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Old 11-27-2009, 10:16 AM   #1
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Daniel Bial Agency / Daniel Bial Editing
Has anyone any experience with this agency? It seems that Mr.Bial has a particularly bad press from what I have found.

Let's start with the good part first. There are 32 hits I found on Amazon, which means he's got $. The books are mostly self-helps / how to's & bibliographys.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?ur...Daniel+Bial%22

Now for the bad parts. An old post claiming that Mr.Bail charges fees.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/...d.php?t=109556
Also crisom red 'NOT RECOMMENDED' in P&E, http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/peald.htm

This is Mr.Bial's contact:
http://danielbialagency.com/
http://danielbialediting.com/
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Old 11-30-2009, 09:23 PM   #2
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Setting aside the conflict of interest issues with his consulting and editing services, I'd ask both Writer Beware and P&E if they're still getting reports of him charging fees as an agent.
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Doesn't fool around. Sent an e-query to Daniel Bial and got a terse reject within the hour.
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Agency site hasn't been updated in a while, and editing site is gone. Anyone have recent contact with him?
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