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By: David Amburgey

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>More great information. I can tell you have a writer's heart (which you are a writer, I realize) but what I mean is, that you understand what an author needs to know and do what you can to show us that need. You are there for us and to help us. Thanks.

My experience in the publishing world is extremely limited; been writing forever, it seems, but only been published for less than two years. (Second book coming out early next year - now seeking an agent for the third - you will receive a proposal from me soon - maybe even as soon as you open again, Aug. 1)
What I have learned through the quick learning curve of, been there, but couldn't afford the t-shirt (because I need to sell books) is that the best voice for any book is not the agent or even the publisher, but the author. No one knows the book better or has a heart for it more. If a writer wants to be on the front table of BN or see their book in Walmart, get out there and work your tail off for your dream and maybe, just maybe, you will see the fruits of your labor. It may take ten years and ten books, but to think a book sells itself just because it's a good book is insane.
We all think that we've written the best book ever and love it like a child, but the only way for others to realize that is to buy it, open it and read it. There is no one out there more qualified for the job of helping people realize that than the author of the book.

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By: Amanda Daubenmeyer

Amanda Daubenmeyer — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:31:06 +0000

>Humility and perseverance is the balance. If you just have perseverance, you will have unrealistic expectations and fall into pride, as in the cases above. On the other hand, if you just have humility, you’ll give up when your expectations are not met.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:07:20 +0000

>Anon: So interesting. That's the problem: How can we know which agents are the right ones for us when we're not privy to this behind-the-scenes info? Doesn't it make more sense to allow writers the chance to approach editors directly (not just at conferences)?

Waiting for agents to respond is slow and time-consuming--then (if we're lucky) we have to do it all over again with editors. Since we'll probably end up promoting our own book anyway, why not let authors pitch straight to acquisitions editors or junior assistants who act as first readers? If editors/agents can decide whether to read more based on a first page anyway, isn't that more effective?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:43:59 +0000

>Very interesting.
I've been on all sides of the fence—as an acquisitions editor at Harper for 10+ years, at Potter, as an acquiring consultant elsewhere; and then as an author—and perhaps I know too much about the business and the way it operates. As an author who has also had the benefit of sitting at the pub board table when a group of people are deciding whether or not to let an editor acquire something, I can say without a doubt that yes, expectations may run high (and often unreasonable). BUT, pub boards often focus on the way the agent has positioned the property rather than the actually property itself; and if that agent has represented it poorly or just incorrectly, that property won't have a chance in hell.
Years ago, a well-known food writer came to me to consult (as an editor), and told me that she expected to have her agent sell her first book for 6 figures. I told her she was (politely) insane. THAT kind of expectation is just all wrong, and representative of an ego gone wild. The flipside of that, though, is seeing (as an editor) a publisher acquire a book, and then not put a red cent behind it, leaving it all to the author to create buzz, to pay their own way to events to sell the book, and to generally offer no support whatsoever etc. And let's not forget that when a book does sell, the publisher takes a hefty cut of the sales. And the agent, who may or may not have been around to insure the support, takes a commission. This happens all too frequently, across the board.
Long way of saying, until publishing becomes a understood partnership–where author, agent, and editor are all holding up their various ends of the bargain and working collaboratively–the industry will remain in the straits that it's in, and savvy authors will no longer stand for it, and instead find other, more creative ways of selling and producing their books. Sad, but true.

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Elizabeth Mahlou — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:27:58 +0000

>You hit the nail on the head on every point. Under my real name, I have a dozen books in print. When my books sell well, yes, I know the publisher has done a good job (I have two great publishers), but I also know that I have accurately pitched my book to the interests and needs of my audience. Given the number of competing books in the market these days, I think authors should be grateful for each sale — and put those often-hubristic unrealistic expectations aside.