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As more than 800 authors converge on Boston’s The Muse and The Marketplace Conference, a new avenue into library collections is being hailed by a bookless library — in San Antonio, Texas.

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In what some authors may find surprising, a leading ‘gatekeeper,’ literary agent Kristin Nelson, says an authoritative personality can be writer’s best friend in negotiation — the best chance you have of seeing the gate to your prosperity well-kept.

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The absurd element here is that entrepreneurial authors, the smallest-business element of the industry! the industry!, are being penalized by the ISBN’s pricing. And the larger, corporate entities in the business, whether independent houses or the mighty Big Five publishers, are getting the best deal.

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You can always disagree with me. I disagree with me several times a day.