The Bookseller - News - Pandemic and long hours prompt editors to turn to agenting

Tran Van Sang believes there is more movement within the industry overall, including publicists such as Emma Bal moving from Bloomsbury to The Madeline Milburn Literary Agency, and Emma Herdman who went the opposite way, from agent to editor.

The pandemic has inspired more introspection about job motivation prompting change in the industry, she suggested. "I think the reason for each shift is individual, but in trying to draw broader strokes, it's probably fair to say that a lot of people have been looking at their jobs in a new light since the start of the pandemic, and perhaps reconsidering what they feel is important, or what it is they really want to do, and whether their current role is giving that to them.