Literary Agents
Finding an agent is not rocket science, but it does take a lot of work, research, and the perfect package that will attract the right agent to handle your book and work for you. You want an agent that knows the market to which your book is aligned in your genre. They must have the right connections within the industry and know who to approach to help sell your book. Knows and understands contracts and the negotiations of those contracts. Understand the rights of writers when it comes to publishing, film rights, and knowing that they can be sold separately and not together to broker a deal. Unless you know how to read a contract your publisher will own the rights to your book if it's approached by a film production company and you'll be cut out of a real deal. The agent you choose should also know how to deal with media for interviews, and how to write press articles regarding your book and you. If an agent asks for more than a 10-15% fee on selling your book to a publisher or...