ADALI is the first association of Italian literary agents

ADALI, the first Association of Italian Literary Agents, is born: thirty-seven agencies are founding members of the association, which brings together agents and agencies, representatives of authors and publishing houses that have been operating for at least two years and have tax residence in Italy or whose portfolio knows at least 50 percent of their portfolio consists of Italian authors represented in the Italian publishing market. Members adhere to strict and high standards of competence and professionalism and a shared code of ethics.

The need has been felt to disseminate the basic rules and good practices of the literary agent profession, in the face of the growing number of individuals who have taken up this work, to promote and protect the dignity of the profession and to provide an operating criterion both in the exercise of the profession and in relations between agents, as well as to ensure professionalism for authors and publishers seeking representation.

ADALI’s intent is to offer itself as a point of reference for publishing professionals, institutions, and all those who need to engage with members. Finally, the association believes in confrontation and reflection as a stimulus for professional growth, in a field that is not regulated by specific training paths nor by titles that qualify for the profession of literary agent.

ADALI also pronounced on the future of books, which “requires extraordinary innovation” because “one cannot remain anchored to methods and sales policies set for a world that is now gone and that has shown in the last ten to fifteen years that something was already not working. The agent’s position is central to the book supply chain, because he or she works on the book from its embryonic or draft stages, and works alongside authors throughout the creative process. Agents are in close contact with many different publishers; they possess an expanded view of the potential and limitations of the book-system. The interest of the literary agent, so coincident with the interest of authors, strongly urges them to want to innovate some mechanisms that have proven not to be as effective as many have hoped, and that need to be rethought.”

For more information: www.adali.org

ADALI is the first association of Italian literary agents

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