Can I get input on a less important matter. I'm getting mixed pings on something and wanted some judgement.
The publisher who responded to my Query acknowledged the proposal and told me to call him if I did not hear in a week. Granted we are looking at a really small publisher but this still seems awfully quick. How can I tell if this is a legitimate hose - not a subsidy publisher or some such? I mean if at some point I get asked for money obviously a scam, but don't want to get to that point. Not on the standard lists of scam site. I don't know if I'm being sensibly suspcious or unconciously playing the "there is something wrong with any club that considers admitting me" game.
Gar, I don't call that less important. Hell, I call that vital.
Can you google the publisher? That's the obvious first step. If you don't want to say who they are on a public forum, email me and I'll see if I can locate anything about them.
But honestly, I don't think it sounds all that quick. This is a proposal on a very specific niche proposal.
Deborah - insent. Yeah I think I'm probably just being insecure and neurotic.
Checked. I don't think they're a vanity publisher - if they are, they're hiding it expertly and they've got Ingrams as one of their distributors - but I can't exactly ping my agent about it, not anymore.
And, prologue is done. I'll send this out to WIP readers when I finish chapter one, which should be tonight or tomorrow.
This is now at 5K words. Moving along.
Happy Birthday, deb! For your birthday, I hope you get an agent. And I hope this upheaval brings about better representation and a wider audience, the Kinkaids, Fly, and much much success.
For Nic's birthday, I hope he gets that job.
Deb, happpy birthday to you and Nic. May this be your year, in so many wonderful ways that don't seem possible right now.
Deb, I'm so sorry about the situation with Barb. I hope it is one of those hidden blessings that opens new doors for you.
Happy Birthdays to Deb and Nic!!!
Happy Birthday, Deb! (And Happy Birthday wishes to Nic, as well.)
Gar, there's a site called Writer's Weekly that publishes, among other things, a list of complaints about various publishers and employers. You could take a look and see if they're mentioned there, just to be safe.
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