Let me start out by saying I posted this on the Fantasy?SF forum, but though maybe it would be more appropriate here.
For more then a year I have been compiling data on every single publisher and agent with SF/F/Speculative Fiction attached to their name. My list includes around 85+ publishers and 40+ or so agents. In my search for info, I broke the publishers down into traditional pubs, POD tech pubs, E-pubs, and self-pubs and am trying to do something similar to the agents.
I am thinking of putting this info into a massive online database, linking it up to my website, and letting other authors use it as a resource.
My goal is nothing like P&E or Writers Beware, which is to actually inform people when questions are asked about a particular publisher/agent. I just wish to help reduce the tedium in finding SF/F/Spec Fiction publishers/agents. My list will include any publisher/agent that is currently in business, including those that may not be desireable. My site will be designed SOLELY for people in this particular genre, and hopefully will get people here/there to then come to P&E or the Water Cooler to actually see if they are useful.
As for the database, I already have the tech to break it down into multiple columns, which can help weed out certain categories, such as: name index, tech index, In Bookstores index, Mailing addy?, Any contact names?, currently accepting?, etc etc. My point is I can have up to 6 columns to sort by.
My list of questions are follows: would you as an author find this resource useful to the n'th degree? If so, what info columns would you like to sort by? And, how can I improve this concept?
Errr...and has anyone else seen anything like what I am proposing?
Depending on how useful this would be, I would like to start with SF/F and then move into doing lists for each genre. (eventually) Of course, I would try to break each genre down and list then seperately by each genre. (Not just a fatty list, in which people have to search hours to find their specific type of publisher.)
With that...let the discussion begin...
For more then a year I have been compiling data on every single publisher and agent with SF/F/Speculative Fiction attached to their name. My list includes around 85+ publishers and 40+ or so agents. In my search for info, I broke the publishers down into traditional pubs, POD tech pubs, E-pubs, and self-pubs and am trying to do something similar to the agents.
I am thinking of putting this info into a massive online database, linking it up to my website, and letting other authors use it as a resource.
My goal is nothing like P&E or Writers Beware, which is to actually inform people when questions are asked about a particular publisher/agent. I just wish to help reduce the tedium in finding SF/F/Spec Fiction publishers/agents. My list will include any publisher/agent that is currently in business, including those that may not be desireable. My site will be designed SOLELY for people in this particular genre, and hopefully will get people here/there to then come to P&E or the Water Cooler to actually see if they are useful.
As for the database, I already have the tech to break it down into multiple columns, which can help weed out certain categories, such as: name index, tech index, In Bookstores index, Mailing addy?, Any contact names?, currently accepting?, etc etc. My point is I can have up to 6 columns to sort by.
My list of questions are follows: would you as an author find this resource useful to the n'th degree? If so, what info columns would you like to sort by? And, how can I improve this concept?
Errr...and has anyone else seen anything like what I am proposing?
Depending on how useful this would be, I would like to start with SF/F and then move into doing lists for each genre. (eventually) Of course, I would try to break each genre down and list then seperately by each genre. (Not just a fatty list, in which people have to search hours to find their specific type of publisher.)
With that...let the discussion begin...
