Okay, so I bought this happy little fellow last week - Jeff Harman's 'Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, & Literary Agents. First of all, I've never heard of Jeff Harman in my life, if anyone else has please feel free to enlighten me. But, the dude did manage to put together a 800+ page book listing a massive collection of literary contacts. From what little I've gathered on the subject, at this time, it would be most advantageous for me to seek representation - aka an agent. Since I have little knowledge on how to negotiate a contract with a publisher (should this pie in the sky event come to pass) I probably will need someone legit who can do just that on my behalf. I've read the average commission for an agent is around 15%, some are higher some are lower.
Google literary agent and see what results pop up. Uh-huh, some pretty shady shit. Yep, I'm guessing if someone wants me to pay them for representation up front they aren't operating in good faith. Hence the reason I dropped $30 bucks on this book. Who knows if it's fools gold or not, but, at least it had some good testimonials on the back.
By the way, anyone ever have tequitos at 7-11? Absolutely delicious.
Yes, and they are delicious.
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