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

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.

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

We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!

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

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.

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.