Re: The Agent Thing
Nov. 13th, 2009 09:49 amThis piece on GalleyCat asking Agents? Who needs 'em? sparked off a lot of controversy across the publishing sphere. The article posed the question about whether agents are becoming obsolete (or already are) with the advent of things like eBooks and Kindle.
I have to admit there was something of an anti-agent tone running through the piece, and there have been a lot of rebuttals:
Author Stacia Kane said: Yes, Virginia, you need an agent
Author Jeaniene Frost had some words to say as well
Miriam Goderich of the Dystel and Goderich Literary Agency responded that she also thinks agents are necessary an not going anywere
( My thoughts on the subject, let me show them to you. Or, the answer is not a Yes/No dichotomy. )
I have to admit there was something of an anti-agent tone running through the piece, and there have been a lot of rebuttals:
Author Stacia Kane said: Yes, Virginia, you need an agent
Author Jeaniene Frost had some words to say as well
Miriam Goderich of the Dystel and Goderich Literary Agency responded that she also thinks agents are necessary an not going anywere