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Very little of The Insider's Guide to Getting an Agent is devoted to getting an agent. A more apt title would have been Your Agent: A User's Manual. It is common knowledge that, as author Lori Perkins states here, "The essential task of agenting is matchmaking between editors and authors". We know as well that agents spend all day on the phone (minus two hours for lunch) and all evening poring over proposals and manuscripts. But there are questions about agentdom that beg to be answered: is an agent a salesperson, editor, legal adviser or all of the above? What goes on during those mysterious agent-editor lunches? How can you help your agent help you? And what exactly are all those rights and options that your agent is busy negotiating for you? Perkins uses her 15 years of experience as a literary agent to answer these and other ponderables.

She quotes author Robert Weinberg here as saying that at bottom an agent should be like "a good Jewish mother...Pushy, annoying, constantly questioning, and wanting the very best for you". And a writer, Perkins reminds us, should let her writing do the talking: "While I remember getting a query with a blood-dripping plastic axe", she cautions, "I don't remember the book". Finally, in case you think all those agents are just a bunch of heartless deal-makers, guess again. "There is no bigger accomplishment", says Perkins, "than seeing one of the books that I have sold in a bookshop or in the hands of someone reading it on the train". --Jane Steinberg



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In today's changing publishing world, getting an agent is crucial to getting published-but where do aspiring writers begin? New York literary agent, Lori Perkins, takes the mystery out of finding and keeping the right agent. Perkins simplifies the industry, explaining the role of literary agents and what writers should and should not expect. She then guides writers through researching and contacting an agent, including advice for writing agent queries, proposals, synopses, outlines, cover letters and follow-up correspondence. Throughout, Perkins keeps writers keenly aware of an agent's needs and goals, so they can communicate effectively and benefit more from the agent/client relationship. Writers will also gain helpful knowledge on everything from contracts and editors to sub-rights and promotions, and Perkins also provides a thorough checklist to help writers assess their efforts and chart their careers.
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