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Another book publishing myth is you need a literary agent. Not true! #selfpublishing #bookwriting

5 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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Julie Broad debunks the myth that authors must have a literary agent to be published, advocating self-publishing for those who want control, faster publication, and to retain rights and royalties. She notes one exception: consider a foreign-rights agent if you want to sell rights internationally. She emphasizes that ultimately the author is responsible for selling their own books.

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Myth3 you need a literary Agent to be published. You're watching videos on being a self published author so I feel like you already know this, but every single day I meet or hear from somebody who wants help finding an agent so they can get a book deal so they can get published. If you want to sell your book to foreign publishers, I would recommend getting a foreign rights agent. But if you want to sell your book in your market, self publish and keep your rights, royalties and all the control, your book will be out in the world so much faster. Doing this for versus finding an agent and then waiting and then working on the publisher's timelines. The big thing most authors don't realize is no matter whether you get an agent and a book deal or not, there's only one person who is responsible for selling books and it's that lovely face looking back at you in the mirror. Not mine. Your face looking back at you in the mirror.