French Editor’s Jump to Agenting "Akin to Treachery"

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Former Buchet-Chastel editor Marc Parent is launching a new Paris-based literary agency, in part to help authors make a better living from their writing. 
As if e-books weren't trouble enough, in France a VAT rate increase of 5.5% to 7% on books forced many booksellers to close for two days to reprice books. 

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