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In publishing, the slush pile is the set of unsolicited query letters or manuscripts sent either directly to the publisher or literary agent by authors, or to the publisher by an agent not known to the publisher.〔Resnick, Mike. "Editor's Page: 'Slush'" ''Jim Baen's Universe'' v.2, #2 (August 2007)()〕 Sifting through the slush pile is a job given to assistants-to-the-editors, or to outside contractors (called "publisher's readers" or "first readers").〔Chui, Patricia. "Confessions of a slush pile reader" ''salon.com'' 2.2.2005 ()〕 If assistants find something interesting there and can persuade a more senior editor to consider it, they may get some credit for themselves, especially if the piece is subsequently published and sells respectably. Most agents and the major publishing houses do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AgentQuery )〕 However, smaller presses may accept queries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AgentQuery )〕 In 2008 HarperCollins introduced a website, authonomy, to manage and exploit the slush pile from a web-based perspective. Website Youwriteon also acts as a slush pile filter for Random House, Orion Publishing Group and Bloomsbury Publishing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youwriteon.com )〕 == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「slush pile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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