Nobody would publish it, but a book agent pushed him to write about his research.
Yale historian Donald Kagan, an expert on the Peloponnesian War, was enthusiastic and introduced Strassler to his book agent, Glen Hartley.
Fortunately, you can bypass the travel agent and book directly with a consolidator to get the reduced rate.
In America, according to Forrester, a research company, long-haul travellers spend 58% more than domestic leisure travellers, but are more than twice as likely to use an offline agent to book their trip.
These are just examples, but whether you book through a travel agent, an airline, or online chances are if you are headed to Spain or Greece you are going to find better deals than any time in the recent past.
Penguin Press Publisher Ann Godoff, who also publishes Ms. Smith, bought "Ghana Must Go" as part of a two-book deal in 2010 from agent Andrew Wylie.
Peek is part booking agent, part tour book.
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Cynthia, another agent on duty, helped book him a seat on the earliest flight the next morning.
Many people research travel options in cyberspace only to book their trip through a retail travel agent.
An airline agent tried to re-book him on another flight while U.S. Airways corporate security was notified, police said.
As I wrote in P art I of this series, you can find an agent to submit a for Dummies book proposal from scratch.
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Two years later, after pouring everything I had into that second novel, I was broke, back in debt, and the book had been rejected by almost every literary agent in America.
Whiplash has created a Web site to let the public book a group travel package, bypassing the travel agent.
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"It's an absolutely hilarious book, " says Laura Susijn, his longtime agent and friend.
Andrew Wylie, a prominent literary agent, has launched an e-book partnership with Amazon for some of his authors, bypassing traditional publishers and frightening them more than the latest Stephen King horror story.
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She and her husband are still shopping around for a literary agent and a publisher but are hoping the book will come out this summer.
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Some unfamiliar names are also listed such as Chris Nathaniel, a young agent who has negotiated a seven-figure book deal for England's John Terry and works closely with Ferdinand, Micah Richards, Obafemi Martins and Ryan Babel.
So, Armentrout huddled with her agent and they decided to self-publish the book.
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About this time last year, I had just completed the manuscript for my new book, and was looking forward to working with my wonderful agent, Jim Levine, to find the best and most supportive publisher for it.
In 2010 a great friend and literary agent, Lorin Rees talked me into writing a book (www.greggfairbrothers.com) on turning ideas into success, despite the fact I'm no writer, and now here I am writing about leadership and being entrepreneurial in a blog, despite the fact I'm no blogger either.
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K. Rowling, was on welfare raising her little girl when her agent called to tell her that Bloomsbury would publish her book about an adolescent wizard named Harry Potter.
Inside the dedicated app, riders can book and modify reservations easily without having to worry with a refund from an agent first.
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After spending their careers blurring truth and fiction, many retired agents are challenged by life after the CIA. Mendez has focused his energies on painting, on his book, and on spending more time with his wife, also a retired CIA agent and former chief of disguise.
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Will Lippincott, El Shafee's literary agent in the United States, said the timing of the revolution had made the book particularly topical.
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My agent, the dogged Susan Lee Cohen, was still negotiating the terms of the book deal after Joe and I had delivered the incredibly detailed TOC and first sample chapter to Wiley.
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Then, according to an account by media watchdog Steven Brill, she was the Set-Up Artist, a conniver who teamed up with literary agent Lucianne Goldberg to expose Clinton's alleged misdeeds primarily because she wanted a book deal.
When handsome Bob had submitted his first book manuscript to a dozen publishers, which they all rejected, he decided he wanted a major agent.
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MI6 agent, was remanded in custody last week after a court was told that he was writing a book about his experiences.
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