[Writing] WritersMarket.com...was it worth it?

[jon_chaisson]

On the one hand...

For a decent price, I have used it in the past to look up the most up-to-date info about publishers and agents. It also has a nifty little dashboard of your latest works so you can keep tabs on it.

On the other...

I rarely used it, instead using my latest edition of WM, and figuring I can just contact the publisher/agent if there have been any changes. And I don't really need that dashboard, when I have my many LJ posts to keep me in line. ;)

And the deciding vote...

My year's subscription to the site expired at the end of December, and after trying three times unsuccessfully to renew (and the site not acknowledging my User ID--not to mention it refused to log me out, even when I hit the "logout" link repeatedly), I've pretty much given up on it. It was a cool reference tool, but I don't really need it.

Any thoughts from those who have also used it?

Comments

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

I had trouble with them too, so I let mine lapse a year ago.

I think the most handy tool I've found was http://www.agentquery.com.

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

I'll check that one out! I've heard good things about it...