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Agenting Now

Agenting Now LOGOS 22 LOGOS 22/2 © 2011 LOGOS Mandy Little Mandy Little is managing director of the literary agency Watson, Little Ltd. She also works as a consultant and occasional lecturer. Email: al@WatsonLittle.com Agenting Now When I became a literary agent almost exactly 30 years ago it would have been hard to predict just how much publishing would change in the three decades which were to follow, though there have been some landmark warning signs along the way. The ending of the Net Book Agreement was one, the forming of the major publishing groups another, and the arrival of the e-world now upon us. The publishing landscape has changed great- ly, and yet the authors who provide the content of what we have always worked with in the industry are still individual creative people, usually working alone. When I f irst came into the business I was told that authors were amongst the most wonderful and dreadful people you could ever hope to meet and that has been the case—for me, at any rate. But it is our job, as agents, to look after their professional interests. They are our clients, no mat- ter who they are, and we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

Agenting Now

Logos , Volume 22 (2): 22 – Jan 1, 2011
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Brill
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© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0957-9656
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1878-4712
DOI
10.1163/095796511x580293
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LOGOS 22 LOGOS 22/2 © 2011 LOGOS Mandy Little Mandy Little is managing director of the literary agency Watson, Little Ltd. She also works as a consultant and occasional lecturer. Email: al@WatsonLittle.com Agenting Now When I became a literary agent almost exactly 30 years ago it would have been hard to predict just how much publishing would change in the three decades which were to follow, though there have been some landmark warning signs along the way. The ending of the Net Book Agreement was one, the forming of the major publishing groups another, and the arrival of the e-world now upon us. The publishing landscape has changed great- ly, and yet the authors who provide the content of what we have always worked with in the industry are still individual creative people, usually working alone. When I f irst came into the business I was told that authors were amongst the most wonderful and dreadful people you could ever hope to meet and that has been the case—for me, at any rate. But it is our job, as agents, to look after their professional interests. They are our clients, no mat- ter who they are, and we

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