Sunday, August 19, 2012

Navigating the World of Literary Agents

Mainstream publishing is a Rube Goldberg machine of perverse economic incentives, in which large numbers of mostly idiotic self-help guides, diet books, and airport thrillers subsidize an ever-shrinking number of mostly money-losing literary novels and books of poetry.
Michael Bourne of The Millions takes a look at what literary agents do.

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