[FULL INTERVIEW] Advice From a Top Literary Agent

This is the full interview with top literary agent Mark Gottlieb. He works at Trident Media Group, which has ranked #1 for sales according to Publisher's Marketplace over the last decade.

Here are the major sections:

00:45 Why choose traditional publishing?

2:49 How much marketing and publicity support will you get from a publisher?

7:05 How Dan Brown's DA VINCI CODE became an unexpected success

12:46 Why book publishers take 1-1.5 yrs to publish your book

16:08 Author Platform: How to build it

23:24 Endorsements: How to get them and why they're surprisingly important to publishers

26:04 What makes a good query letter?

29:42 Role of an agent and their compensation

33:56 Querying before you've finished writing your book

35:23 Book proposals (and when you can get away with a mini-proposal)

36:23 How to find successful literary agents

39:24 Advice for authors with a work-in-progress

40:24 Trident Media Group & Mark Gottlieb's track record

Also, don't miss the blog article:

https://bit.ly/2RhWGlV

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