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Online Agent Search

LizyLizy
edited December 2015 in Writing
What's the best way to go about this?

gave up looking for an agent when I realised nobody would take me on from Tenerife, but now I'm back I'm going to give it another go.
BUT...
I can't read the small print in W&AYB so I'm not going to buy a new copy.
Spending hours peering at my laptop screen is bad too, so any suggestions about how to whittle down the initial search would help.

Comments

  • Lou TreleavenLou Treleaven
    You could try Agent Hunter?
    http://www.agenthunter.co.uk
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    WAYB do an online version, Lizy. Have you considered sending back to the agent who said you lived too far away?
  • LizyLizy
    There were several, MRs Bear, but it was six years ago and I didn't keep their individual remarks, only listed the refusals!
    I did contact the woman who signed me up initially, who was kind enough to reply saying she remembers me and my book- yay! - but isn't taking on any more authors. Might be true, might not.
    I'll look for the WAYB online. I think I should get my eyes re-tested now I'm back - I really am struggling to look at the screen for more than an hour.

    Thanks Lou - I'll check them out too.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    Have you thought about approaching indie publishers? They don't expect an author to have an agent, they will take you on if they believe the book will sell.
  • LizyLizy
    Hadn't thought of that, no. That's a whole new and unexplored world.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    And don't forget the world of self-publishing. Whether a publisher takes you or not, you will still have the same marketing work to undertake.

    You might, eventually, want to consider the Alliance of Independent Authors: http://allianceindependentauthors.org/?affid=2339

    There's a few TBers who are members.
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