Thanks to HarperCollins’s crowdsourced social network, one teen writer from Ireland will get the chance to see her novel, The Carrier of the Mark, on the printed page.
According to a release from HarperCollins, Leigh Fallon had attempted to get her novel published in the past, to little avail. Finally, she submitted the book to Inkpop — a Kickstarter-esque site for teen authors — and soon her manuscript was voted into the “Top Five.”
Such an honor garners books a review by an editor at HarperCollins, and, perhaps, publication. Fallon is the first to have her book chosen for print (it’s about paranormal romance, surprise!), but more books will be announced soon. Fallon’s book will come out in the fall of 2011.
"The opinions of our readers matter to us,” says Susan Katz, president and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books.
“Inkpop is HarperCollins Children's Books' first site (and not the last) to really put the users' voice and ideas in the forefront. Social media is incredibly empowering if used correctly, and HarperCollins recognizes this and is gearing up to make social media the cornerstone of all of its digital endeavors."
Inkpop has been on the scene for around a year, during which 60,000 projects have been uploaded.
More and more we’re seeing Internet denizens taking on the role of cultural curators — Kickstarter has partnered with Sundance to make filmmakers’ projects a reality, and services like Roadrunner Records’s Sign To Me and Crowdbands turn fans into music industry professionals.
What do you think of this trend of crowdsourcing what content rises to the top?
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