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CASH COWS

ow much is the advice of an agent worth? I ask because I gained a certain amount of notoriety by putting up videos on YouTube which attempted to demystify some of the processes of publishing and the thinking of agents and editors (yes, there is thinking!) and yet the big kerfuffle in publishing this month has been the response to the announcement by the bks Agency (sic) of their ‘How to Get a Book Deal’ one-day

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