Post #4142983

2026-07-27 16:30 UTC

Sometimes I don't like stepping into a hornet's nest . . . but what I really want to write about are the problems with the traditional publishing industry and the literary agent model. Me: Why make all those people angry? Also me: But this is what I'm thinking about.

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@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social 2026-07-27 17:13

I just did some poking around and the problem I see with the nonfiction trade market have been widely discussed. What isn't discussed as much are the legal issues with the literary agent model, but that really only effects people looking for an agent, and they will not heed my advice because the system is what is is and they want in. Two legal problems: (1) Agents are essentially outsourced slush readers. In the old days, when I started (ancient times, the 1980s) publishers had . . . 2/

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