A (Hope)ful Blog

"If you give them an inch, they'll take a mile." My acquisitions editor friend told me this. And although she was referring to a relationship gone bad, where her partner was clingy, I discovered early on into my agenting career that people treat agents and publishers like celebrities—in all the bad ways. (Trust me, they don't PAY us like celebrities. I can't tell you the number of times, when someone asks me a massive publishing favor, I want to ask them if they've even bough

What happens if my publisher goes under? It's more common than you think. In the traditional market, authors are bound to experience this, at least once in their career. This can happen for any number of reasons, but it doesn't make it easier to go through. So let's explore why this happens and some action steps to take when it does. Why Do Publishers Go Under? We can point to any number of reasons for why a publisher will close its doors. Think about publishers as a business