Do eBook Authors Need Agents and Publishers?

Yesterday, SuperAgent Matt Wagner Tweeted a link to Peter Osnos’ take on eBooks.  Is SuperAgent Wagner oddly tooting his own funeral dirge?  Or is Matt Wagner sensing an opportunity on the horizon the rest of us are unable to envision?

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Slipstream Salesmanship

When it comes to selling on the internet — a book, an idea, a jacket, a bucket of flowers — is it the power of cognition, the quality of the work, or the advertising scheme that sells the product?

If a product does not sell — does one blame the producer, the product, or the sales pitch?

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