The 'new' publishing order

What's a pre-pubbed author to do? The news is all doom and gloom, what with imploding imprints, editors on the dole, and acquisitions at the big houses at a standstill. And as with all economucs, there is trickle down; author LARRY McMURTRY bemoans the lack of foot traffic, particularly youngish foot traffic, in his Florida bookshop. (But it IS Florida, the state graced with the highest mean age and the lowest educational ranking...)

But perhaps there is hope... TIME and the NYT weigh in, telling the tale of Lisa Genova and other self-pubbers who make it out of their veritable slush and onto the NYT Bestseller List. The odds are slim - pegged at 2 out of 1000 - but undubitably fatter than getting an agent's interest (let's NOT get into the odds of placing said agented manuscript with a publisher).

And check out GAWKER'S irreverent view.

All hail iUniverse?

Not my route...

Peace, Linda