She brings 20 years of business and publishing experience to
her role as a literary agent and advocate for her clients.
Now, with eleven distinct imprints and a staff of editors nearly thirty - strong, Kirshbaum is leaving Amazon Publishing and returning to his former
role as a literary agent.
How is
your role as a literary agent changing now that self - publishing is a viable option for authors?
I have looked at hundreds of self - published books both in
my role as a literary agent and as a book consultant.
I'd love to know from you Don how you see
your role as a literary agent in this totally changed world.
Not exact matches
«The answer is that authors are driving this trend in publishing,» Rennert said, «and it is my job
as a
literary agent to represent my author's interests... My
role is to help them navigate the publishing landscape and maximize their potential.»
Next time around, it would be interesting to see the statistics on
literary agents, who perform a key
role as gatekeepers and filters for the publishing companies.
Carla King presents
Literary Agents Try New Role as Self - Publishing Consultants posted at MediaShift, saying, «With big publishing buying only the crème de la crème of books, and more authors turning to self - publishing, many literary agents are getting squeezed right out of the m
Agents Try New
Role as Self - Publishing Consultants posted at MediaShift, saying, «With big publishing buying only the crème de la crème of books, and more authors turning to self - publishing, many
literary agents are getting squeezed right out of the m
agents are getting squeezed right out of the middle.
But some savvy
agents are acting
as literary consultants to help their authors self - publish, a
role that offers up new opportunities and challenges for everybody in the industry»»
While such issues
as foreign rights sales can be of material value —
literary agents are rare in the Middle East — personal networking, of course, plays a major
role.