If you have already signed up with an agent, tell them to contact us with your work, and we will gladly study their proposal. But it will be no different than when you contact us yourself. Our book contracts are pretty uniform . So there is really not much an agent can do that most of you can t do yourself. However, if you are already committed to an agent, you must honor that commitment .
Most agents are very pleasant to work with for a publisher.
Some of our authors decide to hire a publicist after being signed up by us. This can be a good decision if the publicist knows how to expose the author locally. It makes very little sense to hire an East Coast publicist if you live on the West Coast, or the other way around. We once had a California author hire a Philadelphia media expert, only to find himself interviewed by one obscure Midwest radio station with no audience. That s money wasted.