Literary representation

[DavidDvorkin]

I just signed with an agent at a big New York literary agency.

Fame and fortune! Any day now!

[valerief]

Congratulations! nt

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Congratulations!

I always thought that it was harder to get an agent than to sell a manuscript.

Good for you!

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Not nowadays, I think

It used to be that way, but times have changed. Sending an ms. directly to a publisher is usually a waste. Agents looking for clients are much more open and available.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. I saw the name of your agency -

I can't say that I know it, but I've been with my agent for more than ten years, and with ITA handling the movie deals in SoCal, I've been thrilled with all my representation.

No publisher will look at an unrepresented ms. Those "over-the-transom" days are long over.

My agent hasn't taken a new client in years - she took me on as a fluke - so it's surprising to hear that agents are looking for clients. But that's good, and I wish you all the best...................................

[DavidDvorkin]

8. My agency has been around for a while now

"My agency"! I love saying that!

They've been growing lately, which gave me my opportunity. My agent (that, too!) has a movie biz background as well as literary agenting, so he handles that side too. Which of course makes avoiding daydreaming even more impossible than it would otherwise be.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. Two years?

Or did I misread something?

I couldn't find any information on the individual agents, though - that page was disabled.

Be careful with having one agent handle literary and movie deals. They're separate areas of expertise, entirely different, and there's a wealth of danger in having one person handle both.

Better you should sign with a separate agency for the (let's hope so!) movie deals that are so unbelievably remunerative.

Just a word of advice. The "do-it-all" agent is the one who ends up doing nothing......................

[DavidDvorkin]

10. Two years in its current form

It resulted from a merger of two older agencies.

Its agents come from respectable careers with various established agencies.

[villager]

2. Congrats! tho' I have both a new agent, and four well-received books going out of print

due to publisher lassitude, changing economic conditions, etc.

it's not a game for the faint-hearted...!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. The trick is to

sell your works to the Thorndyke or any other large-print publisher - they NEVER go out of print...............

[DavidDvorkin]

6. I have a whole bunch of old, out-of-print books

and some of them only sold in hardcover, so this could lead to paperback reissues. But that's not very likely. I'm looking ahead and thinking only of the new stuff.

[villager]

11. well - I agree we gotta keep thinking of new tales for telling!

;-)

[BlooInBloo]

3. You're THIS close!

:rofl:

Rood ruck!