2009 Guide to Literary Agents

Where & How to Find the Right Agents to Represent Your Work

By: Chuck Sambuchino

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Paperback | 1 July 2008 | Edition Number 18

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Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a shrinking number of publishing houses, writers need someone familiar with the publishing scene to shepherd their manuscript to the right person.

Completely updated annually, Guide to Literary Agents provides names and specialities for more than 800 individual agents around the United States and the world.

The 2009 edition includes more than 85 pages of original articles on everything you need to know including how to submit to agents, how to avoid scams and what an agent can do for their clients.

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From the Editor	p. 1
How to Use This Book	p. 2
Getting Started
Do I Need an Agent?: Preparing for Representation	p. 5
Agents Tell All: Expert Answers to Some Common (and Not So Common) Questions	p. 10
Assessing Credibility: The Scoop on Researching Agents	p. 14
Revisions and Self-Editing: Get Your Work Ready for Submission	p. 18
Know Thy Genre: Realize Your Category, but Beware Following Trends	p. 23
When Faith Meets Prose: An Agent Talks Christian Writing	p. 30
Contacting Agents
Avenues to an Agent: Getting Your Foot in the Door	p. 34
Synopsis Writing: Summing Up Your Novel For an Agent	p. 37
Book Proposals: Five Elements of a Nonfiction Proposal	p. 41
The Query Letter: How to Hook an Agent	p. 45
Wheeling and Dealing: Make the Most Out of a Writers' Conference	p. 52
Sealing the Deal
Sign on the Dotted Line: Research Your Options and Beware of Scams	p. 56
Improve Your Book Contract: Nine Negotiating Tips	p. 60
Know Your Rights: Breaking Down Industry Lingo	p. 63
The Next Steps: So You Have an Agent-Now What?	p. 68
Perspectives
Agents' Pet Peeves: Avoid These Peeves and Get Your Work Read	p. 71
A Background Matters: Platform-and How to Get One	p. 74
Leaping Into the Fray: How One Writer Got His First Book Published	p. 77
For the Self-Published: The Low Down on Dealing With Agents	p. 80
Markets
Literary Agents	p. 83
Conferences	p. 234
Resources
Glossary	p. 262
Indexes
Literary AGents Specialties Index	p. 268
Agents Index	p. 338
General Index	p. 356
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