LARRY KIRSHBAUM

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

I'm sure in a lot of publishing houses that there is a frustration that people feel, that they're not in control, that they are puppets and the corporate bosses are manipulating the strings.

A nonfiction author has to bring a platform with him - radio, a TV show or some kind of recognizable vehicle to help launch them. And the agent is really necessary to represent all of the business interests of the author.

I'd only been in the business three or four years, but I told myself that someday I'd like to be Mort Janklow.

I'd only been in the business three or four years, but I told myself that someday I'd like to be Mort Janklow.

I'm sure in a lot of publishing houses that there is a frustration that people feel, that they're not in control, that they are puppets and the corporate bosses are manipulating the strings.

A nonfiction author has to bring a platform with him - radio, a TV show or some kind of recognizable vehicle to help launch them. And the agent is really necessary to represent all of the business interests of the author.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.