Wednesday, May 14, 2008

This doesn't speak well of the industry either. Male or female, it's just unethical.

4 comments:

Vladkin said...

Yep. Anyone who's ever sat in on a positioning meeting knows that the first thing the publicity team mentions is how attractive an author is... Or maybe that's just Simon & Schuster.

I mean, I get it. But I think it's ridiculous. What's most important to me is whether or not you're a pain in the ass. If you are, you'd better hope I don't find that out before I pass your MS on to my boss. I don't care how pretty you are. I deal with enough crap already.

Matt said...

I'll even grant that that's a reasonable discussion for publicity--but not for acquisition.

Carrie M said...

I'm actually turned off when we get a submission with a head shot. It's like, "Who do you think you are, hottie-pants?" And we do get them more from women. I don't need your Glamourshots in order to judge if your book is worth publishing.

Vladkin said...

I actually received an entire packet of photos from some woman. What?