Well, Cris, I'll give you credit as an agent when you sell someone else's book and not yours. So far, that sale only makes you a published author.
James D. Macdonald said:Hi, Cris!
Do you have a list (title, author, publisher) of books you've sold over the last three or four years?
Julie Worth said:" ...the truth is I used to tell the world what our sales were in detail."
Oh, Lord. Not at you, Julie, but at this lame excuse of Cris'. Sales are public. Nobody hesitates to report sales on, say, Publishers Weekly out of fear of such behavior. It's a BS excuse that pseudoagents use to avoid having to admit they have no sales.Julie Worth said:A while back I asked Chris about her sales, and she replied: "...as to our sales; well, the truth is I used to tell the world what our sales were in detail. And every single time I did, someone would call the publisher and yell at them because they bought someone elses' book and not theirs. So, I quit doing it. Why would I cause a publisher grief when I didn't have to?"
Amusingly enough, PublishAmerica tried to use this same tactic when outed in a scathing article in a major national newspaper. Apparently, a certain personality type thinks we'll actualy believe that our work to warn people off is having the opposite effect, and that we'll be so devastated at the thought of driving people into the arms of bad companies that we'll stop warning people about them.cris_robins said:I really cannot thank all of you enough. I couldn’t buy this kind of publicity. People aren’t stupid; they know there is no such thing as a free lunch; and now, you’ve given them the outlet they’ve been looking to find.
cris_robins said:n You ONLY charge $3,250? My last agent charged me much, much more!
cris_robins said:The publishers who have contacted us are even more impressed with our attitude as they’ve been looking to work with another agent who doesn’t come with excuses but delivers on their promises. (Our requests for submissions are higher than ever!)
Don’t they have anything better to do with their time?
It's a common misconception that a work has to be registered with the copyright office or have the © symbol to be copyrighted. In the U.S. a work is copyrighted as soon as created in "fixed form". That means as soon as something is written - on paper or in electronic form, the author holds the copyright*. (i.e., of course Victoria was right)Cris said:Don’t they know to infringe on copyright laws you have to say it’s yours?
cris_robins said:Had I known the response to my post would have generated the interest in our agency that it has, I would have done this years ago!
Our phones are ringing off the hook, our e-mail inbox is being flooded with submissions, and the hits to our site are going through the roof. Some of those who you turned away months ago are even coming back! And we welcome all of them for consideration.
The responses are all positive! Some of the responses we are getting include:
n You ONLY charge $3,250? My last agent charged me much, much more!
cris_robins said:Had I known the response to my post would have generated the interest in our agency that it has, I would have done this years ago!
Our phones are ringing off the hook, our e-mail inbox is being flooded with submissions, and the hits to our site are going through the roof. Some of those who you turned away months ago are even coming back! And we welcome all of them for consideration.
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With grace,
Cris Robins
Our phones are ringing off the hook, our e-mail inbox is being flooded with submissions, and the hits to our site are going through the roof. Some of those who you turned away months ago are even coming back! And we welcome all of them for consideration.
Now this, I believe. I know I clicked links to both the Robins Agency FAQ and the anti-Writer Beware screed. That doesn't mean I'm interested in hiring her services.cris_robins said:. . . the hits to our site are going through the roof.