Match Author and Publisher Profile

Because of events detailed in my blog Bli-fi, I plan to put together an electronic tool which will allow authors and their helpers to save time and money as they attempt to market pieces of writing. I call it MAPP (Match Author and Publisher Profile).

MAPP works on the principle that any journal, magazine or publishing house can be profiled on the basis of identifiable (though not necessarily quantifiable) criteria such as the lengths, themes and genres they publish, and that authors and their works can be profiled for the same criteria. A MAPP user will be able to profile an author or one of his or her pieces of writing and, using a database, match the author or a piece with a list of publishers. Acceptance is not guaranteed, of course, at any given time or ever, but the chances of acceptance should rise substantially based on MAPP comparisons.