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Originally Posted by James_Wilde
Right on, Nashira. And it's even worse if you're pushing a book at agents. Some of them actually ask you to report how many other agents have already seen the book. If ten have rejected it, chances are the eleventh is going to be negatively affected before he starts reading.
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I don't think that's quite the motive. Publishers don't like (and generally won't knowingly read) simultaneous submissions. Agents are likewise. An agent wants to know if other agents are also considering the manuscript. The agent wants to be your exclusive representative. Whether an agent will be less inclined to look at something another agent has passed on will depend upon the agent and the manuscript. It may simply be a case of an agent passing on a manuscript for the same reason a publisher might: it's not the kind of work they handle.
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Dennis