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The confusing literary agent landscape (This week in books)

February 19, 2021 by Nathan BransfordLeave a Comment

This week! Books! There has been a lot of angst in the literary Twittersphere these past few weeks around agents, alleged bad behavior even among reputable agents, “schmagents” (basically bad agents who sometimes don’t even know they’re bad agents), and quite a lot of author frustration. I don’t want to get into too many specifics, […]

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Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Alison Flood, Amanda Gorman, Ann Marie Nieves, Book Marketing, Clint Smith, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Fiona Sampson, Hachette, Jay Cheses, Kehinde Wiley, Molly Crabapple, Penguin Random House, PR, Viet Thanh Nguyen, We Need Diverse Books

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