Agent Kimberley Cameron offers advice for authors on how to work well with agents. It's a good reminder that writing and publishing is a business that should be approached professionally. Click here to play this audio clip

Agent Kimberley Cameron offers advice for authors on how to work well with agents. It's a good reminder that writing and publishing is a business that should be approached professionally.

Agent Rita Rosenkranz shares her perspective that in today's ever changing publishing climate, agents don't have a choice, they must be informed about the changes and adapt in order to thrive in the industry. Click here to play this audio clip

Books can change lives and help people change the world. Georgia Hughes, editorial director of The New World Library, offers advice on how to be a change agent with your book. She says that being a change agent is finding a way to convey your message...

It’s amazing how many submissions a publisher receives—dozens every day, thousands over the year. Very, very few of them are ever acquired, because very few of them are really what the publisher is looking for. There aren’t that many editors; it’s not...

I always tell people it’s much better to be pleasant than unpleasant in a relationship, and what you, as an author, have with an agent is a relationship. So how would you treat somebody in a relationship? If you’re going out with a guy, you don’t want...

Your peers may be the most help when it comes to pitching an agent at a writer's conference or slam, says Chuck Sambuchino, freelance editor and author of "Guide to Literary Agents" blog. Practicing your 60-second pitch, 90-second for non-fiction writers...

Not all agents currently handle self-published books. About six months ago, I interviewed a lot of agents I know for a blog article I was working on. A lot of them said, “Are you kidding? I would never handle a self-published book. Those people are crazy;...

Your peers may be the most help when it comes to pitching an agent at a writer's conference or slam, says Chuck Sambuchino, freelance editor and author of "Guide to Literary Agents" blog. Practicing your 60-second pitch, 90-second for non-fiction writers...

Publishing industry veteran Alan Rinzler explains how to get a book agent for self-publishing authors. Agents are difficult to secure, but writers need to produce high quality writing, so writers should work with an editor to create professional work...