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And the irony is that editors, by and large, set the trends, so agents can't really win.
And, it seems, neither can the writers. :/
Again. It goes back to that honest self-introspection. And not just about the skills you can bring as a marketing person, an editor, a book cover designer, a web designer, a sales person.
How many rejections of your book do you go through before you say enough is enough and go another route? It's about personal limitations and what the writer is willing to do before they draw the line and go in another direction. And have the confidence that their book really is the best it can be and that it really is a good book.
I do have to agree with DL, though. Clearly, the book was good enough to get the attention of an editor and went on to all the accolades. Prior to that, how many people would have sung the song 'well, if it didn't get the attention of an agent, maybe it's not ready'.
Apparently it was. Someone still bought it and there it sits today so that reasoning kind of falls flat in the face of that book.