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A Bad Literary Agent Can Be Worse Than No Agent At All.
Types of things to watch out for with agents:* Charging the author a fee up front, to be accepted as a client. Can be called a reading fee, or a monthly "office expenses" charge. The best agents, and most successful ones, only charge a percentage fee of royalties the author earns, typically 15%. Suppose a realtor charged you a fee to come over and tour your house before getting the listing? How quickly would you show that realtor the door. . .* Charging back unusually...
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 John Alderman - Strategic Advice Consultant for business and individuals - Teo is a master at building business-to-business 'social' networking systems for the Internet. His vision for the business networking community (e.g. Chamber of Commerces) is exactly what that market needs to serve their members effectively. - August 16, 2008, John was with another company when working with Teo at Net-Teams, Inc. |
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