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I was honored to get an agent a year ago to represent my non-fiction book. This agent was able to get my book to 50 A-list pubs. About 25 rejected it over the course of 4 months. Now it's 8 months later...a full year since submission, and 25 pubs still have it and have not responded.
Agent will not call or reach out to pubs. The agent recommends against it, but after a full year, I feel like my agent should be more proactive. Is it really such a no-no to call a publisher to find out one year later if they looked at a proposal that they requested? We know most of those folks completely forgot they even have it on their desks. They might even feel badly that they forgot about it and pay attention.
The other thing is the year is up on my contract w/the agent and I'm really wondering. Who knows, agent might not review either. Yes, it takes time, but this is nuts. Or, I'm going nuts.
elroy
Agent will not call or reach out to pubs. The agent recommends against it, but after a full year, I feel like my agent should be more proactive. Is it really such a no-no to call a publisher to find out one year later if they looked at a proposal that they requested? We know most of those folks completely forgot they even have it on their desks. They might even feel badly that they forgot about it and pay attention.
The other thing is the year is up on my contract w/the agent and I'm really wondering. Who knows, agent might not review either. Yes, it takes time, but this is nuts. Or, I'm going nuts.
elroy
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