As a literary industry breakthrough, an author seeking publication displays a synopsis of their novel in a cyber showcase gallery, and awaits a publisher to come knocking.

Simply put, the author of an unpublished proposal, creative idea or manuscript, creates a Showcase that is tightly profiled in line with a matrix guideline intended to package their offering in a manner likely to suit a prospective publisher's strategic requirements in discovering a business interest in the intellectual property for sale.

Example: The publisher may be a specialist in say, the Children's genre. They may also be interested within that genre focused on a specific strategic set of categories that differentiate their publishing speciality. They may for instance at this time only be looking to fill their catalogue with age-specific titles targeted at say, Pre-School children and have a heightened interest presently in say, Picture Books.

Solution: Author has categorized their showcase according to a profiling matrix, as,

• Genre= Children's
• Age= 2 - 4
• Word length= 100
• Profile= Picture Books
• Target Audience= Pre-School & Kindergarten

Publisher's Search: Publisher can request titles be displayed by the system as listed within their specific publishing interest following the route path detailing their requirement. If a match within a genre or any category coded by the author is found, all the titles listed within the same coding route will be displayed within publisher's Showcase Search.

Matching: Searches can be widened or narrowed by a publisher adding or reducing categories selected according to the tightest profiling set by the publisher that meet raising the greatest level of interest editing a Showcase profile coded to their needs.

Ideally, if the author's coded profiling matches the publisher's current requirement, their future is simply a mouse-click away in starting up a professional conversation.

* Publisher can then establish contact with the Author by activating a system-generated e-mail sent to the Showcase Author, and supply any recommended contact details or submission requirements in a direct message.

Note: As publishers will understand, and which authors certainly need to appreciate, this sorting out process and manuscript profiling happens anyhow, only it takes place currently from within a pile of hard copy manuscripts arriving to the publisher's desk, most of which may not be within the publisher's preferences. But they must all be read & possibly thereafter attended to and so find that profiled preference!

Little wonder it takes so long to get a response and why usually it's a rejection?

Genre Matrix & Associated Categories for Listing

Upon gaining subscribed, validated membership access to the site, both the Author & Publisher/Agent, will be able to view a Genre Matrix as detailed below, under which there are listed categories, subject-matter fields, or word length options etc intended to add refinement to tightly catalogue and code the author's work or creative intention, as will ultimately be featured in their unique Author's Showcase.

The Author's Showcase displays a generic, yet comprehensive Proposal Template that will identify either a proposed literary project, a work-in-progress being undertaken or indicate a completed manuscript formatted and edited to go. And since both parties will be following the same cataloguing route path in refining their search or profiling interests, they'll eventually meet at the most tightly aligned junction: an author's talent and intellectual property showcased on display in a precise format.

An author may choose 2 separate Genres if required where their title may be listed in terms of broader showcasing, and within each genre chosen, up to 6 categories can be selected to profile and tightly catalogue the work for publisher search function access.

Note 1: The Genre Matrix detailed below does not utilize the classic Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) but rather has been assembled into generic genre expectations aligned to a typical comprehensive bookstore cataloguing & merchandising showcase.

Note 2: The categories and sub-categories grouped within each primary genre within the Major Matrix have not been expanded here since their listing is extensive and not relevant in this matrix tour. But categories and sub-categories for cataloguing an author's listing, whilst comprising up to 6 selective & accumulative 'clicks', are vast. So for the publisher, an almost precise profile can form a search that clearly enhances the publishing preferences raising a level of interest and selection within that genre.

Note3: In all cases the Author must nominate and Word Length Category in their coding, even if their Showcase is a photographic album, say, with little text as such, but the author must profile the approximate SIZE of the work in word-length terms so the publisher can appreciate the size extent of the content within it if published etc.

Major Genre Matrix

Action & Adventure - 16 selective categories
Animal Kingdom - 30 selective categories
Antiques & Collectables - 23 selective categories
Architecture & Design - 13 selective categories
Art & Sculpture - 24 selective categories
Autobiography - 8 selective categories
Biography & Memoir - 8 selective categories
Business, Corporate & Leadership - 40 selective categories
Children's - 50 selective categories
Comic & Graphic - 8 selective categories
Computer, Hardware, Software, Internet & Applications - 19 selective categories
Cooking, Cuisine, Food, Beverage & Wine - 77 selective categories
Crafts - 39 selective categories
Crime - 12 selective categories
Education, Training & Teaching - 22 selective categories
Entertainment - 32 selective categories
Enthusiast - 17 selective categories
Family - 56 selective categories
Fashion & Creative - 22 selective categories
Fiction General - 18 selective categories
Garden & Gardening - 31 selective categories
Gay & Lesbian - 8 selective categories
Health - 56 selective categories
History & Historical - 16 selective categories
Hobbies & Collecting - 8 selective categories
Home & Style - 27 selective categories
Horror & Sensational - 11 selective categories
Humour & Comedy - 8 selective categories
Language, Foreign & Translations - 24 selective categories
Law, Law Enforcement, Judicial & Legal - 8 selective categories
Leisure & Luxury - 8 selective categories
Management & Control - 32 selective categories
Maps & Street Directories - 8 selective categories
Medical & Medicine - 30 selective categories
Military - 30 selective categories
Motoring & Transport - 8 selective categories
Mystery - 8 selective categories
Mysterious - 12 selective categories
Nature & Natural Sciences - 22 selective categories
New Age & Spirituality - 18 selective categories
Non-Fiction General - 17 selective categories
Outdoors - 12 selective categories
Philosophy - 8 selective categories
Photography & Photographic - 8 selective categories
Poetry - 8 selective categories
Politics, Government, Public & Current Affairs - 19 selective categories
Practical Guides, How To & Self-Help - 8 selective categories
Puzzles & Quizzes - 8 selective categories
Reference & Dictionaries - 8 selective categories
Religion & Religious - 13 selective categories
Romance - 8 selective categories
Science & Scientific - 28 selective categories
Science Fiction & Fantasy - 8 selective categories
Self-Development & Improvement - 26 selective categories
Sport & Sporting - 94 selective categories
Technology - 30 selective categories
Textbooks - 8 selective categories
Thriller - 8 selective categories
Tourism, Tours, Accommodation & Destinations - 11 selective categories
Travel & Touring Guides - 19 selective categories
Westerns - 8 selective categories