$5000 reading fee

[Stanley Tweedle]

I am curious what would happen if an agent charged $5000 or more for a reading fee. Would anyone pay that?

[Joseph Stewart]

I wouldn't pay a five-cent reading fee to any agent. And people should follow suit, because the fee-charging agent would soon become a thing of the past. The few people that would pay to be read, would submit garbage that wouldn't stand a chance anyway, and the fee-charging agent couldn't sell it, would have to survive on the fees, and eventually would starve to death.

[Parker Lewis]

I'm sure writers have paid five big ones, or more. Perhaps not for reading fees, but for publishing with a vanity press, sure, I'll bet people have paid a bomb for that sort of thing.
Wanting to see your name in print does funny, desperate things to some.

[Brian Libby]

I don't think anyone who posts here would pay a $5,000 reading fee. Or $500.

If an author paid $5,000 to a vanity press, that would be at least understandable, in that he would then have a lot of books (in his garage). Not a good idea, but understandable. But a reading fee???

[Brittie .]

You're joking aren't you?

[Denise .]

I've been drinking for the first time in four months, and I have to say, Stanley Tweedle, you are weird and if you want to be taken seriously, you need to give up that tweety bird name. $5000. you start threads to cause disturbance. That's unheard of. Stop making a mockery of this site.

[Eric George]

I'll offer a $500 discount for anyone calling within the next ten minutes.

[Terri D]

hmm...maybe Stanley should start drinking before he posts.

[Roy Abrahams]

Tweedle . . . Dum

[Joseph Stewart]

Maybe Stan is thinking of becoming an agent, and seeing how many bites he could get.