Do you have a bestseller in you? Would you like to help discover tomorrow’s bestselling books, authors and writers? Then join us live every Sunday to take part in POP-UP SUBMISSIONS, the net’s first live and open manuscript submission event! You’ll learn the tricks of the trade – direct from publishing professionals, bestselling authors and of course your host – literary agent Peter Cox. Each week we look at five submissions. Then it’s up to you to tell us what you think of each one – and to VOTE!

Each month’s winner is fast-tracked straight to a leading publisher for serious publishing consideration. So join us and be part of the most exciting thing to have happened to book publishing since the bookmark... POP-UP SUBMISSIONS!

Today’s line-up: 

0:00 Intro

3:00 Sleeping - YA fantasy/fractured fairy tale by Caroline Jones;

13:18 How well is the publishing industry doing?

16:18 There's A Place For Us - YA/NA, Literary by Magnus K.;

27:45 Author income is falling - is self-publishing the answer?

31:48 The Coppal Bawn - General fiction/YA by Olivia Rana;

42:45 Is Amazon a threat to publishing?

45:18 Emma Has A Secret - Thriller by Bel Baxter;

55:54 What's the biggest mistake publishers make?

1:01:08 Long is the Way and Hard - YA fantasy/fractured fairy tale by Mike Maroney.

Featuring Special Guests Neill Denny of Bookbrunch and eminent Litopian Kaylie Finn! 

Join us live in the YouTube chat room every Sunday at 5pm UK / 12noon EST 

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Audio podcast: https://pop.litopia.com 

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