Linkage

Another agent has a guest post from a major account sales assistant at a major publishing house that talks about how books are sold to the major accounts, and promotions allocated.  It's interesting.  You can check it out here.

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  1. Tim AkersJuly 9, 2009 at 7:03 AM

    Fascinating stuff. I mean, the more I know about this industry, the better I feel. At least there will be *math* behind my book not showing up on the new release table. This time around. :-D

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