Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Well folks, thanks for getting here and supporting the cause. This is really day one, step one and we have a long way to go.

The general principle is that together we are going to try and beat the system!

Aspiring authors the world over struggle to get published and then to get the recognition many deserve. Publishers are businesses and they want safe bets, in other words proven authors with a track record. I think we can understand that, but it doesn't help new authors.

So what we will do is create a market exclusively for unknown authors. We will select a book and drive as many sales as possible through our social networks to make it a hit.

Before anyone asks, this won't be my book or any book I'm associated with. I will make absolutely nothing from this initiative except the knowledge that I, hopefully we, have helped somebody else make it. That will be a great feeling!

So it starts today, but unfortunately I have a conference to attend this week so I'll be away tomorrow until the weekend.

When I get back. I'll explain how this is all going to work. In the meantime, why not subscribe to this blog to show your support. Contact names, email addresses etc. will be treated as strictly confidential. They will not go anywhere and I will only use them to inform you of the major milestones i.e. invite you to nominate or vote for a book, or tell you which has won, nothing else.

Any comments are welcome.

Pete