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Ask the Agent, the e-book, is now available for purchase in both Kindle and epub editions. This book contains the best selections from the Ask the Agent blog as well as new material. It includes lots of agent advice for writers on getting published, thoughts about writing and publishing, and Andy’s recollections of his 30 years as owner of the legendary Cody’s Books in Berkeley.

Some Highlights:

6 misconceptions about literary agents
11 steps to finding an agent
5 tips for writing query letters
How to pitch to an agent
Publisher Rejection Letters From Plato to Hitler
Book to Film Adaptation (Interview with John Robert Marlow)
The First Book Ever Written
Ann Lamott and Albert Camus on Writing
Learning from Lee Child
Eunuchs at an Orgy: Authors on Literary Critics
Copyediting at The New Yorker (Interview with Mary Norris)
Remembering the Rushdie Affair

The Literary Agent’s Guide to Writing a Non-Fiction Book Proposal. Ebook: $3.99. Paperback: $8.95

This book will guide you through the process of writing a non-fiction book proposal. It lays out the essential information you need to construct a proposal that will address the questions agents and acquisition editors are asking and help you to present the most compelling case you can make for publication. It includes examples from real book proposals and describes the challenges that these writers faced in presenting their strongest argument for publication.

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