@CindyDevoted
“I have a memoir.” An excited conferee said sitting across from an
acquisitions editor.
An awkward silence filled the space between them. The editor tinkered
with the manuscript. “We aren’t looking for memoirs.”
“But your site says you publish them.”
“We publish memoirs if you’re Brad Pitt, or George Clooney or you have a
platform of millions.”
“But we have a story about how my mother overcame cancer.”
The editor smiled. “Thousands overcome cancer. It’s an over-done topic.”
Why are memoirs so hard to sell?
