Category Archives: Literary agent
Visiting Toronto
Just got back from a quick trip to Toronto. It is not easy to see everyone in 3 days, but I did ok: Wed–spent the whole day at TSN, meeting clients and potential clients Thurs–Penguin, Mclelland and Stewart, Knopf, Doubleday, … Continue reading
BLURBS
So….this week I thought I would address all of you out there who are very close to finishing your outline/sample chapter to submit, whether to me, another agent, a publisher, whomever, really. You have labored for months. You are just … Continue reading
Net vs Retail
Last week I explained (or tried to) how advances work. This week I will try to explain the two kinds of royalties. In general, with a very few exceptions, they boil down to this: 1) NET (sometimes called ‘publisher’s receipts’) … Continue reading
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ADVANCES
I sold my first title in early Feb 2006. Since then I have sold 23 more books, & tried to sell a bunch more. One question that comes up time after time, every time I speak with a potential client, … Continue reading
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Nothing like a face to face meeting
Email is great–except for you texting weirdos–& the phone is essential, but to me there is nothing like a face to face meeting. In fact I would argue that 10 emails=5 phone calls=1 meeting. And this week has been nice–I … Continue reading
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The Ideal Client
Finding an agent is not easy. Recently Rachel (my soigne associate) gave me a copy of this book: http://bit.ly/jMFrl7 It’s full of good advice for the aspiring author; I highly recommend it. It got me to thinking–is there anything someone … Continue reading
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We’d publish you…if you were someone
Just got back from Edmonton, from the Get Publishing conference held every two years. Met a lot of great new people. The conference organizers asked me to be part of “Pitch Camp,” where authors can come to see editors, agents, … Continue reading
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Why face to face meetings are important
Toronto Just got back from my biannual (or is it biennial?) trip there, had a great time as usual. (I just checked: it’s biannual.) I started doing this in 2009. An agent I know, a good one, had a look … Continue reading
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