tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023714516066386005.post1534702105973798084..comments2019-09-09T02:16:20.616-05:00Comments on Mark Gilroy: Q: Do I need an agent to sell my book proposal?Mark Gilroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777395173653567773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023714516066386005.post-13598562127277228392009-05-15T17:45:00.000-05:002009-05-15T17:45:00.000-05:00Good post and advice about agents. I tried in vain...Good post and advice about agents. I tried in vain for the first book to get an agent, then got contracts with small trad pubs for the next two books on my own. Still thinking of trying to acquire a reputable agent in order to move up the ladder of being paid attention to by the bigs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023714516066386005.post-62515443891223976382009-05-03T13:22:00.000-05:002009-05-03T13:22:00.000-05:00Excellent advice about agents. There's a story abo...Excellent advice about agents. There's a story about a summer intern at a major Manhattan publisher. There were two piles of manuscripts: a HUGE pile of unsolicited ones and a TEENSY pile from agents. The intern was told: the short pile had great stuff, the huge pile was mostly junk. Such is life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023714516066386005.post-66447943486136336442009-04-30T22:54:00.000-05:002009-04-30T22:54:00.000-05:00I suppose it depends on what you intend to publish...I suppose it depends on what you intend to publish, wouldn't you agree? Most NY publishers almost require (or prefer) proposals that come through agents (though they always have slush piles of some kind), and there are plenty of exceptions. Most other niche publishers seem to have some kind of submission policy...but agents are great for reading contracts, hardcore negotiation, industry knowledge and experience... : )Alexander Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348112043924940744noreply@blogger.com