Presque vu XXIV

 
I think it’s rather unfortunate that some of the coverage tries to pitch print reviewing against the new media. I think they complement each other very well.
Salman Rushdie

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Chances are that if you are a writer a little further down the food chain, but lucky enough to have an agent, they won’t be doing much for [...]



The Guardian covers a nice story about publishers in Britain reacting to the work of Jane Austen.
From Penguin: “Thank you for your recent letter and chapters from your book First Impressions. It seems like a really original and interesting read.”
David Lassman, the director of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath decided to find out what [...]



Presque vu XVIII

Buzz, Balls & Hype has an essay from the literary agent, Simon Lipskar, which attempts to bring some reasoning back into the equation which asserts that an author is responsible for the performance of his book:
. . . we’ve reached a stage of sound and fury in which a whole lot of effort [...]






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