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Traditionally, agents receive a ?% commission on everything an author gets paid (advance and royalties) - correct answer 15% If you, an author, have written a textbook, do you need an agent? - correct answer ...

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Traditionally, agents receive a ?% commission on everything an author gets paid (advance and royalties)
- correct answer 15%



If you, an author, have written a textbook, do you need an agent? - correct answer
No



All books need to be agented (T/F) - correct answer False



Platform and marketability of your book are more important if you are an author of what genre? -
correct answer Nonfiction



A common complaint from writers about agents if they are unhappy with their agent is... - correct
answer they don't respond to messages enough



If you are a fiction writer, your manuscript (will/will not) be edited further by your agent typically -
correct answer will



It often takes a _____ and ______ of rejections before finding an agent - correct answer
long time / hundreds



The first letter an aspiring author sends to an agent is called a - correct answer
query letter



There are generally two paths to becoming an agent - correct answer 1. Intern
for an agent and work your way up the ladder

2. Getting any job in publishing to transition over



A query letter or manuscript submission to an editor (at a publication or at a publisher), or to a literary
agent, is often reffered to as being part of the - correct answer Slush pile

, This type of publishing, as opposed to educational or religious publishing, focuses on regular readers at
standard bookstores - correct answer Trade publishing



ARC - correct answer Advance Review Copy



A book that has come out in the past 6 months - correct answer Frontlist



Big 5 Publishers - correct answer Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster,
Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group,



This area of book publishing was the fastest growing segment in publishing for the past few years. One
of the reasons our book says it is a growing area is that prior to Covid, people's commutes to work have
been growing in length, leaving more time for this - correct answer Audio
books



Name one reason why children's books are a stable market - correct answer
Books are often given to children as presents from relatives



This subcategory of the publishing house is typically established because an editor is being rewarded by
the publishing house. If a publishing house decides to sub-categorize books upon publication, then on
the printed book it might list what is called an (?) as the primary publisher (rather than the publishing
house's name). - correct answer Imprint



POD - correct answer print on demand



The action of a bookstore associate who recommends a book to a customer, who then in turn buys it,
would be described as - correct answer Handselling



New Adult books are classified by the presence of what thematic content, typically? - correct answer
Sexual

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