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sherryfine said:Cordially,
Rey Best
Can we get an IP ping on this? Is it the same as Sherry's previous posts?
sherryfine said:Cordially,
Rey Best
Uh, yeah--and also interesting this should be mentioned, as I've suspected for some time that Bobby and cronies have done exactly that.triceretops said:Here's a question… if a literary agency buys a publishing company so that they can publish or partner books they believe in, is that a conflict of interest?
Bobby et al have made this pitch before--once through their editing branch (which makes it clear who will actually be forking over that $2,500) and once at Publishers Marketplace.I can tell you right now that the company is participating in a new business model. We're promoting a joint venture where we have put up $2500 in partnership with the author and the publisher to get the book out the door.That's unique! And that's how much we believe in what we are doing. The ad is in the PMA newsletter and has been for 4 months.A copy of the ad can be seen using this link.http://www.theliteraryagencygroup.com/pma-literaryagencyad.pdf
First off, it's not your money. Do you seriously expect us to believe that $2,500 won't come from the authors? Secondly, you're absolutely right--we can't think of any other agency that has "done this. " Because when other literary agencies place manuscripts, it's based on the ms.'s merits, not on bribes to publishers.We think that we are the ONLY LITERARY AGENCY that has stepped up to put our own money behind certain authors that we represent. If you can find any other agency that has done this please let me know.
victoriastrauss said:Secondly, you're absolutely right--we can't think of any other agency that has "done this. "
sherryfine said:Dear Message Board Citizens;
Please take a few minutes to read an important message for writers.
The company has asked me to tell you, in my own words, what I do and to let you know just one aspect of what they do to help writers sell their work.
I work with Sherry Fine, our director of acquisitions, and I am using her login for speed and efficiency with this post. One cavet, I am in phone sales, so if there are grammar or spelling errors in the post, please realize that you are the writer, and that's your job to write 100% correctly, not mine.
See attached Message Board Citizens Rebuttal.
Cordially,
Rey Best
HapiSofi said:Uncle Jim, that was a spectacular takedown, and yet I believe there's a very significant point you missed.
What this fellow is describing is the lengthy process of putting together a list of houses, acquiring editors, what kind of work they're looking for, etc., starting from absolute ground zero. He's working from publicly available general resources.
What this means is that Fletcher's agencies haven't previously had any of that information on hand.
What agent uses Writer's Market or other public sources as their primary means of finding markets?
Are you trying to say that the "agents" at your agency don't know any editors personally?
Are shams and scams, and have never been anything else, in all the years they've so far been in business.James D. Macdonald said:All of it adds up to the fact that Fletcher's agencies are shams and scams.
bhb said:IMy question is this: has ANYONE in this forum written a book, sent out queries--COLD--with no connections, received a favorable response, and actually had their book published? Or at least gotten an agent out of the process?