There’s no escaping conflict in politics—or in publishing. The new normal in publishing means someone’s mad at Amazon, someone favors print over e-books or vice versa, and book sales are slowing or growing.  Before we get to the new normal, let’s look at what’s going on with literary agents and agenting In a blog post [...]

Books Inc. owners are writing the formula for success for their San Francisco stores. It feels good to read positive news about bookstores. Therese Walsh sent me a tip that agent Jenny Bent wrote a great post on STET!, the Backspace blog, on author-agent-editor fit. This was the first time I’ve been to STET! and [...]