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Should this raise a red flag? Rapid reply would be appreciated.
In the case in question, the agent has already been given a clear list of target audiences numbering tens of thousands in the aggregate, and accessible ways of approaching those audiences -- that is, the basics of a marketing plan for a nonfiction book.
I don't know whether to thank the agent for the time, shake hands, and go to the next one on the list--one who might not expect the author to do the selling to the publisher. Or is the quote typical of what they would all say?
--Ken
Am I mistaken to think that once the agent has read the manuscript, expressed interest in representing it, and spoken of it enthusiastically, that it is the role of the AGENT to make the case to publishers?... it is the author's responsibility
to basically make a "business case" to the publisher for publishing the
book, in the form of a nonfiction book proposal. It is essentially the
"resume" that gets your manuscript the "interview", or an invitation to be
read.
In the case in question, the agent has already been given a clear list of target audiences numbering tens of thousands in the aggregate, and accessible ways of approaching those audiences -- that is, the basics of a marketing plan for a nonfiction book.
I don't know whether to thank the agent for the time, shake hands, and go to the next one on the list--one who might not expect the author to do the selling to the publisher. Or is the quote typical of what they would all say?
--Ken
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