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These are NOT tips on finding an agent.
Secrets for agents to find real talent:
(1) Stop immersing yourself in 19th Century methodology - like requiring unknowns to send you parts of books and query letters;
(2) Do what the best baseball teams do: scout already PROVEN talent in the minor leagues (like indie markets);
(3) Rather than roll the dice on unproven talent, use the resources available to you to find the proven talent - those already selling tens of thousands of books and generating hundreds or even thousands of 4 and 5-star reviews, often with little or no advertising;
(4) Read the works of the authors for free if you’re a KU member on Amazon;
(5) Buy the rights to published works at a fair price and re-publish them for sale in brick and mortar places;
(6) In doing so, buy the rights to better books and save your own dying industry. I know there is a lot of garbage out there, but a lot of it is traditionally published, and your sales figures are a testament to that.
(1) Stop immersing yourself in 19th Century methodology - like requiring unknowns to send you parts of books and query letters;
(2) Do what the best baseball teams do: scout already PROVEN talent in the minor leagues (like indie markets);
(3) Rather than roll the dice on unproven talent, use the resources available to you to find the proven talent - those already selling tens of thousands of books and generating hundreds or even thousands of 4 and 5-star reviews, often with little or no advertising;
(4) Read the works of the authors for free if you’re a KU member on Amazon;
(5) Buy the rights to published works at a fair price and re-publish them for sale in brick and mortar places;
(6) In doing so, buy the rights to better books and save your own dying industry. I know there is a lot of garbage out there, but a lot of it is traditionally published, and your sales figures are a testament to that.
Published on February 16, 2018 17:33
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