Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has launched an automated manuscript submission process for the general trade. BowkerManuscriptSubmissions.com (BMS) is an Internet-based service that enables authors to be seen by publishers and ensures publishers don't miss the next bestseller. BMS seeks to bring authors, publishers and agents together in an efficient online system, where authors present their book proposals to the leading publishers in the industry from one central location. Acquisition editors apply e-tools that allow them to sort through them and zero in on the ideas they find most interesting.
BowkerManuscriptSubmissions.com is patterned after the ChristianManuscriptSubmissions.com. The CMS service which has been in operation for nearly 10 years has proven to be a successful process for both authors and publishers. It provides authors a significantly more cost-efficient manner for submitting a manuscript to multiple publishers, while editors gain electronic tools to quickly, effectively sift many submissions based on the specific search criteria.
Using a simple, intuitive website, authors, for a nominal fee, have the potential to present their book proposal to a vast number of publishers and agents through one connecting point. The website guides them through a process that allows them to add a sample chapter so editors can get a taste for their style, and descriptors that will help the right acquisition editors find the proposal. The site even includes resources to refine their work. Additionally, authors have the option to decide whether to expose their manuscript to 'pay to publish' companies versus traditional royalty based publishers. Publishers can then use the automated system to explore submitted manuscript proposals, sorting them by genre, audience, author, and date of entry - all at no charge to traditional publishers.
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