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lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson) writes:

>I'll assume they're honest, but I won't assume they're worthwhile

Exactly. And all the people who have trod that path before have also (for
the most part) been honest, which doesn't mean it's been worth it to the
authors who have paid THEM money. 

So unless you have some data showing that you ARE different and that this
time, really, it IS worth the time and money for the author, honest or not,
I have to believe it's nothing different than all the previous attempts to
do this: a waste of money for the author.

And if it IS different than folks like the Scott Meredith reading desk
(which has been making good money for 25+ years at this, not from the
authors it found but from the author's checks it cashed), then they better
explain why, and have some facts to back it up. Otherwise, it's the same old
same old with a different name.


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