Literary Agents in China: WTF?
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-03/02/content_16268607.htm
Via the Complete Review:
In China Daily Mei Jia offers an appropriately muddled and confused article claiming Literary agents open new chapter in China. There's Nobel laureate Mo Yan announcing that: "his daughter Guan Xiaoxiao has full rights to represent him in copyright talks and any other negotiations on cooperation" -- though maybe that doesn't extend globally, as Andrew Wylie still lists him as a client... Then there's:
Chen Liming, president of Beijing Genuine and Profound Culture
Development Corp, who has been offering literary agent-like
services to top Chinese writers including Mo and Mai Jia, known
for his spy and detective novels.
(Personally, I think representation by them is worth it just for the name alone -- who could ask for more than: 'Genuine and Profound Culture Development' from their representative ?) Of course Chen does have a problem:
Comments
Well, Mai Jia has also signed up with Aitken Alexander Associates in London, who represent him in English.
Brian Holton, March 11, 2013, 6:04p.m.