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From my own experience to discover a black sheep: If you've found and agent, google him. Google harder! If you think, he is reputable, change your keywords and google again! No, not kidding. I ...
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System
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2019-12-08T00:49:34Z (over 4 years ago)
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John Smithers
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2019-12-08T00:49:34Z (over 4 years ago)
From my own experience to discover a black sheep: 1. If you've found and agent, google him. 2. Google harder! 3. If you think, he is reputable, change your keywords and google again! No, not kidding. I found an agent who was very promising. Professional homepage, listed all the things you look for (you have to pay no money, best publishers, etc.) I googled him and found nothing. Nothing good, nothing bad. If you only seek for the established ones, the new guys never have a chance, so I thought I give it a try. But I always sleep one night, before making a final decision. The next day his homepage was gone. Not accessible. So I googled again, this time harder. And then I found a forum discussion about this agent, demonstrating that he was a bad apple, with newspaper article and everything your cold heart wishes. So, yes, I'm serious about my three points above.
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2010-11-25T19:23:51Z (over 13 years ago)
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