The Agent: Personalities, Politics, and Publishing [first edition]

Arthur Klebanoff is one of the worldÂ's most powerful literary agents and has the record to prove it. Among his authors are Michael Bloomberg, Danielle Steel, Bill Bradley, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Patrick Moynihan, Linda Goodman, Rupert Murdoch, and the Pope. Many have generated more than $1 billion in retail sales. In this memoir of his professional life, Klebanoff recounts all the Â'lessons learnedÂ' and the fascinating people who has met on the way to his recent acquisition of the famous Scott Meredith Literary Agency. He is also CEO of Rosetta Books, the leading electronic publisher of quality backlist books. In The Agent, Klebanoff also includes his vision of the future of book publishing to which he will no doubt leave a lasting legacy.