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Opt out of Google Settlement by Sept 4

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

We are approaching the final deadline for authors to opt out of the Google Settlement. Our agency has advised our clients to opt out unless the author has a clear business and legal reason for opting in. If you haven’t already carefully determined that you need to opt in, the prudent course is to opt out. The Science Fiction Writers of America now recommends that members opt out and has a readable summary from the author’s perspective at their site.

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Backstage Tours

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Backstage Tours are now available at the Eyes Like Stars website. This amazing novel set in The Theatre Illuminata, a wonderland where drama lives, has already gone back to press after being on sale for only a week or so. Author, director-producer Lisa Manchev has opened one more part of her theater with this innovative website for the books.

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Guide to the Google Settlement in PDF

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

This item duplicates the link to download the PDF file of our Guide to Google Settlement because some readers found the link hard to find at the end of the previous post. Do read the previous post that presents our major concerns, then download the Guide for the steps authors need to take.

AGLA Guide to the Google Settlement

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Welcome to our blog

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Welcome to the blog of the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency.
In this blog we will be writing on topics that we think should be of interest to authors and even readers who would like to know more about how the books they read are made. I’m going to kick this off this week, so drop by and see what I think is worth talking about. Beginning in January, we will all be posting. In future entries I hope to cover topics like these:

  • How a fundamental shift in western business thinking has changed how publishers and booksellers approach their core business and what that means to authors and agents.
  • A look at new trends in technology that make author’s careers easier to launch and more profitable than ever.
  • When and why you need an agent to sell a book; when any reputable agent will be better than none and when you need us.

    • A blog’s Categories help readers focus on their interests when the blogger writes on a variety of topics. To kick off, I’ve elected these categories:

  • Agents – is the category for questions everyone has about agents. I will try to focus on what makes us different as agents, when all agents generally do the same things.
  • Business – I view Publishing as a business and encourage all authors to regard themselves as a business also.
  • Clients – is the category of shameless promotion for our clients and their books. Check here to see what we’ve sold.
  • Investing – is one of those areas that distinguishes our agency from other agents who are equally skilled and experienced in selling books and negotiating contracts. I believe that every author must not just treat his or her writing as a business, but as a valuable investment. I select clients with the same care that I buy stocks.
  • Publicity – covers all those things an author can do to promote his or her work without spending a lot of time or money.
  • Publishing – is about all the aspects of publishing that are unique and which make publishing wonderful, fun, insane, and dangerous.
  • Query – is a special category for the elusive and frustrating magic of the author’s query.
  • Technology – is reshaping the world and we have to pay attention to the tools, channels, and new values that are rushing at us.
  • Writing – is the category covering anything to do with communicating with words.

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