Re: Agent of the times replies

**m*@juno.com**

Acquisitions editors are the folks within a publishing company who [1]
receive book ideas, usually in the form of a proposal, from either agent
or (once in a blue moon) author,  [2] determine whether the publishing
house is interested, then [3] make the offer and negotiate the contract. 
In a word, they acquire new titles.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:51:58 -0400 TC <tc@thewritegardener.com> writes:
> Thanks for all the great replies folks! I must apologize for my
> misconception about the cost for agents.
> 
> I've often thought of self-publishing, but it's really not about 
> what I
> want. It's about writing a book that will sell on it's own.
> 
> What are "acquisitions editors?"
> 
> And Ms. Betty, you said: "If you are a writer and you have a 
> valuable book
> idea for which you think there is a major market..." How does one 
> know if
> one's book idea is valuable? At one point, I thought a good friend 
> of mine
> (who's a very well-known published author, lecturer, and garden 
> writer)
> would help me with my book idea, but he never seemed very 
> interested.
> Perhaps my book idea isn't valuable, but he never said so.
> 
> Again, thanks for the helpful input, it's much appreciated.
> 
> 
> TC Conner
> The Write Gardener
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