When an Agent Gives Up

I’m blogging at Books & Such today. Here’s a preview…

As you know, agents aren’t able to sell every book we decide to represent. But the decision to stop trying to sell a book is always a tough one. We’ve already put a lot of work into it, and we probably really like the client. When do we know it’s time to quit and move on?

Here are a few reasons we might give up:

1. Out of Options
We’ve exhausted our list of editor contacts and don’t know of any more viable prospects among advance-and-royalty-paying publishers.

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