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I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer for hire and has no control over copyright or over editorial changes made to the text.
I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down.
It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.
Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe.
The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics.
The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers.
We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that.
We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!
We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!
You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.
He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent.
In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.
The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.
Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.
I love being in the studio.
I try to put myself into unusual and difficult situations as often as I can in order to capture the element of struggle in the music.
I'm a lifer, yeah... I can honestly say I'm a lifer.
It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.
Our motto is whenever you make a mistake, do it twice.
So I think rather than being attracted so much now to working with my heroes, I'm sort of more attracted to working with completely unlikely strangers because it's more exciting really.
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Agnes Martin
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22 March, 1912
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16 December, 2004
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