literary agency
Manuscript sales business
A literary agency is a business that represents writers in dealings with publishers.
Agents negotiate contracts, sell manuscript rights, and advocate for their clients' interests in exchange for a percentage of earnings—typically fifteen percent.
Most major publishers accept submissions only through agents, making agencies gatekeepers to traditional publishing.
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- submissionYielding to another's will
- queryRequest for information
- query letterManuscript pitch to agents
- contractEnforceable written agreement
rights · film rights · representation · editor · book deal · advance · royalties · rejection · pitch · book proposal · client · negotiation · bestseller · debut · fiction · memoir · proposal · acquisitions
literary agencypublishing house
Company producing books
publisher · book publisher · imprint · printing press · bookseller
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