{"id":3957,"date":"2022-05-20T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2022-05-20T14:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:18:45","slug":"can-you-be-your-own-publishing-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/can-you-be-your-own-publishing-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you be your own publishing agent?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosm.pub\/podcast\">People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>, Joe and Elly answer a question from someone who <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ou4j7ONJpLE\">wonders if they can act as their own agent<\/a>. It&#8217;s a legit question, especially since a lot of major publishing houses and imprints (though not all!) only accept agented submissions. How can you get around this requirement? Or should you even try? 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