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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 01, 2008 Type: User Review Time is Now

Katharine Sands is a New York literary agent. We heard her speak in a workshop some time back. She knows her business and has sage advice for the beginning writer as to how to attract and kept the attention of an agent. This title should sit on...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 27, 2008 Type: User Review The Best

The best book I've ever read about the business of writing. A top agent herself, Sands has gathered the wisdom and candor of other agents as well to share what writers need to know. PITCH is as valuable for what it says between the lines. Like...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 19, 2008 Type: User Review PRACTICAL MAGIC

As a freelance writer, author, and Internet marketing consultant, I am always looking for new insight into the difficult process of attracting an agent or publisher's eye, both for my own writing and for that of my author clients. When this book...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 25, 2008 Type: User Review Just Buy It

This book IS the best one out there on query letters. If you are serious about writing a stellar query letter, buy the book.

After reviewing the techniques, I wrote a new query letter.

I expected the usual rejections....
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 12, 2008 Type: User Review You need this book

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