{"id":323,"date":"2020-01-22T05:22:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T05:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naomihirahara.com\/blog\/?p=323"},"modified":"2020-01-22T14:10:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:10:01","slug":"how-to-find-an-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naomihirahara.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/22\/how-to-find-an-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find an Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll be speaking to the Stanford Club of Pasadena and the Stanford Professional Women this Sunday on the topic, Writing and Publishing in a Text(ing) World. For more information, go here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.stanford.edu\/get\/page\/events\/details?event_id=31478\">https:\/\/alumni.stanford.edu\/get\/page\/events\/details?event_id=31478<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be distributing a number of handouts. Here&#8217;s one of them:<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Find an Agent (updated June 2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HOT TIP: Find 10 recent books that are similar (but not exactly like yours) and identify who the author\u2019s agent is.<\/p>\n<p>How?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look at a book\u2019s acknowledgments.<\/li>\n<li>Google author\u2019s name and \u201cagent.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Look up Publishers Weekly reviews on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bn.com\">bn.com<\/a> (Barnes and Noble) or Google author\u2019s name and \u201cPublishers Weekly\u201d and \u201creview.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agentquery.com\/\">agentquery.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Publishers Marketplace <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersmarketplace.com\/\">publishersmarketplace.com<\/a>(You now have to subscribe to receive deal details.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find the latest information as many authors change their literary representation.<\/p>\n<p>Publishers Lunch (free) <a href=\"http:\/\/publishersmarketplace.com\/lunch\/subscribe.html\">http:\/\/publishersmarketplace.com\/lunch\/subscribe.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AUTHOR BEWARE<\/p>\n<p>Bookends\u2019 Jessica Faust on bad literary agents: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookendsliterary.com\/2018\/08\/14\/bad-literary-agents\/\">http:\/\/bookendsliterary.com\/2018\/08\/14\/bad-literary-agents\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve identified a potential agent, do your due diligence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research on querytracker (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.querytracker.com\/\">querytracker.com<\/a>), Absolute Write Water Cooler, and Writer Beware.<\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to Publishers Marketplace (or find someone who does) and pull up that agent\u2019s deals over the past year.<\/li>\n<li>Find the agent\u2019s list of clients and find a fellow writer who is either on that list or knows someone on that list and get feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Authors Guild\u2019s advice on agency clauses and agency agreements: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.authorsguild.org\/member-services\/writers-resource-library\/all-about-literary-agents\/authors-guide-agency-agreements\/\">https:\/\/www.authorsguild.org\/member-services\/writers-resource-library\/all-about-literary-agents\/authors-guide-agency-agreements\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW WAYS OF PROCURING REPRESENTATION<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: #pitchwars #pitmad <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchwars.org\/\">https:\/\/pitchwars.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll be speaking to the Stanford Club of Pasadena and the Stanford Professional Women this Sunday on the topic, Writing and Publishing in a Text(ing) World. For more information, go here: https:\/\/alumni.stanford.edu\/get\/page\/events\/details?event_id=31478 I&#8217;ll be distributing a number of handouts. 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