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Actually, my experience has been that the author pays a literary agent,
not the publisher. The standard of those I've dealt with is 15% of
whatever you (the author) earn. So, no money up front, but a chunk
later on. In theory, an agent negotiating with the publisher for you
increases the amount of money you would get, so it covers that 15%.
That sometimes works in trade publishing. In academic publishing,
there's no financial reason to have an agent-- most academic publishers
have fairly fixed contractual terms.
mitch
--- "Fred A. Finney" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> In a message dated 9/24/2007 2:13:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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> So, how does one go about finding a literary agent? I don't see
> them in
> the Yellow Pages
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> Good point, but they are in the New York City yellow pages. A google
> search
> should yield names of agents who take new authors with your
> particular writing
> interests. Stay away from agents who ask for money. They earn their
> commission from the publisher by selling your manuscript and
> negotiating the deal.
> Also, my spouse obtained a list of agents when she joined the
> national
> organization in her field (Romance Writers of America). BTW some
> agents don't take
> unpublished authors. My spouse did a shotgun approach with those who
> did take
> new authors in her field, and mailed out a copy of the first three
> chapters of
> her manuscript. Hope this helps.
>
> Fred
>
> check out my spouse's webpages:
> _www.elizabethhoyt.com_ (http://www.elizabethhoyt.com)
> _www.juliaharper.com_ (http://www.juliaharper.com)
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Mitch Allen
Publisher
Left Coast Press, Inc.
1630 N. Main Street, #400
Walnut Creek, California 94596
925 935-3380 phone and fax
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