so I learned that tonight Mantle are hosting a creative writing event at Foyles
to teach you all about how to get published and I figured, you know
I have the in here, we are already at Pan Macmillan, I should get the scoop
before anybody else does and share it with you guys
so I am joined today by one of our experts
so I'm Sam Humphries, I'm associate publisher at Mantle
I am the publisher at Mantle and Mantle is an imprint within Pan Macmillan
It is a hardback imprint
and I launched it nearly seven years ago in May
I'm sure everybody is as curious as I am to find out how to get published
I thought I'd jump straight in and find out what is it you look for when you are reading a manuscript
first and foremost I think I look for something that engages me as a reader
but also I think I am reading as an editory and a publisher
and I need to know I think what I would say about the book if I was talking about it
at a sales conference