April Eberhardt Literary

A literary "change" agent seems like an overstatement of her worth, much like her vaunted credentials.
To take one: her time with Zoetrope. Being a reader (i.e. an intern) for the magazine is usually something
college students do. Her rapid turn-over--and lack of big sales--at several agencies makes it seem inevitable
she'd set up her own agency and shill partnership publishing, with a fee for her first.

She had a six-figure deal with a HarperCollins imprint, but that was back in 2012. She hasn't posted anything since 2014 to PM, but that doesn't mean she hasn't made any sales.

Also, Zoetrope is a big-name magazine, and being a reader for them probably means she was paid. Does it mean she had any real editorial input or experience? Probably not.

Even a cursory glance at Zoetrope's website will tell you it's unpaid:

"We require a minimum commitment of at least fifteen hours a week. The internship is unpaid, but we offer a one-year subscription to the magazine and assistance in converting the experience to university credit."

http://www.all-story.com/about.cgi?page=internship

Further, I did not say no sales, but a lack of BIG sales.

Again, looking through Google Books you'll see a LOT of partnership publisher (AKA vanity presses) deals, as well as a few trade publishers:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=april+eberhardt#tbm=bks&q="april+eberhardt"

I'm going to put this more recent link to some info about April here: http://museandthemarketplace.com/2017/09/27/april-eberhardt-2018/

I've met her and she's interested in representing my new book, which I'm currently polishing before sending her the full. We'll see what she suggests from there.