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UK or US agent?
hello Andy or anyone,
As many of you know I live in the UK and at present I'm sending out queries to Uk agents. A few seem quite interested and the other day one requested the ms; I sent a partial. 3 chapters, 34 pages.
Yesterday while browsing I noticed a US agent who seemed to be looking for exactly my kind of novel. I mailed her my query and within the hour got a reply; she is "definitely interested". She is from a major agency with a NY and CA office, AAR membership and several well-known authors. She asked for the ms and I asked if it was ok to send a partial; she agreed, and asked for 100 pages.
My question: my former UK agent engaged a US sub-agent to find a US publisher for me; that didn't work. I had the feeling the US agent (with whom I corresponded briefly) hadn't even read the book and wasn't all that interested. That was a couple years ago; this time I want to do things differently if possible.
Is it OK for me to look for two agents myself, one in the UK and one in the US? Or do I have to leave US sales to a UK agent - when I find one - and vice versa? IF this US agent takes me on, will she want to find me a UK agent (I assume they have their own subagent here) or will she be OK with my doing it independently?
I am aware that finding my own separate UK and US agents is better for me financially, since if either one does it through a sub-agent that's 5% more commission for me to pay. I'd rather have my own two, unconnected to each other. Is this very unusual practice, or can I go ahead?
hello Andy or anyone,
As many of you know I live in the UK and at present I'm sending out queries to Uk agents. A few seem quite interested and the other day one requested the ms; I sent a partial. 3 chapters, 34 pages.
Yesterday while browsing I noticed a US agent who seemed to be looking for exactly my kind of novel. I mailed her my query and within the hour got a reply; she is "definitely interested". She is from a major agency with a NY and CA office, AAR membership and several well-known authors. She asked for the ms and I asked if it was ok to send a partial; she agreed, and asked for 100 pages.
My question: my former UK agent engaged a US sub-agent to find a US publisher for me; that didn't work. I had the feeling the US agent (with whom I corresponded briefly) hadn't even read the book and wasn't all that interested. That was a couple years ago; this time I want to do things differently if possible.
Is it OK for me to look for two agents myself, one in the UK and one in the US? Or do I have to leave US sales to a UK agent - when I find one - and vice versa? IF this US agent takes me on, will she want to find me a UK agent (I assume they have their own subagent here) or will she be OK with my doing it independently?
I am aware that finding my own separate UK and US agents is better for me financially, since if either one does it through a sub-agent that's 5% more commission for me to pay. I'd rather have my own two, unconnected to each other. Is this very unusual practice, or can I go ahead?
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