These practices can be controversial as
the traditional role of the agents is serving as advocates for their clients and to get the best deals.
Not exact matches
I propose that the concept
of relational power is an important contribution because (as Loomer points out) it blends the best
of these
traditional roles into a unified theory
of power in which
agents are sensitive and nurturing as well as effective.
The true alternative to the
traditional role of the masculine as the active
agent who influences is not the
traditional conception
of the feminine as the passive recipient
of the influence.
The Rogue Reader initiative in New York, created and housed by Movable Type Management
agent Jason Allen Ashlock and Adam Chromy is, similarly, a self - publishing program, a form
of «assisted publishing» developed by an agency to take a part
of clients» output in hand and help get it to an audience without a publisher in the
traditional role.
So my question to you all is: how do you view the
role of agents changing in this current environment (apart from selling your work to a
traditional publisher)?
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Though there are many reputable
agents still filling their
traditional role, it seems many more are entering conflict -
of - interest territory.
What's more,
agents were always seen as the advocates
of authors — but with disintermediation for
agents looming in the same way as it is for
traditional publishers, will
agents then be forced into the paradoxical position
of becoming de-facto advocates on behalf
of traditional publishers themselves, even if the terms might not be as advantageous, if only to maintain a
role in the publishing paradigm?
Blending the
role of traditional Hollywood
agent with the entrepreneurial spirit
of a producer, Brillstein - Grey fostered both talent and creative projects.
While
traditional brokerages have limited their
role to offering the training and tools enabling
agents to do things themselves, some forward - thinking brokerages are taking over responsibility for different aspects
of an
agent's «must do well» task list, from lead generation to the marketing
of listings.
New ways
of doing business are emerging and new challenges (or disruptors) threaten the
traditional roles of the broker and the
agent... or do they?
The advent
of consumer facing, real estate data websites has changed all
of that, and ultimately transformed the
traditional role of a real estate
agent.
In addition to ensuring creditor accountability, commenters representing settlement
agents, escrow
agents, and related trade associations explained that alternative 1 would relieve them
of liability for the Closing Disclosure and would allow them to play a more
traditional role related to conducting closings.