Author Barry Eisler shocked the publishing world when he walked away from a $500,000 deal with St. Martin's Press so that he could self-e-publish his next John Rain novel.
If a publisher came to me and asked to represent my my novel, promising to shop it around to other publishers, I'd be stunned.
Look out Sony e-reader, Nook and Kobo, because Amazon announced this week that Kindles are now on display and available for purchase at 3,200 Walmart stores.
I prefer to meet agents face to face, eyeball to eyeball.