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Why I Don’t Sell and Tell

November 14, 2016 //  by Wendy Lawton//  39 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Publishers Marketplace is an information-packed site where agents or publishers can report deals, check to see who represents a certain author, follow manuscript buying trends, or find contact information. It’s a fee-based service of Publishers Lunch, …

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Book Recommendations for 2016

January 3, 2016 //  by Janet Grant//  63 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

What was your favorite book reading experience in 2015? Over the past few years, I’ve started the new year by considering which couple of titles were stand-out reads for me. And then I’ve invited you to …

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Books via Subscription: A Growing Trend?

June 9, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  38 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

I recently received a letter sent to all agents with clients at Simon & Schuster from Carolyn Reidy, S&S’s president, announcing the publisher’s decision to offer backlist titles through ebook subscriptions services. S&S is the second …

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Why the Amazon-Hachette Battle Matters

June 2, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  72 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

You might have heard about the pitched battle between two giants in our book economy–Amazon and Hachette Book Group–on television news, in newspaper articles, through blogs or other online sources. Last week both parties took their …

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Reporting the Deal

August 6, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  83 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Publishers Marketplace is an information-packed site where agents or publishers can report deals, check to see who represents a certain author, follow manuscript buying trends, or find contact information. It’s a fee-based service of Publishers Lunch, …

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#AgentFail: Bad Agents

October 15, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  13 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

I’ve talked about agent limbo, logjams and brick walls. All part of the frustration of being a literary agent. I’m guessing those failures occur for all agents at one time …

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So Many Positive Rejections: An Agent’s Response

April 19, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I received a rejection for a client’s project on Friday. Interestingly, all of the editors’ responses to this book have been just about the same.

The rejections look …

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Research Beyond the Bookstore

March 17, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  1 Comment

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Researching at a bookstore is fun and you can learn a lot, but you can find out about trends in other places as well.

Spend some time looking …

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