During the opening panel at the People of Publishing conference, hosted today by the Association of American Literary Agents, ceos Jonathan Karp (Simon & Schuster), David Shelley (Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK), and Jon Yaged (Macmillan) discussed the current state of publishing, including AI, getting kids to connect with books, and agent relationships. When asked about his pet peeve about the connections between agents and publishers, Karp said that he knows that editors ghosting agents is a big issue. He has asked S&S editors to respond to agents within three weeks–and, in turn, encouraged agents to accept “it’s not […]
