literary agents

George Saunders and Esther Newberg, Victor LaValle and Glora Loomis, Roxana Robinson and Lynn Nesbit on what it takes to maintain a long-term agent-author relationship.

A behind-the-scenes look at the inexact science—and mathematics—of book advances, from small presses to the Big Five. 

The consolidation of the book industry over the past decade has meant a blurring of boundaries between the conventional roles of agent and editor.