| Summary: | The article focuses on the publishing house Macmillan Inc. whose hopes of quietly launching its New Writing initiative which were blown away with authors on the attack in the Guardian. Literary agents Natasha Fairweather and Deborah Rogers were sceptical of Macmillan's motives and the terms set out. Macmillan's notes for potential authors are admirably frank. It warns that publication will "probably not" make the writer rich and famous, as the percentage of new authors who go on to be bestsellers is small. The first print run will be tiny, sales are unpredictable, and retail support will be low to non-existent.
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