Hi. This is a great site you have here. I'm really staggered at the amount of information available.
My question regards whether publishing a novel through POD (like Lulu or whatever) would necessarily hurt/hinder/preclude placing the same book with an agent.
I've got three literary novels I've been pitching to agents for a long, long, time.
I haven't given up on trying to place them with agents - I'm still sending out queries. But the thought of having actual finished copies available as I continue to try and market them is attractive.
I don't have any problems with the technical aspects of turning out a finished product, including a cover. So what I'm thinking is that I'd like to go ahead and do a POD with Lulu - as long as it won't have any negative effect in trying to find an agent.
Do agents "look down" on products that have been PODed?
Thanks!
My question regards whether publishing a novel through POD (like Lulu or whatever) would necessarily hurt/hinder/preclude placing the same book with an agent.
I've got three literary novels I've been pitching to agents for a long, long, time.
I haven't given up on trying to place them with agents - I'm still sending out queries. But the thought of having actual finished copies available as I continue to try and market them is attractive.
I don't have any problems with the technical aspects of turning out a finished product, including a cover. So what I'm thinking is that I'd like to go ahead and do a POD with Lulu - as long as it won't have any negative effect in trying to find an agent.
Do agents "look down" on products that have been PODed?
Thanks!