Whereas Wattpad’s “slush pile” consists of about 65 million unique users, the average literary agent receives about 2,000 manuscripts a year and will represent two of those submissions. So yes, the site basically acts like a giant literary agency.įor writers this may seem like a pretty sweet deal, but the odds of getting noticed are incredibly slim. The representatives or “agents” reportedly get 15% of the book earnings, which is just about how much a literary agent would charge for their services. How did they do it? Well, according to Wattpad’s “How Wattpad Works” page, the ideal sequence of events is this: post a story, gain a giant fanbase, and finally get the story sent to major publishers via Wattpad’s representatives. Successful sales so far include the Afterseries by Anna Todd, Textrovertby Lindsey Summers, and Chasing Redby Isabelle Ronin, acquired by Simon and Schuster, Kids Can Press, and Sourcebooks respectively. According to a recent article in Forbes, this tactic has worked for over 100 writers in the past year. The site started out as a fan fiction hub with sprinklings of original prose here and there, and has since rebranded itself as a way for aspiring writers to get their books on the shelves.
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