What do they know, anyway?

The Sunday Times recently carried out an interesting exercise. They typed up the opening chapters of two Booker Prize winning books and sent them in as unsolicited work, by a new writer, to publishers and literary agents...
They were rejected - reinforcing the belief that the industry is looking for instant bestsellers rather than books of literary merit.
Read the full story below, and comment if you like.

Publishers toss Booker winners into the reject pile - Sunday Times - Times Online