???
Can the wisdom of the crowds make a difference in your career? Will this be a way to phase-out editors and agents? Will this be a way to build a fan base before you even get published?
Springwise: your daily fix of entrepreneurial ideas, reviewed Authonomy here.
Or, check out the complete details; visit the Authonomy site here.
This new publishing idea has some interesting implications for struggling writers. New ideas like this one are exciting; and I know from first-hand experience that we writers are always open to listening to new marketing ideas. Do you know anyone who plans to use Authonomy?
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