In China Daily Mei Jia offers an appropriately muddled and confused article claiming Literary agents open new chapter in China.
There's Nobel laureate Mo Yan announcing that: "his daughter Guan Xiaoxiao has full rights to represent him in copyright talks and any other negotiations on cooperation" -- though maybe that doesn't extend globally, as Andrew Wylie still lists him as a client .....
Then there's:
Of course Chen does have a problem:
There's Nobel laureate Mo Yan announcing that: "his daughter Guan Xiaoxiao has full rights to represent him in copyright talks and any other negotiations on cooperation" -- though maybe that doesn't extend globally, as Andrew Wylie still lists him as a client .....
Then there's:
Chen Liming, president of Beijing Genuine and Profound Culture Development Corp, who has been offering literary agent-like services to top Chinese writers including Mo and Mai Jia, known for his spy and detective novels.(Personally, I think representation by them is worth it just for the name alone -- who could ask for more than: 'Genuine and Profound Culture Development' from their representative ?)
Of course Chen does have a problem:
Chen said a big block in front of him is the lack of talent.Thank god China is still a nicely unsequestered statist place -- so:
Yilin's Liu suggests government support in the budding period of literary agents.But what will they do in the rotting period sure to follow if these folks actually get their claws into the field and establish themselves as pseudo-vital ?