Janet Reid, Literary Agent

I’m the kind of guy who’s always been of the mindset that traditional publishing is the way to go. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had opportuni...

Earlier this year my debut novel was published by an independent publisher. I recently received a pretty sweet review from Kirkus Reviews f...

Last week, you mentioned BookScan numbers when publishers are looking at self-published titles. So I naturally went to look up mine and wa...

When I first started writing with intent, I completed my first “real” novel. Being youthful in my journey toward publication and filled wit...

I currently have four full requests out with agents for the manuscript I'm querying, but I've decided that if those fall though, I...

I don't believe this has been addressed on your blog and perhaps that's because the answer is too long, but, I was wondering why it...

I have been working on a book series for almost a decade now, and the idea of handing it off to someone else worries me for two reasons: ...

You've said that a self-published novel is not considered a valid credit when approaching a publisher or agent, but then I was wonderin...

In several posts you comment on the negative impact that self-publishing may have on securing a traditional publishing contract for a novel...

I have a question, not a complex question, but I have hit a brick wall in the industry. No one replies. I found your site and was hoping t...

With the growing popularity of hybrid and self-publishing options, I have a number of published authors in my writing chapter who are not r...

  At this point in my life, I have no job and little income, and am falling behind on utility bills and mortgage. In order to keep my house...

My memoir was published in 2012, both as an ebook and in print (POD), by a small independent publisher. It's done quite well on Am...

  I'm getting ready to send out query letters and I want to be as transparent as possible with potential agents. When I was 17 I wrote ...

  I’ve seen a lot of authors talk about how they self-published their novel digitally, then sold their print rights to a publisher while re...

I self published a book of short stories a few years back. (It seemed like a good idea at the time.) It got a few good reviews, everyone...

Are there agents who are willing to represent 100-ish page women’s fiction manuscripts these days? And if so, what is the market? I see t...

I have a question for you (I have only read so far back on your blog posts, so I apologize if you have addressed this farther back) regar...