On Agency Agreements

Literary agent Jennifer Laughran from Andrea Brown literary on agency agreements/contracts:

Here's are the big points an agency agreement should contain, and things to watch out for. NOTE: Some agencies have no agreements at all, it is all verbal/handshake. Some agencies will have more or less items, or have these worded in different ways, or in a different order, but these are in general items that should be covered either in your written agreement or in your conversation pre-"handshake" deal:

1. Scope of Representation

2. Commission

3. Termination:

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