How NOT To Get A Literary Agent (In 20 Simple Steps!)

If you're a mediocre writer and want an agent to sign you... marry one. But if you're a talented writer, all it takes is getting your book into the hands of the right literary agent and BINGO... instant representation! Continue reading at 'HuffPost'

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Figment fires up teens' literary aspirations

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Book Publicists Step into Publishing

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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20 Percent of Americans Say They're Reading eBooks

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PA calls for abolition of 20% VAT on ebooks

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Allen Lane publish Shakespeare's world in 20 objects

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The New Press: 20 Years of Publishing ‘in the Public Interest’

Twenty years after it was founded by former Pantheon publisher Andre Schiffrin as a nonprofit publisher with a mission statement to publish “in the public interest,” the New Press is on something of a roll. The house has a new bestseller—Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow—spacious offices in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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First woman winner of Man Asian Literary Prize

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United Agents promotes four

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lauren Smith steps down from CILIP

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HC: digital 'at 20%' of UK revenues

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Agents: 'scrap high discount clauses'

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Mosse and Armitstead join The Literary Conference

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Bourne steps down at CUP

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Stephen Fry to judge Literary Platform comp

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Random's Carter to turn agent

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International Bestsellers, November 2011: Literary Novels Hit in Germany, Italy

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Rachael Stilwell steps down at Haymarket after 17 years

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