There has been a lot of buzz lately about the implosion of Borders, with two executives recently resigning and banks offering the troubled company lenient terms for repaying its debt.
In response, Barnes & Nobles executives are offering a sadly typical, false free-market argument against the “special terms.” Continue reading →
The Writer Beware! blog’s Victoria Strauss posted an intriguing piece based on a recent Twitter frenzy on the possibility that literary agents might bump their rates from 15 to 20 percent. The comments, as one might expect, are all over the place, with readers coming down on this or that (or the other) side of the debate.