"Agent-Assisted Publishing": An Interrupted Debate

"Agent-Assisted Publishing": An Interrupted Debate To kick off a week-long series on agents and self publishing from guest editor Porter Anderson, we start by reopening the discussion on literary agents as publishers.

What Is a "Literary Change Agent"? And What’s Ethical? Literary agent April Eberhardt describes her two-tiered offer to author-clients: one contract is a traditional deal, the other is a publishing consultancy.

More News from PP: Archie Comics App to Integrate Mobile Advertising With mobile ad spending on the rise, Archie Comics partners with iVerse and Tapjoy to integrate mobile advertising and increased consumer engagement to its app. PEN American Center Announces 2013 Shortlists The shortlist nominees for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards have been announced. Categories include debut works, nonfiction, picture books and translation.

From the Archives: "Spotify for Books" from The Publisher’s Standpoint Based on the Spotify model, streaming ebook subscription platforms are tricky to monetize properly for publishers — though they appear to be inevitable.