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By Robert Nagle

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Mike Dunn asks, are agents still necessary in an age of podcast novels?:

… as podcasting authors, you are directly engaging w/ your audience and fans, viewing your podcasts, blogs, twittering, etc… why the desire to add a clueless agent into the middle of your creative process if you don’t have to?

today the top podcasting authors are doing something very different than their traditional publishing only peers – they are fully in control of their creative process, production, marketing, fan interaction and distribution – yes they are early adopting leaders, and from what i can tell most started podcasting their stories out of frustration w/ the traditional gatekeeper hierarchal processes – so now that you have a successful podcasting audience and fan-base, why would you want to re-subject yourselves to the agent/publisher jerk-around…

now, granted everyone needs advice from knowledgeable subject matter experts from time to time, such as help w/ the legal aspects of contracts, guidance on website development, audio and video production recommendations, etc… – but very shortly (if not now for early adopters) the need for clueless gatekeepers such as agents and rep firms just won’t be needed anymore – these legacy minded middleman representatives are a complete waste of time and money for podcasting authors…

Speaking of audio books, check out the Podiobooker blog by Evo Terra with new releases from Podiobooks.

 
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