Over at the main mediabistro.com site, Jeff Rivera distills the answers he received from twenty editors, publishers, and agents in response to the big questions: "What are editors currently acquiring? What is consistently selling? And what do they wish writers would stop sending them?" Unsurprisingly, it all boils down to novelty, platform, and marketing hooks. Oh, and a career in the media doesn't hurt: "The discipline it takes to be a journalist, the credibility, and the potential platform they bring are all elements that make journalists attractive to an acquisition executive," Rivera writes.

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