Publishing links

I’m feeling lazy, so we’ll kick off the week with some agent links.

• Jessica Faust reminds us that a unique book cannot be too different.
• Janet Reid gives us a few reasons why we should do our research before querying.
• Jennifer Jackson runs down the query statistics for the first half of 2009.
• Kristin Nelson reveals what pitches recently inspired her to request pages.
• Nephele Tempest reflects on the Alice Hoffman review kerfuffle.

And from the editors:

• Editorial Anonymous reiterates that prologues are bad. And that there is no such thing as being “pre-published.”
• Editorial Ass discusses differences in titles between the US and UK.
• Evil Editor provides yet another set of comments on a potential query letter.
• The Intern gives us a look at editorial meetings and some current hot trends.