Ask The Industry Podcast

Jessie joined Janklow & Nesbit in 2010, shortly after graduating from Leeds University with a degree in English Literature. As well as building up her list of fiction and non-fiction authors, she runs the company’s social media presence and sells foreign rights across a number of different territories. On the fiction side she’s looking for stand-out voices and original storytelling; novels that ask difficult questions, and explore the answers to those questions in a unique and imaginative way. I got her on the podcast to talk about -What is a literary agent?Where do you even start looking for the right agent?When should you approach an agent, what should you send and what are the common errors writers make?What happens from finding a book idea to getting it on the shelf with an agent.What books sell best in what countryThe value of social media for an author when pitching a book. Is the trend of internet celebrities getting book deals a fad? Or the way forward for the publishing industry?Ar