How to Become a Literary Agent

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Tip 1 - Become a Book Agent: Education and Career Roadmap

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jack Andrade | permalink

Students who searched for Become a Book Agent: Education and Career Roadmap found the following resources, articles, links, and information helpful.
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For further reading: http://study.com/articles/Become_a_Book_Agent_Education_and_Career_Roadmap.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to be a literary agent

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by bluetrumpet 01 | permalink

Leading literary agent Juliet Mushens explains the demands – and rewards – of one of the best jobs in publishing• Date: Monday 27 October 2014• Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London• Price: £99
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For further reading: http://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/how-to-be-a-literary-agent-juliet-mushens-professional-skills-course ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Become A Literary Agent in 2 Easy Steps

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Pedro Malta | permalink

By Mandy Hubbard Become a literary agent in two easy steps! 1) Decide you want to become a literary agent. 2) Call yourself a literary agent. I should be kidding, but there’s a grain o...

For further reading: http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2012/09/05/how-to-become-a-literary-agent-in-2-easy-steps/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - How Do You Become a Literary Agent? - Rachelle Gardner

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ana de Siqueira | permalink

Believe it or not, I get emails regularly from people who want to become literary agents, and they want advice on how to do it. Typically, the people who send these emails are either right out of college or they’re looking for a career change, and they have no experience in the actual workings of publishing. …

For further reading: http://www.rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-a-literary-agent/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Literary Agents

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Franck JULLIEN | permalink

Literary agents, like agents in Hollywood, find and represent literary talent. As authors' representatives, literary agents try to land book deals for their clients.

For further reading: http://mediacareers.about.com/od/mediajobprofiles/a/LiteraryAgent.htm ^[5]

Tip 6 - How To Become A Literary Agent

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sharrone Smith | permalink

Literary agent Juliet Mushens began her publishing career at HarperCollins after reading history at Cambridge. She now works for The Agency Group. Here, she shares her 10 tips for breaking into the publishing industry.
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For further reading: http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/546705/how-to-become-a-literary-agent.html ^[6]

Tip 7 - Top 10 tips for being a literary agent - BBC News

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Pauline Couture | permalink

Top 10 tips: Jonny Geller's top 10 tips for becoming a top book agent

For further reading: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27343135 ^[7]

Tip 8 - Literary Agent: The Real Poop

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by michio | permalink

Want to be a Literary Agent? Learn the low-down by reading Shmoop’s career overview that outlines what it takes to get and keep the job.
Tags: Literary Agent, career overview, job overview, what is a Literary Agent?, Literary Agent overview, what does a Literary Agent do?

For further reading: http://www.shmoop.com/careers/literary-agent/ ^[8]