Ten percent of nothing
Subtitle: the case of the literary agent from hell
By: Jim Fisher.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Deering, Dorothy.; Literary agents -- United States -- Biography.; Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Former FBI agent Jim Fisher upends the genteel racket of fee-based literary agents and vanity publishers in this searing look at the rise and fall of one bogus entrepreneur who systematically swindled thousands of would-be writers out of millions of dollars with promises of having their work turned into salable books. In divulging the details of this colossal and shocking confidence game, the author exposes a growing and serious crime against writers and a dark, ugly secret about the American publishing industry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.