Full Membership, Writers' Registry

Writers' Registry Overview

Authorlink's new WRITERS' REGISTRY offers authors, writers, journalists and freelancers the widest possible market exposure to the publishing industry and to readers. Thousands of assignment editors, publishers, producers, and agents browse our site every day for news, information, and book promotions.

THE REGISTRY is part of the award-winning Authorlink.com community, which serves as a magnet for those interested in creating and buying written works. We help writers—both established or unpublished, agented or unagented—market their work internationally. We work with English-speaking writers both in the USA and abroad.

That's why you need AUTHORLINK'S WRITERS' REGISTRY. We offer on-going Internet exposure for your work to key people in the publishing and entertainment world.

MARKET EXPOSURE: Your REGISTRY listing includes short descriptions of your projects and credentials to be seen online by editors, agents, and producers and readers who frequently browse Authorlink, many specifically looking for material to buy or represent. Some listings earn "Featured" tags and "Stars" for outstanding work. Featured writers are chosen solely at the discretion of our editors.

FREE EVALUATION: The evaluation is a 15- to 30-word assessment of your material based on a partial (not a full) read of your pitch or project description and helps you see how your work compares to that of hundreds of other writers. The evaluators' comments, sent to you via private e-mail and posted in your private MY ACCOUNT box, offer helpful insights on what elements need more work. Again, our Registry evaluations are only for the purpose of acceptability for posting on our site. However, the evaluation can be invaluable to you as a writer in a competitive marketplace—whether or not you succeed in finding an editor, agent or producer through Authorlink. The fee we charge is for your listed advertisement on our site.

EASY ONLINE PROCESS: All works must be evaluated and verified for a listing. When paying by credit card or Paypal, your listing INSTANTLY appears on Authorlink upon payment verification. No waiting! The brief FREE evaluation is sent 5-10 days later by e-mail and to MY ACCOUNT and serves as your MEMBERSHIP VERIFICATION. The full waiting period still applies to those who pay by check or money order. The site is monitored by humans for compliance with our rules (basically, no pornography, no extreme violence, no poetry). Those who do not comply will be removed immediately. We have the right to refuse service to anyone at any time.

We are highly successful in connecting our writers with editors, publishers, producers, and agents. For example, authors have been published by Berkley (Penguin Putnam), Harlequin, John Wiley & Sons, Carol Publishing Group, St. Martin's Press, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and many more.

We do not take commissions for work sold directly from THE REGISTRY.

Authors who have unpublished manuscripts or screenplays for sale, should also consider a membership in our WRITERS' REGISTRY section. A writer or author may choose one type of membership or the other, or may elect to choose both membership types, in which case the member will be charged for two memberships.

AUTHORLINK WRITERS' REGISTRY Frequently Asked Questions and Submission Guidelines

2. What Makes Authorlink Unique?

Unlike similar showcase services, WRITERS' REGISTRY does more than idly post your work in a come-one-come-all environment on the Internet. Authorlink aggressively markets our writers' work, both online and offline, through:

• 2-4 direct mailings per year to editors, agents and producers.
• Presence at many writers' conferences per year.
• Personal contact (2-3 trips to New York per year).
• The Internet and other channels.
• Book-and-production-related media contacts.
• THIS APPLIES TO REGISTRY AS WELL? Direct Authorlink queries by our staff to editors, agents, and producers for selected writers only. Note: You must be chosen by our editors for this additional service.

We continually update our database to reflect changes in publishers' and agents' needs. We are committed to getting our writers seen by as many editors and agents as possible.

3. How Does the Authorlink Process Work?

Easy Online Sign-Up

4. What Is the Fee for a WRITERS' REGISTRY Listing?

The fee for a REGISTRY membership is $180 per year if billed at $15 monthly, or $165 if billed annually. There is NO setup fee, NO reading fee, and no other charge will be made if you sell the work. Membership is non-cancelable and non-refundable for the first four months from the date of activation. If membership is rejected for any reason, a processing fee of $60 (4-months' membership fee) will be retained and any balance in excess of that amount will be refunded.

5 . Will My Authorlink Listing Prohibit Me From Marketing My Work Elsewhere?

Absolutely not! Authorlink encourages our writers to maintain the broadest possible exposure to editors and agents. Publishers vary widely in the types of books they publish and so do producers. What's just right for one publisher or producer may not fit another.

6. What Is Authorlink Press?

Authorlink Press is the traditional book publishing imprint of Authorlink. Our high-quality titles are released in trade paperback and hardcover formats, and are printed in small traditional runs. A few of our titles are released as print-on-demand and are printed one-off when the customer requests a title. Orders are shipped to the bookseller or customer within 48 hours. We work with major distributors. We are not a subsidy or "vanity" house. Authors selected for publication are paid industry-standard royalties.

All Authorlink Press titles are available through major bookstores and online booksellers everywhere. Our titles are aggressively marketed to booksellers, libraries, and book-related entities, both online and offline. In addition, our publishing imprint strives to prove a market for our titles, then sell the works "up" to larger houses.

8. WRITERS' REGISTRY Guidelines and Mechanical Specifications

1. Eligible Material

• Listings must not contain pornography, extreme profanity or violence, incitement to criminal behavior, or defamation of character.
• We do not accept poetry.

Listings are subject to minor editing at the discretion of Authorlink primarily to meet space requirements. Where time permits, we will pre-approve changes with the author before listing.

3. Submitting Your Material Is Easy!

To be considered for a WRITERS' REGISTRY Membership, follow these easy steps:

1. Apply for your new Full Membership account online. Fill in the SIGN UP form. (Registered users simply log in with ID and password at the top of the page.) PLEASE NOTE: You must have an e-mail address to work with our system.
2. Upload your material following the steps on the form, including short synopsis, manuscript excerpt or screenplay excerpt, and resume (the way you want your online listing to appear). Pick your desired category. Complete the remainder of the form as appropriate.We now prefer electronic upload of material, not mailed material.
3. Print two copies of the form (one for us if you are mailing your payment, and one for your records). If paying by credit card, fill in the credit card form and PRINT out the confirmation for your records. Don't send credit card information via e-mail. Use our secure online system.
4. SUBMIT your online form. No mailed information is required unless you have chosen to pay by money order or check. If mailing, send payment to: Authorlink Membership, PO Box 140278, Irving, TX 75014-0278. Your online submission will be processed ONLY after your credit card payment has been approved or we receive your check or money order.

Preparing Your File Formats for Online Submission:

• From your favorite word processing program, copy and paste your synopsis, excerpt and author bio into the appropriate boxes on the Authorlink signup form.
• Do NOT MAIL ANY MATERIALS unless instructed to do so. All submissions are now online!WE DO NOT NEED THE FULL MANUSCRIPT.
• If submitting a photo or art, the file must be under 1MB in size and may not be larger than 3"x5". Place it in a gif or .jpg format, e-mail attach to admin@authorlink.com. In your cover note please provide your name, title of work, phone and e-mail.
• Do NOT compress the graphic file.
• Submit the graphic file by e-mail attachment to admin@authorlink.com. Do NOT exceed size requirements or the file will be deleted!
• No paper manuscript or screenplays, please!

Mailing Your Materials (Please read)

DO NOT E-MAIL MATERIALS OR QUERIES! USE THE SIGN UP FORM FOR SUBMITTING MATERIALS. PLEASE DO NOT SEND REGISTERED MAIL. IT WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. WE WILL NOTIFY YOU VIA E-MAIL WHEN YOUR SUBMISSION HAS BEEN PROCESSED.

IN RARE CASES, YOU MAY OBTAIN SPECIAL PERMISSION TO SEND MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS BY MAIL. IF INSTRUCTED TO DO SO, WE PREFER REGULAR MAIL. IF YOU SEND EXPRESS MAIL, PLEASE INDICATE THAT THE CARRIER CAN LEAVE THE PACKAGE IF NO ONE IS IN THE OFFICE AT THE TIME. MAIL ALL MATERIALS TO: AUTHORLINK, PO BOX 140278, IRVING, TX 75014-0278

AGAIN, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAIL ANYTHING TO AUTHORLINK. YOU CAN SUBMIT EVERYTHING ONLINE, UNLESS YOU ARE PAYING BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER.

Submission Checklist:

1. Submit online account information and text of your listing in the spaces on the signup form. Get an online confirmation message.
2. Print two copies of your submission, if paying by check or money order. Mail one to us and keep one for your records. If submitting online just keep a copy for your records.
3. DO NOT MAIL a submission to Authorlink unless instructed by a staff member to do so.
4. If sending a check or money order drawn on a foreign bank (located outside the USA) you MUST add $25 to the fee for bank processing. No submission will be processed without the correct fee.

NOTE: IF SUBMITTING PAPER MATERIALS BY MAIL, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE DO NOT RETURN ANY manuscript or screenplay UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. WE PREFER TO RECYCLE. MATERIALS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE RECYCLED 30 DAYS AFTER POSTING.

Be sure you proofread your online submission BEFORE sending. Changes made after five revisions require an additional fee per each round of revisions, unless it's Authorlink's error.

Free Page Counter Tracks Your Results: You can track your own page hits FREE. When you become an Authorlink writer you can automatically (and privately) view your page hits just by signing in and selecting "View Counter" from your personal account menu. Most writers can expect to receive from 15-50 page hits per month. The page counter won't tell you WHO is visiting, but it will indicate the level of interest in your title and topic. The counter is accumulative from your start date. We strongly suggest you make a daily, weekly or monthly log of your own and write down the numbers as they accumulate.

4. Quick Response Time

You will receive an immediate online confirmation that we have received your Account information and online synopsis/resume/excerpt. From that date we receive your online materials and your payment, we require approximately 10-15 working days to evaluate the work. We notify you of the evaluation results via e-mail. If accepted, your listing will go live on Authorlink. The information you list on Authorlink will be public information accessible to anyone on the Internet. Such information may be cached by third-party vendors without our knowledge or control.

5. The Difference Between WRITERS' REGISTRY and BOOK/FILM/TV PITCHES

The Registry is designed to provide the author or writers with a wide degree of freedom in the information he or she posts. The Registry provides direct contact between the author, writer, or screenwriter and Authorlink visitors. Correspondence between Registry members and site users is not screened.

The Pitches section is based upon a per-manuscript listing, while the Registry may list brief descriptions of several projects and have a direct link to the author's website.

7. Limits of Liability

Authorlink makes every effort to operate on the highest professional standards, however, total liability is limited to the dollar amount of the contract or listing fee. We do not accept liability for direct or indirect loss or damage of any nature, including, but not limited to, typographical errors or copyright infringements. Because of the open nature of the Internet, there is a potential for text from this site to be copied by third parties without our permission, knowledge, or control. By applying for the service, the author and/or agent attests that he or she owns legal rights to the material and indemnifies Authorlink from all legal liability.

8. Refunds, Renewals, Cancellations, Revisions

NONREFUNDABLE: Submission of an application form is a commitment to list for a minimum of 4 months, and is nonrefundable for that period. You are under no obligation to continue thereafter. If your listing is not accepted, we will refund your monthly listing fee for any amount in excess of the four-month period. However, the four-month fee, totaling $60, will be retained by Authorlink for membership processing.

RENEWAL IF PAID BY CREDIT CARD: Your membership will be automatically renewed on the anniversary date UNLESS YOU CANCEL by logging in to MY ACCOUNT and choosing CANCEL. You will receive a notice from Verisign when your credit card is charged. If your credit card is declined, Verisign will notify you. You will have ten days from the date of notice to enter a valid credit card into MY ACCOUNT. Failure to do so will result in automatic removal from the site.

RENEWAL IF PAID BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER: If you paid by check or money order, you will receive an automatic e-mail notice to renew your membership. If payment is not received in our offices within 10 days after notification, your listing will be removed from the site. Renewal requests received after this time are considered "new listings" and must be re-submitted for reinstatement. If your membership has not yet expired, you can renew your membership by going to MY ACCOUNT and follow the steps. If your listing has already expired, you may mail in your request and payment, as you will not be able to access your account.

REVISION IF YOU PAID BY CREDIT CARD: The first five modifications made by you after your listing are posted online are free. The system will automatically calculate those rounds of revision. Thereafter, your card will automatically be charged at $15 per round of revision thereafter. Errors made by us will be promptly corrected at no charge. To revise your listing simply go to your Personal Account Menu and follow the steps.

REVISION IF YOU PAID BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER: The first five modifications made by you after your listing is posted online are free. The system will automatically calculate those rounds of revision. Thereafter, we must receive a check or money order for $15 for each round of revisions made thereafter. The revisions will not be posted live on the site until payment is received.

Errors made by us will be promptly corrected at no charge. To revise your listing simply go to your Personal Account Menu and follow the steps.

We reserve the right to refuse any submission.

Authorlink writers can track the number of hits to their individual pages anytime. When your listing goes live on our site, your page counter is automatically installed. To track your hits (page views) simply go to your Personal Account Menu (MY ACCOUNT), and follow the instructions. Unlike the old page counter, your new counter tracks hits accumulatively. It does NOT reset at the end of the month. So, you can always see the total number of hits since your listing went live. We suggest you keep a weekly or monthly log offline, recording the hit changes at regular intervals. The page counter does not show who visited the page, but it gives the writer an idea of how interested editors, agents, and general readers are in his or her topic and title.

11. Corresponding With Authorlink

When you correspond with Authorlink by e-mail or regular mail, be SURE to include your real name,your pen name, title of the work, and your reference number, if one has been assigned. This will help us serve you faster. Thanks.

12. CONTACTING US:

MAILING ADDRESS: AUTHORLINK, PO BOX 140278, IRVING, TX 75014-0278.