Software is coming, too, including a buying agent called E-speak that can search the Web, inventory other programs and broker deals.

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Dodson's attorney complained to the DOJ Office of Inspector General in July 2011 that someone had leaked the memo after the agent received an e-mail from a FOX news producer asking for comment on excerpts.

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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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