Founded by publisher, HarperCollins, www.Authonomy.com is a new site that invites unpublished or self-published authors to post at least 10,000 words for visitors to read online.
Visitors review and recommend books. Authonomy keeps track of the number of recommendations a book receives and ranks writers accordingly. To help authors make it from computer screen to printed book, once a month the top five books are delivered to the desks of HarperCollins commissioning editors.
The website is free to use both for readers and writers, and HarperCollins hopes the wisdom of the crowds will help them unsource potential hits that individual editors or agents might otherwise miss, or just don't have the time to read. Needless to say, the site could also prove to be a good marketing tool once manuscripts are actually published, since authors won't have to build a fan base from scratch.
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