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Here's the question: I have an agent with whom I'm very happy. However, she's just moved from one agency to another. As a whole, I'm very happy about this, also, as the new agency is much higher profile in my market and IMO is positioned to become a profitable relationship for us both.
However: I do business with an e-publisher with whom I was published prior to signing with my agent. The new agency doesn't care to work with this press (there are reasons, but I won't go into them). I have future projects that would've been a good fit for the e-press, but the agency doesn't feel they're a fit for the larger Christian market and declines to send them out.
Ergo, these books are effectively dead.
I feel in a quandary here. Is it not better to sell a book (even if it's to a small electronic house) than not to sell a book? If I pursue these projects with my e-publisher on my own, without my agency's involvement, am I in violation of my agency contract? Or does their refusal to shop the book mean I am free to do with it as I like?
Thoughts? Expert (agency or experienced e-author) opinions welcome and thank you fervently in advance.
However: I do business with an e-publisher with whom I was published prior to signing with my agent. The new agency doesn't care to work with this press (there are reasons, but I won't go into them). I have future projects that would've been a good fit for the e-press, but the agency doesn't feel they're a fit for the larger Christian market and declines to send them out.
Ergo, these books are effectively dead.
I feel in a quandary here. Is it not better to sell a book (even if it's to a small electronic house) than not to sell a book? If I pursue these projects with my e-publisher on my own, without my agency's involvement, am I in violation of my agency contract? Or does their refusal to shop the book mean I am free to do with it as I like?
Thoughts? Expert (agency or experienced e-author) opinions welcome and thank you fervently in advance.