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.

No one likes it, apart from blind people, and I'm sure even they can sense it's profound ugliness as it passes by.

You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.

It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamt of.

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.

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

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