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Wow, I'm horrified that an agent "sold" your work to a bad PoD publisher! I don't know of any cases where something similar has happened and the book has been rewritten and resold, but I don't see why it couldn't happen as long as the rights are clearly yours now. As you suggest in the next paragraph, though, submitting something new without tainting the query with the PoD publisher's name might not be a bad idea.
Wow, I'm horrified that an agent "sold" your work to a bad PoD publisher! I don't know of any cases where something similar has happened and the book has been rewritten and resold, but I don't see why it couldn't happen as long as the rights are clearly yours now. As you suggest in the next paragraph, though, submitting something new without tainting the query with the PoD publisher's name might not be a bad idea.
tlblack said:Hi Ms Diver,
When a writer gets a bad agent that submits their ms to a bad (very bad) PoD publisher, what are the chances of that book being rewritten or revised and sold by a good agent to a good publisher? I am curious as I had the above mentioned happen. I left the agent to find the publisher, and trusted she would sell it to a good publisher. Am I better off to toss the ms into a box and forget about it? I knew nothing about the publisher at the time and there was little to no information about them online that I could find that said anything negative about them.
Also, I have another ms (thriller) I am seeking representation for now. (anotherealm is bookmarked) I know better than to list the PoD in the query as any sort of real publication, but am wondering whether or not to mention the book at all or just say I am not yet published. Would no writing credits stand out better than saying "I have this PoD novel, and know that was a bad idea" or something similar? It confuses me because I have the book, it's in print, and meager as they were, it had sales. Or, should I just leave the last paragraph off the query letter and see how it stands without it?
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer questions on AW. I know I am not the only one who is reading all of your replies with great appreciation.
Teresa