New Literary Agent Rules to Know Before You Query

Season 10 is on hold because the rules for literary agents just changed, and not necessarily in the author's favor. This episode tells you exactly what questions to ask before you sign (or pay for) anything.

🛋️ Overthinking Couch Topics:

The New Literary Agent Ethics Rules

1. What the Association of American Literary Agents changed and why.
2. Which paid services literary agents may now offer.
3. Why editorial work for represented clients must still remain free.
4. The safeguards built into the revised ethics code.
5. Potential conflicts of interest writers should understand.
6. Practical questions to ask before paying for editorial, marketing, or publicity services.
7. Why due diligence matters more than ever when querying agents.

Publishing News

1. Bloomsbury reveals how much it expects to receive from the Anthropic settlement.
2. ISBNdb sources physical books for AI companies, raising new questions about copyright, preservation, and transparency.
3. Hachette launches its Reading Is Golden public service campaign to encourage daily family reading.

• AI firms are buying old books for slop-free training data
• AI firms are buying old books for slop-free training data
• Raising Readers | Reading Is Golden
• Judge Gives Final Approval of $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement
• Major AALA Ethics Update Allows Agents to Offer Paid Editorial, Publicity Services
• Hachette’s Raising Readers Initiative Releases PSA
• AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
• Home : America's Editor - Let's work together.
• More Writing Tips

Host: Rosemi Mederos, America's Editor

Production: Allon Media

Website: writingbreak.com |

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