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You can contact us by writing to editor@authortrek.com. Please read the FAQ before you do so. Please note that the editor will be away
in early December.
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How did authortrek get
its name?
Authortrek first started off in booklet format in 1998. At that
time, the booklet was called “Genre”. When the booklet was moved to the
internet, the editor decided on a change, as the name was – well – too generic. In choosing the new name, the editor
wanted to convey that the site was keen to discover new authors, and that it
often “walked in the footsteps” of authors in a bid to find out how their books
work. This has led to a series of in-depth readers guides for prominent novels.
Authortrek also hyperlinks to the best websites for authors, so that readers
are not faced with a long trawl through search engines to find the information
they want.
Some of your webpages
are quite large. How can I navigate around them without scrolling too much?
We are utilising hyperlinked bookmarks to ease
navigation. These bookmarks will be placed at regular intervals in order to
achieve this.
Your site map is very sparse.
Why is this?
We
want to keep the structure of authortrek quite simple. A lot of site maps from
other companies are very complex, and this reflects the fact that many of them
start new businesses in every quarter. We at authortrek believe that while this
aids innovation, it can also lead to bigger companies losing their focus on
their original core business. Authortrek's interests are much more focused and
specialised, and our site map reflects this.
Why don't you list authors by
genre?
We did this when we first started out, and discovered
that it added unnecessary complexity to the site. Besides, many authors do not
fall into a particular genre, and find it quite restrictive when they are
placed in such genres by their publishers and booksellers.
Authortrek regularly promotes
good new authors who you may not have heard of from all genres.
Why don't you list
all the books you cover in an index like the author index?
We don't want to make the structure of the site too
complex, and more information about particular books can be found on the
author's page. You can also quickly find out about individual titles via our
internal search engine, which is found at the top of every page.
I am having a problem
with an order I placed through one of the adverts on authortrek. Can you assist?
All
the companies that we have affiliated to have strict privacy policies, so we
have no knowledge of individual orders placed through adverts on authortrek. We
advise you to contact the advertiser’s customer service department for
assistance.
I need to contact one of
the authors on your site. Can you help?
Authortrek
profiles many authors, but we do not have the contact details for every one of
them. If we do have an email address for an author, then we will pass your
request onto the author, and we will leave them to reply at their discretion.
If an author’s email address is not listed elsewhere on the internet, then we
will presume that they do not want their email address to be disseminated to
the public. We are not agents for the authors we cover, and we only attend
signings/literary events that have been arranged by others. It is unlikely that
we will be able to persuade authors to attend any other literary events. If we
are unable to assist, then the majority of authors can be contacted via their
publishers, whose details can be found online in most instances.
I am doing an essay on
one of the authors covered by authortrek. Can you assist?
Authortrek currently has a very
small staff, and we are constantly busy. We do try to provide comprehensive
coverage for every author, and if your request highlights a gap in the
information you provide, then we will consider doing further research and
adding the results at a later date. However, we will be unlikely to get around
to doing this by your essay’s deadline. We therefore encourage such requests to
be sent into the Forum, since other Forum members may be
able to assist you much more quickly.
I have
written a novel and need some blurbs. Can you review it?
We
always want to hear from new authors. Our policy has changed though, and we are
now only reviewing books that are very popular with our readers. However, you
can use our Raise
Your Profile Form to submit your details to us, and we will add you to the
Authortrek.com directory. Our pages always get hits, and we may even name you Authortrek
New Writer of the Week, which will give you an even higher profile. No html
knowledge is needed to create your free profile, and since we don’t ask you to
create an account with us, you won’t need to remember yet another online
password. There is no word limit on the form, so you can even add an extract
from a novel, if you are promoting one. Authortrek aims to be as big as the
Internet Media Database or Wikipedia in the near future.
I need a
publisher/agent. Do you know any?
Although we often attend
literary events, we rarely plug new authors to any agents/publishers we meet.
We recommend that you consult The Writers and Artists Yearbook for the contact
details of publishers and agents. However, you can use our Raise Your
Profile Form to submit your details to the Authortrek.com directory, then
who knows? The agents might email you.
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