In this scenario, the agent becomes a central node in a marketplace of suppliers and authors, making connections and helping authors get reliable help turning their story into an actual book.

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Responding to other requests, the judge said she'll allow the defense to explore possible bias of an investigator from the Kennebunk Police Department but won't allow the defense to cast the case as a David versus Goliath scenario with regards to the vast resources used to target Strong, an insurance agent.

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