[SKRIVA] Penguin gör site för nya författare

En site liknande Kapitel1, en gång startad av Piratförlaget, drar nu igång av 
brittiska Penguin. Den kallas Book Country:

http://www.bookcountry.com/

NY Times skriver bl a:
"A modern version of the slush pile is the online ?writing community,? a Web 
site where aspiring novelists can post their ideas, writing samples or 
manuscripts and open them to comments and reviews from strangers. 
On Tuesday Penguin Group USA, the publisher of Tom Clancy, Kathryn Stockett and 
Nora Roberts, will unveil its own venture, Book Country, a Web site for writers 
of genre fiction. 
In its initial phase Book Country will allow writers to post their own work ? 
whether it?s an opening chapter or a full manuscript ? and receive critiques 
from other users, who can comment on points like character development, pacing 
and dialogue. Later this summer the site will generate revenue by allowing 
users to self-publish their books for a fee by ordering printed copies. (The 
books will bear the stamp of Book Country, not Penguin, and the site is 
considered a separate operation from Penguin.) 
The site will also explain the business of finding an agent, marketing and 
promoting a book, using social media and handling digital and subsidiary 
rights. 
Penguin hopes the site will attract agents, editors and publishers scouting for 
new talent, and allow writers to produce work with more polish and direction 
than they could otherwise. "

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