Trying to
get a literary agent without a great agent query is like trying to get into a bar in a dry county on a Sunday.
Not exact matches
She talked about her arrangement with IngramSpark which
gets print editions of her books into bookstores — still not an easy feat for indies — and revealed that she works now
without a
literary agent, basically hiring only a foreign - rights
agent.
However, if you want to be published by one of the bigger publishing houses then you do need an
agent, as it is much harder to
get an editor to look at your book manuscript
without the help of a
literary agent.
With the help of a
literary agent, you can
get in touch with publishers
without having to approach them directly.
Many authors wonder if they can
get an editor
without a
literary agent and vice versa.