Pseudo-Agents Take Advantage of India’s Aspiring Authors

Publishing Perpectives

A new breed of shady Indian literary agents offering a roster of dubious services are preying on naive aspiring writers.
In the West, most writers engage literary agents to represent their works and assist in the negotiation and sale of their book to publishers. However legitimate literary agents are still relatively rare in India — over 90% of the authors submit their manuscripts directly to the publishers — and the concept of “representation” is itself relatively new.
Over the last few years several unscrupulous individuals in India have taken advantage of the naiveté of aspiring writers — and the absence of competition from established local or international agencies — to open shop as agents.


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