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"Tim Maher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu na mensagem
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> Hello Perl Authors,
>
> Does anyone have a book ("literary") agent to recommend?
> I'm shopping for one, and would appreciate benefiting from your
> experience.
>
> Preferably someone you're sure helped you get more favorable
> contractual terms, get along better with your publisher, and maybe
> even find new writing opportunities.
>
> Incidentally, in case the results of my "Best Perl Publishers"
> (from author's POV) thread weren't obvious to everybody, O'Reilly
> came in as a clear first choice, Manning as second, and everybody
> else as a distant third. (Although just about every publisher who's
> tried has fielded at least one half-decent Perl title, many have
> very spotty track records).
>
> The biggest factors affecting judgments of publishers by authors
> were: professional skills and personal characteristics of Editors,
> acceptability of publisher-dictated macros for doing markup, quality
> of support staff (for illustrations, etc.), and marketing prowess.
>
> -Tim
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