I found out today that WEbook will start charging for their Agent Inbox service starting in May. I’m having mixed feelings about this. I’ve only queried one agent through the service, so I’m not very committed to the process, and I’m pretty sure I won’t be paying their upcoming $40 fee.
While I like the overall product for Agent Inbox, I’m not sure it’s really something I need to pay money for. I know how to create a spreadsheet to track my submissions. Plus by using a less-automated approach, I should be able to focus my efforts on finding the best-fit agent and submitting higher quality submissions.
On a side-note, I’ve finished the rough draft for my Book Synopsis, it’s a little longer than I wanted, and it’s not quite perfect, but I’ll be able to get it polished-up before anyone asks for it.
Hmm, I was hoping that WEbook thing was going to work out. QueryTracker is pretty much the same thing, but free. I keep track of my own queries in a word document – not even a spread sheet. Just the name of the agency, the agent contacted, and what the status is – query, rejected. Haven’t gotten any requests yet, but I’ve only queried six in this latest round. My nerves can’t handle more than that at a stretch
Thanks for the info on WEbook. I read your synopsis and query post too – I’m hanging out a while, enjoying your site – and like how you offer points to cover. I actually found my wrote my synopsis from feedback on the query. The forums at Query Tracker, and of course at Nathan Bransfords, are good places to go for query and synopsis feedback. Also The Public Query Slushpile has a lot of aspiring writers, and some agents and editors, that give good feedback.
If you need it. With a full request out, seems like you got both nailed.
…….dhole