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The Complete Guide to Hiring a Literary Agent: Everything You Need to Know to become Successfully Published

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Do you have a manuscript/novel written and you can't find a publisher? Have you thought about getting a literary agent to represent your work? The Complete Guide to Hiring a Literary Agent: Everything You Need to Know to Become Successfully Published is the right book for you.

With close to 200,000 new books coming out every year, it is hard to get published by a big name publishing houses. Most don't even allow unsolicited manuscripts from new authors. The best chance that you have in getting into the houses is to hire a literary agent. Getting an agent may sound easy, but it can be a lot harder than you think.

The book guides you into the process of editing your book and sending your queries to a qualified agency. Make sure you find the right agent that accepts the genre that you are writing in. You will learn how to write an incredible submission that any literary agent will notice. You'll learn about contracts and how to go about accepting offers.

This is a great guide book for professional and beginning writers. The book explains all the ups and downs in hiring an agent, but there is so much more in it. There are great articles by other writers and editors, who give great tips. You'll learn how to use blogs, and social networks to gain a clan of readers. The Complete Guide to Hiring a Literary Agent also has an index of the six large publishing houses and their imprints, glossary of terms, and samples of successful Query Letters and Synopses. After reading this novel, you'll be ready to hire an agent. I recommend checking this book out.

You can have the best book in the world, but it all comes down to the sale. "The Complete Guide to Hiring a Literary Agent: Everything You Know to Become Successfully Published" is a guide to the aspect of publishing many writers understand the least, the literary agent. Agents can help authors get their work to the next level and get it picked up and help authors turn their love and work into much more. Everything an author needs to know to find the right person with this work, "The Complete Guide to Hiring a Literary Agent" is an excellent resource, and very highly recommended. Also from Atlantic Publishing Group is "How to Publish a Kindle Book with Amazon.com", a guide to using Amazon's Kindle service and how to use it to get your work published cheaply and on the market quickly.

A fantastic guide. A journey into how to find and select your literary agent.
I learned that I really needed one on my first book. Cross spells out why you need one and how the publishing industry works. With so many self published books today, you will know how to find someone in your genre to help you make your book a success.
She discusses the benefits of, and the caveats, as well.
This book is well written and laid out very well. Her sections on how to create your pitch are invaluable. She teaches you how to submit your package, how to approach agents and how the process works...really!
Your query letter is an important step in the process and she teaches you how to write the letter that will get you a "yes" response. The appendix includes several successful letters and synopses.
The book proposal has to be composed, formatted and packaged with the right components or your efforts will be lost. This book will save you time, and agony. It will propel you into making your book a success from the get go.
Chapter 7 outlines the top ten reasons why book proposals are rejected. Isn't this something you want to know before you start writing? She explains the relevancy of what sample chapters you should send and how to differentiate you book form others. Do you know your market? You should before you start your writing journey. Cross very cleverly gives you several "case studies" of how other authors selected their agents. These are fun, very informative and will help you pose questions for your own marketing. Her case studies cover a variety of genres, and situations for your information.
Further, she helps you define how to hire your literary agent and evaluate offers. How to avoid scams in the industry will protect you from your beginning. She includes a great outline of what to look for in the author- agent agreement. She devotes an equal amount of time helping you sell your book, outlining very important steps including time frames and stages of the selling process. What do sample manuscripts look like?
A lot of love and time was spent on building informative and helpful appendices including a glossary of terms and genre definitions, National Writer's organizations, conferences, etc. Writing is truly a craft and you will improve your skills with this book. This is a keeper!! Well worth it.
I received a complimentary copy from Reviewthebook Team.

The author spent a lot of time and put in a lot of effort into a book that gives solid information.