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I do get that some people don't see any value in having an agent or having a publisher. Of course, a lot of people don't see the value of having a real estate agent and prefer to sell their house themselves to save the agent's fee. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.
The bottom line is that a good agent knows the business and has a much better idea than most of what the market is for a given book. You might think that you are going to get 6 figures for your great American novel, but the odds are against you. Yes, there are bad agents out there but there is a reason why most successful authors tend to think very highly of their agent. Citing one unhappy mid-tier author doesn't counter that.
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