How to become a literary agent is explained here with information about a book agent salary, education, and career path. This article about becoming a book agent also includes information about publishing agent jobs. It's part of our free 15-Part Guide About How to...
This literary agent blog has helped authors of all book genres get literary agents. Hosted by a former publishing agent, this book agent blog inclues articles about looking for a book agent, and how to get a book published working with a book agent.
Literary Agent Blog – Recent Posts
See our latest literary agent blog posts here with information to help writers of all book genres get publishing agents. You can also visit our Ask a Literary Agent page to see a complete list of questions and answers about getting a book agent.
How Much Do Authors Make?
How much do authors make? This article is part of our free 15-Part Guide About How to Get a Literary Agent. It includes information about how much money authors make, and it includes everything authors need to know about finding and getting a book agent.How Much Do...
How Much Does a Literary Agent Cost?
How much does a literary agent cost? Do you pay literary agents? And which book agent fees should authors avoid paying? This article about how much a literary agent costs is part of our free 15-Part Guide About How to Get a Book Agent. It explains how literary agents...
How Long Does It Take to Get a Literary Agent?
How long does it take to get a literary agent? It can take minutes, days, weeks, months, or a year or more to get a book agent. This article about how long it takes to get a publishing agent is part of our free 15-Part Guide About How to Get a Book Agent. It explains...
Book Agent Blog – About
This literary agent blog is hosted by former book agent turned author coach Mark Malatesta, creator of The Directory of Literary Agents, host of Ask a Book Agent, and founder of Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling Author.
Mark has helped hundreds of authors get offers from publishing agents and/or traditional publishers. Writers of all Book Genres have used our literary agent blog, and our Literary Agent Advice coaching/consulting to get the Top Literary Agents at the Best Literary Agencies on our List of Book Agents.
How I Got My Book Agent
Successful Authors
Interviews/Tips from Successful Authors
Fiction/General - J. Jago
Fiction/Mystery - B. Harper
Fiction/Mainstream - K. Cox
Fiction/Christian - K. Sargent
Nonfiction/Business - D. Hamme
Nonfiction/Self-Help - A. Goddard
Nonfiction/Environment - J. Biemer
Nonfiction/Diversity - S. Peer
Narrative Nonfiction - D. Cohen
Memoir/Women - L. Lehr
Memoir/Christian - S. LeRette
Memoir/Family/Identity - S. Foti
Memoir/Multicultural - N. Aronheim
Memoir/Inspirational - L. Subramani
Memoir/Mainstream - E. Armstrong
Children's/Pic Book - M. Leshem-Pelly
Children's/Chapter Book - J. Agee
Children's/YA - C. Plum-Ucci
Children's/YA - D. Bester
Children's/YA - L. Moe
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