In part 1 of this series, I outlined the concept of Strategic Relationship Management. So far, I have applied these principles to publishers and authors. Today, I want to apply them to agents.
I was a literary agent for six years, so I am speaking here from experience. What would the ideal, high-profit, low-maintenance agent look like from the publisher’s perspective? Here are fifteen characteristics:
In part 1 of this series, I outlined the concept of Strategic Relationship Management. In yesterday’s post I began to apply these principles, starting with The Ideal Publisher. Today, I want to provide the profile of the ideal author.
What would the ideal, high-profit, low-maintenance author look like from the publisher’s perspective? Here are fifteen characteristics:
In my last post, I outlined the concept of Strategic Relationship Management. In this post, I want to begin to apply these principles. Since professionally, I am a publisher, I will start with publishers.
What would the ideal, high-profit, low-maintenance publisher look like from the agent’s perspective? Here are fifteen characteristics:
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Hi, my name is Michael Hyatt and I am the Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the world's largest Christian publisher. In my free time, I enjoy my family, writing, speaking, running, and occasionally playing golf. Learn more about me »
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It is often said that children are the wealth of the poor. This was not my experience. But books are without question the wealth of the poor’s children. Books are a guiding light out of the underworld, a secret passageway, an escape hatch. To the affluent, books are ornaments. To the poor, books are siege weapons.”
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