Another Trap: Agent-Curated Self-Publishing

Lobster Traps

The New York Timesreported once: “A new Perseus unit, called Argo Navis Author Serviceswill be available (only) to authors who are represented by an agency that has signed an agreement with Perseus.

Perseus emphasized that while Argo Navis provided distribution and marketing services, the author remained the publisher. While authors get a higher share of the revenue under this arrangement, they’ll receive fewer (or almost none) of the services, and financial support, provided...