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The book bureau

  • 11-03-2010 4:49pm
    #1
    TravelJunkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 438 ✭✭


    Is this a reputable company?

    tx


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  • #2
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    What are you talking about?


  • #3
    genie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 975 ✭✭✭genie


    It's a Literary Agency, and I don't know if they are reputable because I sent a submission to them and never received a response.


  • #4
    dawvee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭dawvee


    If you mean The Book Bureau in Wicklow, then yeah, they're legit. They're listed on the Publishing Ireland site, which AFAIK has vetted all the agencies they list on the site:

    http://www.publishingireland.com/writers.shtml

    Google doesn't turn up anything nasty about them either - they've been around a while, so if they were scamming people you could bet that someone somewhere would have blogged about it.


  • #5
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    genie wrote: »
    It's a Literary Agency, and I don't know if they are reputable because I sent a submission to them and never received a response.

    I hope it's a silly question, but did you check before you submitted that they are still accepting whatever you have written? Or that the person you addressed your cover letter to is still with them? If you've sent them something totally unsuitable, it will be binned.


  • #6
    genie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 975 ✭✭✭genie


    Yes, I did check. :)


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  • #7
    fay25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭fay25


    Ger, who runs the Book Bureau, is my agent and has stuck by my side offering words of encouragement through rejections!
    Top class lady ;)


  • #8
    fay25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭fay25


    Also, I convinced her to read my manuscript by calling her up and telling her about it and asking her if it was okay to send it on.
    Otherwise, I'm sure it would proably never have been read :D


  • #9
    Memnoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭Memnoch


    thanks for sharing fay, perhaps I'll try her after I'm kicked out of the ABNA :)


  • #10
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    Memnock, what's the name of your book?


  • #11
    Memnoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭Memnoch


    Eileen - Lesser Sins.

    Funnily enough, I looked for yours in the ABNA list, but couldn't find an Eileen there.


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  • #12
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    It's called "Don't Feed the Fairies"


  • #13
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I think you're each in a different section of the competition.


  • #14
    Memnoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭Memnoch


    Eileen - I think I might have seen the other of "fairies" on the ABNA forums, didn't realise that was you. Will check out your excerpt soon.


  • #15
    fay25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭fay25


    Memnoch wrote: »
    thanks for sharing fay, perhaps I'll try her after I'm kicked out of the ABNA :)

    No worries at all ;) She has good links with paula in poolbeg, and tries her first with everything. If you have something suitable for poolbeg, ger's def the lady to go to.

    Good luck anyways, it's a tough ould game!!! x


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