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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
If you have a contract with your agent, it is probably a violation of that contract to make any direct deal with a publisher. Macmillan's going directly to an agented author is a very serious violation of protocol. It reeks of "trying to pull a fast one."
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It might be a violation of the author's deal with the agent, but that has nothing to do with the publisher, they are doing nothing wrong by simply approaching the authors directly, it is up to the author to refer them to their designated representative if applicable.