An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 20, 2024
- April 19, 2024
- April 18, 2024
- April 17, 2024
- April 16, 2024
- April 15, 2024
- April 14, 2024
February 9, 2014 02:56 pm GMT
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/3CI6YssbPOg/
People-Powered Publishing Is Changing All the Rules
After a long day at work as a personal assistant, 28-year-old Nikki Kelly was commuting home on the London Underground’s Central Line when she received an eagerly anticipated email. "I'm not going to read it on the train in case it's a 'no,'" she thought. She was expecting a rejection.
Kelly got off the train two stops early. On the platform, she looked at her iPad and tentatively read the first couple of lines of the message.
The email was from the editor in chief at a prominent children’s publisher. They liked her manuscript
"I burst into tears," she says. "I was literally standing on the platform sobbing and people were looking at me like I was very strange.” Read more...
More about Books, Entertainment, Publishing, Crowdsourcing, and BusinessOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/3CI6YssbPOg/
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable